El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-08
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE LETTUCE
by HOWARD r. GARIS.

So after supper. before the lady ami
( mails began TO call on Nurse Jane I'm
! Gle Niggily hoped out Of his hollow
: stump house. leaning on mis- red.
! white and blue striped rheumatism
crutch that Miss Fuzzy Wuzzv had
snawed for him out of cornstalk.
Let the ladies have their talk and
their tea though the bunny gentle
man Grandpa Goosey Gander and I
VIII play Scotch checkers"
SO Uncle Wiggily went on over his
iarn and through the woods until he
came 10 the house Of the old goose
gentleman There he spent a pleasant
evening 1t was quite dark when he
came nome, Ia king short cut through
ms garden he was half way across
the lettuce patch. when he heard some
voices whispering
..rl Vow we've. got him." said one
lies coming,"
Wait just 2 second said another
voice lie isn't yet quite up TO where
now he'll get away Wait a second"
s- 1ncle Wiggily stood still very sud-
-Ha" he thought to himself. Those
pad foxes againl They're after mel
Vel they'll not get me If can help
Then he began TO think what he
could do He looked all around. There
was no one to help him, and though
not Iar away, he could see the lights
tWlnklinE in his hollow stl ND farm
house, he did not want 10 can for
help
For. if 7 did that" he said to HIM
ser Nurse Jane and the sewing cir
&c animal ladies' would rush out 10 see
what was the matter. and the foxes
would get them But what can 7 do
10 scare away the bad creatures2 Hat
nave IT. tn throw some heads OF
lettuce at them"
Looking around him in the dark,
Uncle Wigeily saw where. in his farm
garden grew many large. fine heads
OF green lettuce. Taking out his
knife he cut off some Of the heads.
or course. il didn't hurt the lettuce
any. for that's what it grows for-to
be eaten
Up in the air Uncle Wirgily tossed
one big head Of lettuce. Down IL came
kerbunko- near the bad animals.
W mats that asked the first fox,
sort OF shivery-Gke- and scared.
don't know" answered the sec
ond fox
Uncle Wiggily threw another Of his
lettuce heads UP in the air.
Punk il fell closer than before
TO the foxes
"Ha, I believe its raining" SAID
the second fox. Big drops. too. We
had better not wait here any longer
for Uncle NlgSily- / thought he was
coming. but 1 guess he ran back.
Come en- We'u run in OUT OF the rain
Nv att said the first fox.
JuSL lteu Iucle MlEgllN threw his
third head OF lettuce
Ping" 1t fell right between the
two foxes
"Oh. its cannon balls, Some ne
is shooting cannon balls at u.s." cried
the bad animals. for in the dark they
could only see something round fall
ing near them. and they did not k-o.y
they were only lettuce
So away ran the foxes as fast as
they could go and Uncle WiEgily !
laughed at the way Re had fooled /
them Then he picked an extra large [
head % lettuce. thinking he would I
take II home TO Nurse Jane. and on he {
hoped. And, when he safely reached .
the hollow stump farm house, the an
nal ladies were still there drinking
tea Uncle Wiggily went in and /
Nurse Jane cried:
oh. Wiggily, It is so warm d NIX
ing hot tea, Can't you get US some I
fans2"
Certainly" answered the bunny IN /
Gle with a polite bow, and, breaking /
OF the broad green lettuce leaves. I
he gave one TO each OF the ladies as I
a fan And soon they were very cool, I
and the meeting was over, and they /
were very thankful TO the bunny gen. /
tleman.
So he was glad he raised lettuce ]
on his farm And. If the cake Of soft !
soap doesn't turn in hard-boiled egg !
and roll or the parlOr manteI. you I
shall next hear about Uncle Wiggily 4
and the peas--COpyright 1916, by Nc 1
Cure Newspaper Syndicate