Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-22
Children's Evening Story


very good" went on Uncle Wiggily
"and I haven't forgotten how to make
one. I have to do something to keeI
busy, and as my rheumatism won't
let me go out Of doors, I'll stay in the
house and cook"
better, now that DR.. Possum had given
him some medicine, Uncle Wiggily got
the cabbage and brought it up into the
kitchen. Then he got a pan in which
to bake the cake, and he mixed up diff
ferent things.
He took eggs. and -four and sugar
and butter, and lard and cinnamon
and nutmeg and spices and some salt
and pepper, and mustard, and vinegar
and a spoon. OF course, he didn't bake
the spoon In the cake, that was only
to stir the things with, you understand
Then the old gentleman rabbit took
the cabbage cutter, and he cut the
cabbage upsas fine as carpenter shaw
ings and he put 1t inside the cake, and
as he had lot of cabbage left over
he just left it on the table.
Nov to put the cake in the oven
and bake It," he said after a while
land when it is done Buddy and
Brighteyes and their papa and mama
and I will eat it." ..---,-.
Into the oven went the cabbage cake
and Uncle Wiggily once more sal
down by the stove to keep warm. Well
he hadn't sat there very long before
all of sudden in came bad old Tom
cat with sharp claws and sharp teeth
"Ah, hal" exclaimed the cat, creep
ing close to Uncle Wiggily and wag
ging his tail, 81 smell cabbage cake, !
think"
yes, you are right politely ans
wered the rabbit, and he was looking
for good place to jump if the cal
should chase him. 81 made the cab
bage cake for our supper went on
Uncle Wiggily. "You probably smell
1t cooking in the oven. I hope it will
be done in time for our supper.
OUR supper" cried the cat. 81
think you mean MY supper"
"Oh, are you going to stay to sup
PERI" inquired Uncle Wiggily politely
II didn't know that In that case OF
course you will have some Of the cab
bage cake To-.
mol" cried the bad cat. I'm not
going to have some Of the cabbage
cake, l am going to have it all, now
all of it. want that whole cabbage
cake ..
"Oh. what a bad cat!'!' cried Uncle
Wiggily. Nov you must get right out
of this kitchen. You can't have any
cabbage cake"
II can't Ell? I'll see about that
cried the Tom cat, and with that he
made dash for the oven, intending
to open the door and take out the cake
which was smelling most delicious
then. But, by mistake the cat jumped
close to the table on which was all the
left over cut up cabbage Uncle Wig
gily hadn't used.
In another moment the table upset
and the cut up cabbage few all over
mostly right down on that cat,
"Oh, wow" cried the cat. ooh
wow-wow! It's raining cabbage, and
showing 1t too. Oh. never saw any.
thing like this!" Then he started to
run away, and all the pans and spoons
and dishes that Uncle Wiggily had
used tumbled off the table down on top
Of him and made terrific racket and
scared the cat so that he turned back
into little kitten again and he be.
came good right away and stayed good
which was the best thing that could
have happened to him.
Then the little kitten helped Uncle
Wiggily clean up the kitchen and the
cabbage cake was baked by this time
and the good little kitten that used to
be bad cat, stayed to supper and had
some had some cabbage cake, !
mean. And Of course, Buddy and
Brighteyes and the others had some
also. @.~D - r.
Uncle Wiggily enjoyed himself so
much at the home Of Buddy and Bright
eyes Pigg that he remained there the
rest of the summer. Fall came. and
still the rabbit gentleman did not 20
home, and he even spent Christmas
and New Years with the guinea pigs
OF course by this time the seashore
bungalows were closed, and the animal
children had come up from the beach
Uncle Wiggily often saw them dur
ing his visit to Buddy and Brighteyes
And, not long after his excitement
with the cabbage cake the rabbit
gentleman had curious adventure
And, In case the apple pie doesn't roll
around the table like hoop and ster
on the buffers tail as it's tagging a
piece Of bread, the next story will be
about Uncle Wiggily and the box Of
blocks.