El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-31
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY AND THE BEANS
By HOWARD B. GAK1s.

; stretch their vines and hang their pods
Why, they must be regular circus
PPesns, TO climb up poles,' barkcd
Yes, you might call them that
uncle Wiggiy said But excuse me,
gackle' 1 must hurry on to my bean
palch- They are growing so fast that
n 1 do not plant poles for them to
Clitno up they viii run along the
sroo1nd and get all tangled up
-, De 9eans run, as well as climb
s s1S ultie PUPPY dog wanted TO know.
r-Lhey are very lively: aren't they,
Uncle Wiggily@'
oh. yes, beans are about the live
--1Sl thlhgs that grow on nv farm"
$50 so me bunny uncle. II you like
- - NY come with me and help stick
me oean poles in the ground"
NE, ne rabbit gentleman and the little
PGPRS qog chap went on to the field
o. uncle Wiggily's farm, where the
Ia SAID, the green vines had already
sLOnn quite high, and some of them
s Mere running along the ground, for
they mad no place TO climb.
Others-the little baby bean vines
would run and climb.
NOW stick a bean pole down in each
- ~neIe me vines are growing.
SAID Uncle Wiggily TO Jackie, "and
soon you viii see the green stems and
leaves begin TO climb up
50 The PUPPY dog boy and the bunny
uncle began planting the bean poles,
but soon, like all small chaps. Jackie
oecame tired So Uncle Wiggily told
him 10 run off and play and Mr. Long
ears Iinlsned planting the bean poles
himself
He was almost finished and he was
glad OF IL, for the beans were growing
so last that they tangled themselves
around his paws, when. all OF a sud
den. q snarling voice cried.
Wen, you shan't get away from
me thlS time and, turning around,
Uncle Wiggily saw. the bad fox stand
ing so close to him that IL was no
use for Mr. Longears TO try to run.
He would have been caught in a sec
ond, have youi" Srowled the fox
Uncle Wiggily. But what are you
going TO do TO me?'
What am going 10 do with youZ
coursei' growled the fox I've are
going to dine together-that is I am
going 10 dine, and you are going to
be the dinner-if you get my meaning.
Now come along to my dem
Well, Uncle WiEgily did not know
what to do. He felt very badly about
it. for he did not want to be eaten By
the fox, and then; all OF sudden, he
thought Of something
Would you mind if I finished put
ting in nv bean pOles2' he asked the
fox There is only one left TO set in
the hill. Or perhaps you would do it
yourself?''
Anything to finish up" growled the
fox. III set out the pole Give il
here" So he took the pole. and stuck
it IN the hill where a big. sJrong bean
vine was growing up, looking for
something to climb. And as soon as
the vine saw the pole. IL reached up
its strong feelers and tWined about
the pole, the bad fox and all. growing
so fast. and twisting around and
around so much that the fox was
bound as tightly 70 the pole as If he
had been tied with ropes And the
fox could not pull it up
oh. I'm caught I'm caught can't
get loose-" barked the bad fOx-crea-
ture as the bean vine tWined more and
more tightly about him. Help me get
loose, Uncle WiEgiiy,"
"Ha- Help YOU get loose so you can
bite me and take me off 10 your dem
I guess nott" cried the bunny. You
must stay here until send the police /
man dog after you"
And safely away hoped Uncle Wig
gily, while the fox was held fast by /.
the climbing. tWInIng vine TO the bean Z
pole And. for all I know, he may be 4
But Uncle WiggiIy was all right, /
and this teaches Is that beans are 4
good for something else than TO be 4
baked And If the canary bird doesn': 4
90 fishing with the angle worm. and /
Lose all its tail feathers. III tell you \
next about Uncle Wiggily and the /
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