El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-07
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
WIGGILY AND THE SNAKE.
By HOWARD, B. CARTS.

Ne day, when Uncle Wiggily
Longears. the gentleman rabbit
~ farmer. was walking about his
fields watching the corn. beans and
potatoes growing and getting ripe, so
they could be picked and cooked by
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the muskrat
lady housekeeper. he saw something
moving along through the grass just
ahead Of him
''FIa, I wonder if that is any OF nv
friends" he asked himself. half aloud.
But he could see no head or ears
sticking UP above the grass. and. know
ing that almost all animals. except per
haps chickens and birds. have ears. the
rabbit gentleman was rather surprised
of course. chickens and BIRDS nave
ears. only they are so hidden IN their
feathers you cannot see them
This D. queer. said lrcle " igEll+
TO himself. as he watched the grass
move. IF that were any OF my tr1encs
they would have spoken to me by this
time. Perhaps they did not hear me.
III call again and then
But Uuncle Wiggily stopped himselt
lust as he was about TO call
That might be the skiilery- alery
alligator with the humps on his tan.
he said to himself. If he knows I'm
here he'll try 10 grab me I guess I'd
better 40 away as softly as ] can
With that the bunny uncle started
back for his hollow stump farm house
but before he had gone far the waving
Of the grass went on harder than De
fore and all of a sudden out crawled a
big. long snake
.'Oh. by goodness me and some rub
Der lead pencils" cried the bunny
This is the snake that tried to catch
me before. and I froze his tail with the
ice cream Oh. my goodness me- snakes
alive, How unlucky ] am
"Oh. not at all answered the SNAKE IKE,
oil ~afr
mistaken, Uncle WiSgily. am no'
the same snake al all This is the flrst
time I have come to your farm am
going to make my home mere ,,-..,..
"Oh. are YOU" asked Uncle W lgghE,
sort Of SURPRISED like. That's the 1lrst
l heard about il. I am not altogether
sure I want a snake living on my IaIlil
of course I don't keep elephants Vl
ANYTHING like that TO be frightened D.
snakes but YOU might make my mousse
keeper Nurse Jane Fuzzy " uzzY. Jump
II she saw YOU unexpectedly ana then
she might spill the milk or drop the
ooh. I'll try not to scare Nurse Jane,
the snake said Really I would IKE 70
live on your farm. and I'll do no Marin,
and the snake coiled up nhs H.
.sO5. Well ] guess you may stay al
right smoke the bunny uncle My
farm is large enough. I'm sure SuaS
,
Thank YOU softly Kissed the snake
some day may do you favor
PRAY do not mention II, remarked
the bunny uncle politely Then ne
1an. on over his farm. and the snake
crawled along his way and tried to
think Of some means Of doing kind
act for the bunny gentleman
After he had looked at the porkk ana
heaus grown oh. excuse me. II you
please. pork and beans don't grow to-
eether, You have TO mix them after
ward. just as you do succotasn- any
how. after Uncle WiCgily mad watched
the things growing on his farm ne
went back TO the hollow stump
"Oh. Uncle WigEiiy- cried Nurse
Jane. as she saw the bunny Eenlle-
man coming along the patch m SO
glad you're back
rs that so Whv@ Uncle WlgGilN
wanted 10 know. Did bad fox or the
unpleasant ear-scratCinE cat try 10
make trouble for yOU-
"Oh. nothing like that. answered