El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-20
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY AND THE FROST GRAPES.
By HOWARD GARIS.

River chases itself down hil) I used
! to gather many frost grape
But this story is about Jollie Long
tail, so please excuse me On and on
went the little mousie boy through the
woods, sometimes up hill and some
times down. until, after While, ne
I was so tired he had to rest
I And not a single one have found
! yeti" he sadly said I don't belieVe
| there are any
ANY WHAT" asked q sudden voice,
4 ana. looking around, Jollie saw Uncle
| Wiggily, the rabbit gentleman, sitting
! on a log not far away What are you
| looking for2" asked the bunny gentle
! man
J For frost grapes" answered Jollie-
| Mother wants them TO make into
[ Jelly. but I can't find any. / think she
( is going to give you some OF the Jelly
! that is, if ] can find the wild frost
! grapes" said the little mouse, laugh
! @Ha. In that case I guess I had
/ better help you look for them Uncle
WiggiIy said. i have nothing very
! special 10 do. ! started out to lind an
interesting 10 tell Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy when I get back. But so Tar,
nothing has happened"
Then please help me look for frost
grapes" asked Jollie- They must be
ripe now, as we have had lots OF frost"
That's right agreed Uncle Wig
gily. We'll, come on wen look:
The bunny uncle and the little
mousie boy went on through the woods
looking for frost grapes so Mrs. Long
tail could make jelly. But they could
not find any, and even the bunny gen.
tleman was beginning to feel disap-
pointed, when all of a sudden voice
cried:
"Oh. how cold I am, How cold
ami Oh, how I shiver,"
"Ha. This must never be-. said
Uncle WiggiIy. Some one is in trou-
Bile and we must help them. Jollie.'
OF course said the little mousie
boy. So he and Uncle Wiggily looked
around the corners Of all the stumps
and pretty soon they saw a poor old
fox gentleman, who had on q very
ragged overcoat, for he had no money
to buy one that had no holes in II
oh, you poor fox" gently exclaimed
Uncle Wiggily- Il am so sorry for
YOU Here, take my overcoat- am
rich and ! can sell enough carrots 10
get me another coat Besides, I do
not mind being cold awhile. Jollie and
1 viii run through the woods very fast
to look for grapes, and running will
keep US warm. So take my coat"
oh, thank you" spoke the poor fox
on the shivering creature, and the
bunny and the mousie boy went on
through the woods again looking for
frost grapes
But iley cOQiO not seem 10 ma any.
They looked everywhere, even under
some sOon-to-be Christmas trees, but
no grapes were in sight
We'll, Wen have to give up" said
JOllie, sadly
TT does seem So" Uncle Wiggily
agreed Il am so sorry for your mother.
too. I know she loves TO make jelly"
And I'm sorry also" went on Jollie.
For I'm sure she was going to give
you a glass of il"
''Oh. no matter about me-" laughed
the bunny. But let's take one more
look and then"
But, all of a sudden, as they were
on their way home, they heard voice
sadly call;
On, how I shiver! Oh, how cold I
am. Oh, dear"
Why, this is queer" said Uncle Wig
gily- I wonder who this can be. Two
shiyereFs in one day is too much"
So he looked and Jollie also looked, |
and there they saw the same poor
fox, all wrapped in Uncle Wiggily's
fur coat
But are you stiIl cold?" asked the |
bunny, surprised like
"Of course / am" said the fox. Don't i
you see / am sitting under a vine of 1
,rost grapes? That's what makes me