El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-27
LIE WIGGILY LONGEARSS the

nice rabbit gentleman. was sit
- ting half asleep on the porch OF
lis seasheH bungalow at the ocean
beach one afternoon when, with his eyes
partly closed. he heard some voices
whispering.
Of course, don't mean that the
bunny uncle heard the whispering with
lis half-shUt eyes. Ear be IT from me
10 say such a thing as that mean
lie listened with his ears open and his
eyes closed.
! DO you think we can get him 10 DO
itc7 asked one voice
or course we can" said another.
Uncle Wiggily VIII DO anything for
MS Don't let the rope drag in the dust
and keep the board nice and clean"
Hello, What's thisT cried the
bunny uncle, sitting up so suddenly IN
the porch chair that ne nearly ued his
Ehiskers in hard knot. Is some one
after ne with q rope 70 tie me up
, the skillery-scalery alligator. or, per-
Z hans. the ear-scratChing cat2'
Then he happened to remember that
these two animals had turned good
the cat. instead Of scratching ears, dug
sweet potatoes with his claws. and the
ALLIGATOR turned into q nutmeg CRATER,
10 Nurse Jane Fuzzy WuZZy wouldn't
have any trouble making rice pud-
have any trouble making rice pUddlneS.
These must be good and not bad
friends Of mine" said the bunny uncle
3 : he listened
~Oh. Tn sure he'll make It for US"
said a voice which the rabbit gentle
man knew was that Of Sammie Little
tail. the rabbit boy.
What is II YOU want" asked Uncle
. WiGGily-. as he saw some OF the ami
knlal children coming around the corner
Cof the porch.
"Oh. Uncle Wiggilyi Viii YOU make
Us a swinE?" they all cried at once
we have the new rope. the seatboard.
and all you have 70 do is to fasten the
rope uD IN tree and fix the board on
II. Then We can swing
OF course I'll do that" said the
bunny uncle. and when he walked down
Oft the porch he saw, besides Sammie.
little Susie the rabbit girl Johnnie and
Billie BushytaIl. the SQUIRRELS, and jim
ME WibbleWobble the duck. not 20
mention Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow,
the nuppy dog boys
Nisgily IS going 10 make US a swing"
III do the best cam promised the
bunny.
off he went to the woods with the
animal children Soon they came TO
nice tree.
The very place for = swingl" ex-
claimed the bunny uncle Here john
ME and Billie BuShy tail, you TWO SPUR
Tels are good climbers You scramble
an and fasten the rope TO the branch
OF the tree"
Tncie Wiggily tied knots in the rope.
fastened the board 70 It and the swing
Vas all ready.
- Let Uncle Wiggily try Il first.
Nfled all the animal children and
though the rabbit gentleman said he
y. ould rather some one else would
have the beginning try they all said
he must take it.
50 he got in the swing. and now
sIen 10 what happened 10 him
Higher and higher he swung as
Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow pushed
him until he swung so high that sam
ME Littletal called
Vow for a good run-uD'
With that Saumie gaV his uncle
such q push that the rabbit boy ran
away IN under the swing. and Uncle
Wiggily went so high IN the air thar.
before he knew what was happening,
lie slid off the board seat and landed
clear over IN the next lot, on top Of
church steeple-
oh. dear" cried the animal children.
Look what happened 10 Uncle Wig
'-sammie LittIetan did it." said Jackie
-BuEbut I didn't mean to- sadly
Never mind" called Uncle Wiggily J
from where he was holding fast on top
CT the church steeple. the swing rope
having swung back away from him
Tt was my own fault Tor swinging so
high. Just see II you can't get ne
down" said Uncle Wiggily-
You try. Billie and Johnnie said
Jimmie Wibble-WoOble- the duck. 10
the two squirrels You can climb
yes. ne can climb trees but not
church steeples," said the Indicating
chaps We daren't climb up there"
On. dear ] must get down some
now" said Uncle Wiggily. Run for the
f=-eruen with their long ladders"
But the Iremen had gone TO bon