El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-27

Uncle Wiggily Longears, the
nice. old rabbit gentleman
~ hoped into his hollow stump
BUNGALOW in such a hurry one morning
that he bumped rlgnt into Nurse Jane
f1IIZzv Wuzzy his muskrat lazy
housekeeper. And. as she was carry
ing a pail of water, some OF II
splashed on her and some on Oncie
Nv GOODNESS mer7 cried Nurse Jane
What's all the fuss. WiggyZ You're
in a hurry aren't your t.,.s+
yes, ] am in hurry, the raDolt
gentleman said Pm going hunting
have you seen my talcum powder
popgun? Or my tooth powder ar
Going hunting2 Talcum powder?
Tooth POWDER gasped the muskTat
lady, as she wiped a drop Of water OF
the end of her nose why Uncle WIZ
sily Longears! The idea OF you going
~oh. don't worry" spoke Uncle Wig
gily- I'm not going to shoot any
birds, or anything like that But BIZ
lie Bushytail. the squirrel boy, IS LOST,
and I'm going hunting until FIND
But your guns?" asked Nurse Jane.
why do you want themZ
Well, when go hunting IN the
woods for the little lost squirrel boy,
the rabbit gentleman explained !
may meet with the fuzzy tox, or IN
Ek1lleEE-ScalerN dAllEtllOE- ana II L
shoot talcum powder at them the dust
viii get up their noses, and tickle
them so they will have to sneeze. and
can get away. And if I shoot tooth
powder at them il will make them
stop and clean their teeth, and I'll
have more time to escape III take
And Uncle Wiggily did. Then he set
off to hunt for poor, lost Billie Bushy-
tail. the squirrel boy.
For Billie really was lost. That
morning there was no school. because
rhe lady mouse teacher had to have
new cheese colored dress tried on. and
Billie, having no lessons, had gone OF
in the woods, looking for chestnuts 10
roast But he had not come back, and
he had been gone long time.
Mrs Bushytail called, called again
for her little squirrel boy, but he did
not answer. So she knew he was lost.
and she asked Uncle Wiggily to go
looking for him. And, Uncle Wiggily.
being one of the kindest old rabbit
gentleman in the world. went hunting.
With his talcum powder pop gun on
one shoulder, and his tooth powder air
rifle on the other. the rabbit gentle
man went on and on through the
woods Every now and then he would
stop and call:
~Billiel Billie BushytaiIi Where are
your"
But no answer came from Billie.
The little squirrel boy was not to be
seen Uncle Wiggily saw big bee
DlELlIE alOulu some OF the last
flowers that Jack Frost had not yet
frozen for the winter. The bee was
after honey.
Have YOU seen Billie Bushytail?"
asked Uncle WigEilv. He is lost"
NO. no" buzzed the bee. 7 am
sorry but have not seen him. How
ever. here is a little honey for him
when you DO find him, for he'll be
hungry II he is lost"
The bee gave the rabbit gentleman
some Of her honey. which he wrapped
in leaf. and on and on ne went once
more Pretty soon he came to a place
in the woods where grew many chest
nut trees.
"Ah ha," thought Uncle Wigglly.
s'Billie ought to be somewhere around
here I think I'll find him now
Then the rabbit gentleman heard a
strange sound. He looked through the
trees. and he saw a queer sight There
not far away was the old fuzzy fox
sitting under a chestnut tree, and
looking at something Up among the
branches
Keep on saving" called the fox to
some one whom Uncle Wiggily could
not see. Keep on saving. and soon
the tree will fall and we can get
him"
Uncle Wiggily stretched out his
neck and looked more closely. Then
he saw the skillery-scalery alligator.