El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-31
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY AND THE STAR FISH
By HOWARD B. GAKS.

take you and bring you home all right
| though I'll probably 90 to sleep dur
| ing the party. for I'm getting too OLE
! for such things
You may do just as you like as Ions
| as you take US TO the party and brins
| US back" said Alice Wibbblewobble
the duck girl
! All right" spoke the bunny uncle
and then he went TO sleep. promising
! TO be all ready for the children thai
! night to take them to the party II
| place of their fathers and mothers
Afternoon came. then evening. with
supper. and soon il was time for the
animal boys and girls. who We're also
at the seashore where Uncle Wiggly
was spending his vacation, 10 get
ready for the party Jennie Chipmunk
was going to give
Come on. Uncle WiSgily," called
Beckie Stubtail. the little bear girl. as
they reached the seashell bungalow.
Were all ready and waiting.
'All right. he answered. and out he
came. looking very night. indeed. with
his tall silk hat and his red. white and
blue striped barber pole rheumatism
crutch that Nurse Jane had gnawed for
him out Of cornstalk-
Walking in the midst Of the children.
Uncle Wiggily went down the beach TO
the home of the little chipmunk girl.
she being a cousin to Johnnie and
Billie Bushytail, the squirrel boys.
hellO- W nat ms crleQ Uncle
Wiggily, as he saw something squig
Cling on the sand, while a faint voice
said
oh. dear. VIII some one please turn
why. yes, I will" Uncle wiggily
said.
"Oh, don't wait-it will DO when we
come back said Sammie Littletail,
who was anxious to get to the party.
No. ! viii do it now" the bunny
said This is poor starfish who
has been Topped up out of the ocean
by the waves. and turned on his back.
Like a turtle, he cannot get right side
up unless I help him So III do it"
Then the bunny gentleman. who was
very kind. stopped and turned the star
fish right side up. 4 star fish. you
know, is five-pointed. just like the
stars in the sky or the stars on our
flag. and a star fish has little twink
ling legs that you can only see when
il is turned on his back
So Uncle Wisgily turned the star
fish over and soon, when another wave
washed up on the beach. the sea crea-
ture was washed out into the ocean.
had time TO say:
Thank you, Uncle Wiggily. You did
me a great favor. and I'll do the same
for you some day.
oh, don't feel that way about IT,"
smoke the bunny uncle. with a twinkle
the party with the animal children
Such good times as they had, They
played all the games they could think
Of from popcorn-bau to moiasses-
taffy- And at last it was
time for them TO come home. Uncle
Wiggily didn't go to sleep as he
thought he might do, for he had too
much fun
-.Oh. it's awful dark" cried Susie
Littletail, looking out of the front door
Of Jennie Chipmunk's house There
isn't any moon or any stars"
Il don't like the dark" said Alice
WfbbleWobble-
Nor l." spoke her sister. quackingly.
"Oh, ha, ha," laughed Uncle Wiggily.
You must not be afraid of the dark
There is nothing in the dark that isn't
there in the day time. Come on, we
will soon be home"
Uncle Wigggily went out with the
animal children They were a little
afraid even if the bunny man was
with them. And it was very dark.
There was no moon or stars Uncle
Wiggily walked along as best he could.
wishing he was like the bat and could
see in the dark But he could not
very well, and, all at once. he stumbled
over big stone and splashed into
wave
What is the natter asked voice.
Why. it is so dark I cannot see to
lead my little animal friends home,
Uncle Wiggily answered
-'Ha, I will soon fix THAR said the
voice. Come. brothers and sisters
Shine as brightly as you can. TO light
the path for good Uncle Wiggily-"
Then. all over the sands, were little
points of sparkling light and Uncle
Wigggily and his friends could easily
see to walk along. II was dark no
longer
.-sWhat makes it so light2" asked
Susie
we are the star fish giving light
from below instead of from above"
was the answer I am the star fish
Uncle Wiggily turned right-side up
and I and my friends are making 1t
light for him and for you"
oh, thank you-every onei" cried
the bunny. Then he easily saw the
way home with the animal boys and
girls. and all was well.
And. If ever you see a star fish on
his back, help him So. if the sassafras
trees makes some peppermint candy
lollypOps for the gold fish. I'll tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily and the