El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-07
Bedtim me Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILYS ELECTION BONFIRE.
By HOWARD B GAKrS.

would. and then on and on he hoped
+ over the fields and through the woods,
( looking on all sides Of him (as well as
I IN 'front.' for an adventure
But he could not seem to find any
and pretty soon. after he had gone some
distance, he happened TO think OF some
thing
Those piles Of leaves raked up in
! front OF my bungalow" cried Uncle
Wiggily. 4 promised the animal chill
dren I'd let them build an election bon
fire with them. 1 almost forgot about
81 s'pose I'd better hurry home and
get them out OF my barn where ! piled
{ them to keep dry. I'll get the leaves
ready for the children to set on fire.
And then I'll stay nearby while the
fire lasts with a pail Of water TO put II
out If it gets too hot"
And. while I think OF IT, I hope none
Of you real children start any bOnfires
unless some big person is near to watch
YOU
Uncle Wiggily hurried to the barn
behind his hollow stump bungalow. but
when ne looked for the dried leaves
he had put away a week or so before
why, they we're gone, Not a leaf was
to be found,
That's queer" exclaimed the bunny
uncle. 4 wonder who could have taken
my leaves? Without them I can't make
an election bonfire. Oh. deari This
is too bad I must go out in the woods
and gather more"
But when Uncle Wiggily had hoped
to the woods hardly 2 leaf was to be
found. The wind had blown them away
There were only a few-not enough TO
build a bonfire for even a teeny weeny
rubber doll
Uncle Wiggily. 1T is too bad. and
am so sorry for the animal children"
What is the trouble2" asked a voice
I'd in a tree. and there sat Dickie Chip
Chip. the sparrow boy
"0h. it's you, is it, asked the bunny
uncle, twinkling his pink nose. Did
you vote yet, Dickie?
Yes" said the sparrow boy. i
voted"
"And for Grandpa -Goosey, I hope"
went on Uncle Wiggily- I'm sure he'll
be elected our president. But what
I'm worrying about now Is the leaves
I put so carefully away. They were
taken out OF my barn"
And / know who did it. too. said
Dickie- 1T was those field mice who
used to live under your bundles Of corn
stalks They took the leaves for their
underground house; TO make IL warm"
"Oh, well. il they took my leaves IL is
all right" Uncle Wiggily said with a
laugh i wouldn't for the world let
them know I wanted the leaves for 4
bonfire But what I'm to do I don't
know. The animal children viii be so
disap pointed.r
NO. they viii not" chirped Dickie
the sparrow boy. Z and my other spar
row friends, viii fly all over through
the woods and pick up some more
leaves for you"
That win be dandy, cried Uncle
Wiggily with a twinkle Of his pink
nosei 50 Dickie. and ten thousand five
hundred and seventy eight other spar
rowe. flew off and by night they had
flown hack each with leaf, so that
Uncle Wiggily could set them all ablaze
in his bonfire. And a fine leaf fire it
was
And wei make it in honor OF
Grandpa GooseylT cried the bunny IN
Gle For I'm sure he was elected pres
ident. Wasn't he. Mr.. Whftewash -
Uncle Wiggily asked Of the polar bear
gentleman. who has just finished
counting the white stone votes rs
Grandpa GOosey elected? -
NO, Uncle Wiggily." said Mr.. white
wash You are wrong. You are elected
president. Everybody voted FOR you ex-
cept yourself So you are TO he the
head one. and very glad ! am Of it
And so am T. quacked Grandpa
ioosey. shaking Uncle Wiggily's paw
and l. And T." cried all the other
animals.
Well. this certainly is a surprise,"