El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-01
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE vIGGILY AND THE MOOSE
By E

, Or YOU may not he able to get back
! through the snow drifts"
| Thanks. I'll think about IT," said the
bunny uncle. But I don't believe III
I need snow shovel Il never SHOWS
| hard SO early in winter as November
You never can tell spoke Nurse
Z Jane. and that is exactly what Uncle
Z Wiggily found out-but wait I'll tell
the story as ] 80 along
The rabbit gentleman passed a pleas
ant evening with Grandpa Goosey Can
I Ger. the goose gentleman, playing hop
scotch in the parlOr- but early the next
morning Mr. Longears jumped out OF
bed. pressed his pink twiukling nose
against the window in his bed room Of
the hollow stump bungalow. and said;
'-Ha, Il did not snow after ALL Nurse
Jane was wrong in her song about the
robin"
After a breakfast Of hot cabbage.
buckgheat cakes. with chocolate cara
mel sauce sifted over them. Uncle Wig
giIy started out to look for an adven-
ture. as he often did
What" cried Nurse Jane You are
not going out that way. are you-''
What way asked Uncle WiEglly-
looking at himself as best he could.
IT haven't forgotten to put on my new
recktie. have To-
NO: you are dressed all right went
on the muskrat lady But where are
your rubber boots And why do you
not take a snow shovel with yOu2 Il
IS surely going TO snow. and snow hard
You viii be caught in a snow drift and
I cannot get home. I'm sure
oh I don't believe So" spoke Uncle
Wicgily. sort of positive and confident
like. 1T Will not snow before 1 get
back"
But let us see what happens. as is
sometimes said by politicians when they
are talking for election
Uncle Wiggily walked and hoped on
and on. and on-over the fields and
through the woods. The clouds in the
sky became a darker gray. and they did
look as though they might spill snow
any moment Still the bunny man
went on.
All OF a sudden. as he was hopping
over a little brook that was covered
with thin ice the bunny gentleman
heard a voice saying:
.Oh. dear. This is very sad indeed
wonder how am going 70 get loose %
~Hai That sounds like trouble. ex-
claimed the bunny gentleman This IS
where 1 come in
He hurried around the corner OF a
little hill. from behind which the voice
came. and there Uncle WigSily saw q
big moose. whose leg was caught un-
der log that had rolled on it
One moment. please" called Uncle
Wiggily. just like the man in the NOV
ing picture show when the fillium
breaks. I'll help you"
Then the bunny uncle. with his
strong teeth. gnawed the log Of wood
in two pieces, so the moose could
easily pull out his leg
An. that's fine the moose said
You have done me a great favor
Some day I hope I may help you"
Pray do not mention it said Uncle
Wiggily- modest-like and bashful- Then
the moose. which IS an animal like a
horse. but with big. broad horns, gal
Hoped on his way and Uncle Wiggily
kept on his. and-weu. now TO see what
happens
Uncle wiggily looked all over for an
adventure. but he could not find any,
end he was about 10 turn back TO his
hollow stump bungalow. when all OF a
Sudden II began TO snow
Nv goodness ne sakes alive and
aome fcicIest How the snowfIakes came
down. Uncle WiEgily hoped on, but
soon the snow became so deep that IL
was hard work. especially as he did
not have long legs like COW OF a
giraffe.
the rabbit gentleman. 1t certainly is I
showing. Pm sorry for that robin"
On went Uncle Wiggily q little far
ther and the snow came down more |
deeper until the rabbit gentleman said Z
We'll I'm not only sorry for the T.
robin. but I'm sorry for myself I don't F.
believe I'm going to get home tonight I.
And il did look as though he would /
not For all around him there were Z
deep drifts. almost up 10 his big ears, 4
ana as he gave one big hop he landed 4
square in the middle Of very large {
drift There he stuck fast
oh. dear" cried Uncle Wiggily- /
This is the end Of me. I'm sure Oh. T!
dear, What shall I dO2"
DO nothing. dear Uncle Wiggily. /
suddenly called nice, big voice Let I.
me do it"
And who are you. II I may ask i'm 7
quired the bunny gentleman
Il am the moose animal you so kind /,
y helped get loose from the log while I
aEo." was the answer I Will now get {
You loose from the snow drift
How" asked Uncle Wigglly-
With my big broad horns. which are |
lust like snow shOvels." was the an !
swer- Then the moose began TO toss /
the snow away from Uncle Wiggily- I
scattering the drift with the big horns, I
like shoVels. which all moose have Z
Soon the bunny uncle could hop on, and 4
all the way home ahead Of the bunny /
gentleman shoveling path for him /
through the piles of white flakes
SO Mr.. Longears got free from the ]
snow drift because he had helped a 4
moose, and If ever you get a chance ]
10 do a kindness to an animal I hope 4
YOU will And the next time Uncle /
Wiggily went out, when he thought il /
was going TO snow. he took a shovel I
with him
And if the roller skates don't 20 4
sliding down an ice cream cone and 4
stub their toes on a lollypop. I'll tell 4
you next about Uncle Wiggily and /
Jackie trouble.-COpyrighJ 1916, b. 4
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
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