El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-13
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE OATS.
BY HOWARD r. GARIs.

~ SHALL be very busy today,
Nurse Jane" spoke Uncle Wig
4 Eilv LonSears, the rabbit gentle
nan, to the muskrat lady nurse. Miss
FUZZY Wuzzv. one morning. as he
walked off the porch of his hollow
sep farm house. VERY busy, indeed.
T'shsI be- In fact, you might put me
up a little lunch to take with me"
= ,zrch? Oh, Wiggy, Why" she
esked. Aren't you ,Pmiug home TO
Iunch2"
Il don't believe I'll have time" an
swered the rabbit gentleman. You
see, ] have TO 90 and cali on many OF
ny friends"
PARENT you going 10 attend TO your
farm2" the muskrat lady asked.
-Oh. yes. and il is about my farm
that I 20 to call on the other animal
folk. You see, the oats on my farm are
getting ready 10 cut j need help- as
there are so many oats, and am gong
around to ask Ssmmie and Susie Lite
tail the rabbits: Johnnie and Billie
Bushytail, the squirrels: JACKIE ana
Petite BoW-WOw, the PUPPY dog boys
and all my other big and little frlenos
- come and help gather the oats nat
y why I will not be back to lunch
Then III put you up nice one
said Nurse Jane.
IN basket she put some lettuce
sandwiches with slices Of carrot be
tween them There were also some
IA fermeIon seed. Ice cream putfs and
little ca bbage jelly spread over cucun-
her bread On. IL was a very me
lunch. indeed and makes me hungry
when ] write about it
50 with his lunch in a basket over
his nav. off started the bunny uncle to
ask his friends to come and help him
Gather the oats that grew on his farm
Come and help youe OF course We
wiz cried all the animal folk, big and
little For they loved uncle WigSily
aUd wanted 10 do him a favor
bver 10 the Oat field they went. and
then such a busy time as there vas
The rabbits and the squirrels. also
the dogEies. BIT off the oats stalks with
their sharp teeth. The ducks. Lulu.
Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble. and
Grandfather Goosey Gander. nibbled of
the oats in their bills. And Neddie and J
8eckie Stubtail the kind bears, pulled I
hem off with their claws
Ny III certainly have a lot of oats /
his year." cried Uncle Wiggily, making !
MS pink nose twinkle as he stood in (.
the field and watched the Srain being .
gathered- There'll be enough for Cup. /
he kind old horse, as well as for the I
ponies. Dottie and Munchie Trot- It IS 4
very good of you my friends. to help 4
ne gather the oats"
oh. we like it, cried Sammie Little /
tail 1T is like picnic to Us"
Tt would be a real picnic if there ,
was something TO eat and some pink \
lemonade TO drink" spoke Alice VIII (
silwobble-
Bless your wing feathers" cried
Uncle Wiggily- OF course. there's
ssmething to eat
And then, surely enough, along came
Nurse Jane Fuzzy WuZZy and old
Sether Goose bringing number OF
Baskets filled with good things. from
peanuts TO ice. cream popcorn ba Is
When all the oats were cut down the
animal folk gathered them together
md carried them into Uncle Wigsilys
barn There they were put in a big
box or bin. like the coal bin, only il
was Of white, clean boards. and not
slack and dirty
Wen. ] think III go out in the barn
snd look at my oats said Uncle Wig
Zily about a week after they had been
stored in the bin 7 want 10 see II 7
ave room for any more"
? SO out to the barn went the bunny
Incle. and climbing 10 the top OF the
BAT bin or BOX, he looked down inside.
3ut something must have happened. for
NJ Of q sudden Uncle WiEgily's paw