El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-22
Bedtime Story For tn Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE WELL.
BY HOWARD r. GARIS.

! with the other up at the. sky, but not
I drop Of water could he see
/ For two days more il did not rain,
( and then, finaHy, Uncle Wiggily said
We'll. there is only one thing for me
/ TO do, and that is to 60 over and dip
some water up out Of the well on the
( far end Of my farm and dampen the
csn-"
~Oh. will you have TO DO that7'
: Nurse Jane wanted TO know"
i fear I shall have TO-, the bunny
uncle said
on Nurse Jane. IF you do, you may
catch the ker-snuffles and the aker-
choos-zium"
II wouldn't want that TO happen"
Uncle Wiggily said with laugh, so
lu put on my rubber boots and my
rain coat when ] water my farm from
the we'll"
That afternoon he started for the
lar end of his farm. where it was very
cry At that place y as an old well
With a bucket on the end Of a chain.
You could let the bucket down into
the well. where it would fill itself with
V'ater. and then yeu could pull il up.
Uncle Wiggily did this. porting the
water into his sprinkling can and
Smashing It over the hot. dusty and
thirsty vegetable of his farm
And, as soon as the water drops
zen on them, or on the dry ground in
which they grew. the plants raised
their leaves and whispered:
oh, how lovely that isl How nice
il makes Us feel"
i am glad you like it." said Uncle
water.
He had almost finished sprinkling
the plants, and was thinking about
g ing back to his hollow stump house
TO get something 10 eat. which Nurse
Jane would have ready for him, when,
as ne was pulling up the last bucket
OF water something away down in the
tcttOm Of the well caught the edge OF
the paIl-bucket and Uncle Wiggily
could not pull it up
Ha- This Is queer, The pail Is
caught fast in the WELL" said the
bunny gentleman. 7 must null hard
TO get il out and finish my watering"
So he pulled and pulled and pulled
again on the rope that was tied to the
tucket, but the more he pulled the
tigheter the bucket seemed held fast.
well. 1 must get il up said Uncle
NiEEiiy to himself. bracing his feet
against the edge of the we'll. and fold
ing back his ears so they would moi
get in his way I need this water. ]
guess the pail must be caught on the
edge Of a stone
Uncle Wiggiiy was pulling as hard as
he could, when. all Of a sudden, ne {
heard a voice behind him saying;
What are you trying to do, pull up Z
the bottom OF the wel2"
''Oh, no, indeed" answered the rabbit |
man, and, turning around, there stood I
the bad old skillery-scalery alligator I
smiling so broadly that YOU would 2
have thought the top of his head might 4
fly off I'm just trying to pull up the
bucket OF water" went on Uncle Wig
gily.
IT," said the alligator Leave IL there.
III going to take you away with me-
oh. please don't" begged Uncle
WigEily. sad-llle-
Yes. 7 shall" answered the alligator
Come along
oh, before I GO cried Uncle Wig
ci.y. viii you not kindly pull up this
bucket of water for me I need il to
water my farm vegetables I cannot
pail il up, but you can. as you are se
strong"
yes, I am very strong" said thu
gator. sort Of proud like and super
c5lious- I'll pun up the bucket for
you, and then III take you off to my
len"
The sIzilIery-scaIery alligator took
lcld of the rope He pulled once, he
pulled twice and he pulled three times
Ind -presto-changeO All Of a
he rope. and head over heels he went
n a back somersaUlt. and he kept on
and rolling until he rolled
Town hill. and before he could roll back
gain Uncle Wiggily hoped safely
way to his hollow stump farm house.
So the alligator. with the bumps on
lis tail. didn't get the bunny gentle
nan after all, you see, Just for showing
'fe how strong he was. and in the next
tory, If the sweet potato doesn't try
O swim in the bean soup and throw
ranges at the chocolate cake, III tell
-Ou next about Uncle Wiggily and the
Elephant