The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-15

, OnGlo "'qDIV anu tne mouse rap
Copyright. 1916, 10y Mcclure Newspaper
7 OLLIE and Julie Longtail, the
mouse boy and girl, wcro coming
home nom sChOO one cold winter
y day or course they had on their
warm, gray, fur coats, and their tails
were tied IN cute little bow knots and
wrapped In red flannel. while on their
paws were blue mittcns. so they were
not very cold
Let's run cried lie, the sister Of
Jollle.. 'If you give me a head start
III get home before YOU"
Pooh You can't do e." chattcrcd
Jolllc, with laugh. Il can beat you "
"No YOU can't" answered Illlie sort
OF laughing walt untll | get TO that
old stump aad then l'll begin TO run
You're a boy mouse and stronger than
], q YOU ought 10 give me head start Do
oh, I'll do that all right, and beat
you besides" Jollie said curling mp his
whlskcrs Go ahead. And III even
carry your books" he added. for he
liked his little sister and not want
To make IT too hard for her to win the
race.
You are very good TO me-" Jilie
said. as she Gnva her bundle ot books Ia
Jolne, Now, don't you start until
set TO the old stump"
JOll said he wouldn't and the little
girl mouse ran over tho snow TO the
But no sooner had she reached there
than she stood very stu, and began TO
look at something
III. there What's the natter" cried
Jollie. why don't you run? I'm COM
ing. and I'm going TO beat
Come on II you like" answered
lie. never turning her head But
at what I've found
Up ran Jollle 20 where his sister
stood He found her looking at a sort
Of box on the ground, and inside re
hoy which was nearly MS large as a
clothes basket there were some bits
of cheese. toasted a most lovely brown.
"O" exclaimed Joll e. ms he look ID
again making his nose give a big
That's what | say" added his sister.
'Isu't that grand"
~ should say so" exclaimed Jo1lc
qVlu~inc his own huud'o of school
books as we'll as those OF Jllie. around
his head. ne wns so excited "Th y is
cheese I have smelled IN long while
We must take some home 10 father and
mother"
"Rut look nj the nice PLAY house the
box will make" went on Jilie 1T is
hig enough for both my dolls aud sewing
your tops and kites, and the other things
YOU play with
Fine" chartered Jolie Wen 20
In. get the cheese eat some and take
the rest home. and then wcll come
back and play In the little box house.
box. which did, indeed, look like a
playhouse. when all OF sudden. jill q
said.
Wait n minute, Jolle Didn't we
have something In our school lesson to-
day about first being careful before we
F.1u hat
couldn't easily get out Of again.
Didn't we7 safety first, you know
Yes. We did" said Jollc Maybe
we had better go hnck and ask teacher
whether its all right TO 20 In this box
To get the cheese, and aftetwnrd use n
for playhouse Use the box | mean
no, the choose. for Wen eat thDt"
That's what wen do" Jille agreed
Come on; aud We must hurry or II will
! soon be dark
| coming away from the place where
| Ia" hox was, when J lie saw an old
animal gentleman hopping along over
| the fields
"Oh. there's Uncle wiggily Long.
| corsw she cried. we can ask him II
/ aud use The box for n playhouse n,
| viii know as much as the lady nous,
| teacher"
Sure" said Jollle, 40 when IN,
| bunny uncle, who was on his way /,
| the store for Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzsy
! his muskrnt lady housckeeper, cam,
near enough Jolllc called:
oh tucle Wlgglly Is II All right ~,
| NJ 10 30 In there" and he pointed 4
the box
Uncle Wiegily leaned on his red. whr,
md blue striped rhcumot SIN crutch an,
looked at the box. Then his pink nos,
twinklcd very fast
What do In there1" he crled &c
should say not That v mouse trap
ana the cheese Ia put there to get YOU
! or some other little mouSlc- - go IN
IN YOU did the door (or side of the box
! would snar down shut and YOU woul,
he caught Don't go in"
We won't said Jollie. IT'S ROOF
thing we asked YOU, Uncle wlgglly"
Yes" m 4 jlllle sadly. nut It's TO,
Ind that what we thought wNs n play
house turns out TO ho nothing hut a hn,
trap to catch us"
"lih' Maybe | can fx thnt" snl,
Uncle Wiggly Carefully he went up /,
the mo,~o trap lie gnnwcd In II a hole
spring door nnd then he threw s'on
Ot the spring making II snap dowi
without duing any harm. aud then I
wasn't trap any more. hut tealll
truly make believe playhouse, will
choose In n. and tho mouse chidrel
could set In and out through tho hol
tncl. WISELY gnawcd aud not b
! caught
Then Jolllo and Jllllc thanked uncl
WigEily very much. and safely went Il
aud gut some of the cheese The neN
dpv they had lots NJ fun IN tho nlay
house, that used " 0v mouse trap.