El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16


~ called Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy, the muskrat lady housekeeper.
{ TO the bunny gentleman as she saw
him walking down the front steps of
the hollow stump bungalow one morn
ing i want you TO do something for
me"
What is itg-- asked the rabbit man.
as he looked up at the blue sky and
tWinkied his pink nose at the shiny
sun
Bring some macaroui when YOU
come back Went cn the muskrat lady
Macaroni2 Macaroni2' repeated
Uncle Wiggly sort Of puzzled IKE
rs that new kind of dance where
you take a hop. skin and jump and
then step over the brOomstick-
ooh, no indeed- laughed Nurse Jane
@Macaroni is those funny little round
sticks. hollow. like a bean-blower. They
are made of flour and water. and after
/ break them up and boil them, they
are very good baked in the oven with
Cheese"
P "Oh. now 1 know macaroni. Uncle
Wiggily said. and he. too. laughed All
right I'll bring the macaroni-the
funny little round sticks with holes
in them he promised. and away he
started. as ne did almost every day, TO
take a walk and look for an adventure
lie ndu not gone very lar DtA0lH ltN
met Grandfather GooSey Gander- with
whom the rabbit gentleman often
played checkers
Where are you soinE2" asked the
goose gentleman Of the rabbit
To walk. look for an adventure and
bring Nurse Jane some macaroni.'
answered Uncle Wiggily. Where are
you going. Grandpa GOoseyg
~Oh lust for walk. and I'll come
with YOU If you viii let me"
Delighted" exclaimed Uncle Wig
cily. and then the two friends went on
together. talking about all sorts Of
funny things
Uncle Wigsily wanted 10 know why
eggs couldn't be made with the shell
inside like the stones Of a peach
I'm sure I don't know" answered
Grandpa GOOsey. any more than why
the candy man puts lollypop on
stick instead Of the sticks on the Jolly
pop.
That is funny thing agreed
Uncle WiEgily- "I have often wondered
about that myself"
They walked on little further and
pretty soon they met the queer mon
key doodle man who painted houses and
hollow stump bungalows when ne was
not painting red cheeks on dOllies. or
rcd caps on the wooden soldiers
How is your bungalow. Uncle Wig
Eilv. since ] painted II red FOR YOU the
other day. and splashed red paint on
,
know
IT'S fine cried the bunny uncle
Everybody likes it,
The moneky doodle man was glad TO
head that and he walked on with Uncle
Wiggily and Grandpa GOosey until they
all came 10 the macarOni store. where
the rabbit gentleman bought the funny
round sticks with holes in them for
Nurse Jane ] don't mean just the holes
were for Nurse Jane. but Of course,
she could have as many of them as she
liked. just as you could have the hole
in your dOughnut. if YOU want it
With the macaroni under his. paw
Uncle Wiggily started back for the
hollow stump BUNGALOW Grandpa
Goosey keeping on with him And the
monkey doodle also walked with the
two friends. for he said he had not yet
that day. found any place that needed /
painting
Come and look at the goose pen /
where I live invited Grandpa Goosey- /
Z think "A touch Of paint On that would 1
ma Ike # better. And I want II red, like I
Uncle WiEgily's bungalow
Red II shall be-" said the monkey
doodle. and then he and Grandpa GOOsey
noticed that Uncle Wiggily was not 4
saying very much, and he did not seem !
10 be nearly as jolly as he usually was