El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27

your way through. ano rnen can
shine on you, and make you grow"
"Oh, it's no usel 1 can't push the
stone from over my head. Oh, such
trouble as 1 havep
Trouble, eh2" cried Uncle Wiggily.
Here is where ] come in. Who are
you, and what is the troubles? ne
asked, looking all around, and seeing
nothing but the shining sun.
Here I am, down in the ground near
your left hind leg" was the answer.
Il am a woodland flower and I have
Just started to grow. But when 1 tried
10 put my head up out of the ground
TO get the air and drink the rain water
] lind l cannot do it, A big stone is in
the way, right over my head, and
cannot push it aside to get up Oh,
dearr"
"oh, don't worry about that" cried
Uncle Wiggily, in his jolly voice. III
lift the stone off your head for you.
and he did. Under the stone were two
little pale green leaves on a stem that
was Just cracking its way up through
the brown earth
There you are!" cried the bunny
uncle. But you don't look much like
a flower"
ooh, have only just begun to grow
was the answer. And 1 never would
have been a flower IL you had not taken
the stone from me. You see, when !
was a baby flower, or seed. / was COW
cred up in my warm bed of earth. Then
came the cold winter, and l went to
sleep When spring came I awakened
and began to grow, but in the mean
while this stone was put over me. l
don't know by whom But it held me
But now I am free, and my pale
green leaves will turn to dark green,
and soon 1 will blossom out into a
flower"
How will all that happenY' Uncle
Wiggily asked.
when the sunbeam shines on me-"
answered the blossom. That Is why
/ wanted to get above the stone-so
the sunbeam could shine on me and
warm me.
And / will begin to do it right nowi"
exclaimed the sunbeam, who had been
playing about on the leaves OF the
trees, waiting for a chance to shine on
the green plant and turn il into a beau
tiful flower. Thank you, Uncle Wig
lily, for taking the stone off the leaves
so j could shine on them" went on the
sunbeam, who had known Uncle Wigg-
lily for some time. Though I am strong
I am not strong enough to lift stones,
nor was the flower. But now I can
do my work. I thank you, and I hope
may do you a favor some time"
Thank you" Uncle WiggiIy said,
with a low bow, raising his tall silk
hat. Il suppose you sunbeams are
kept very busy shining on, and warm
yes, indeedr answered the yellow
sunbeam, who was a long, straight
chap. I'VE have lots of work to do,
but we are never too busy to shine for
our friends"
Then the sunbeam played about the
little green plant, turning the pale
leaves a dark color and swelling out
the tiny buds. Uncle Wiggily walked
on through the woods glad that he had
had this liff1n adventure
It was day or so after this that
the bunny uncle went to the store for
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the mukrat
lady, who kept his hollow stump bung-
allow so nice and tidy.
Il want a load Of bread, a yeast cake
and three pounds OF sugar" said Nurse
Jane.
Tt will give me great pleasure to
get them for YOU answered the rabbit
gentleman politely. on his way home
from the store with the sugar, bread
and yeast cake, Uncle Wiggily thought
he would hop past the place where he
had lifted the stone off the head Of the
plant, 20 see how IL was growing. And,
as he stood there. looking at the flower.
which was much taller than when the
bunny uncle had last seen IL, all OF a
sudden there was a rustling in the
bushes, and out jumped a bad old fox.
"Ah, ha!' barked the fox, like a dog.
You are just the one I want to see!"
You want to see meT exclaimed
Uncle Wiggily. Il think you must be
mistaken" he went on, politely.
"Oh, no. not at alli' barked the fox.
You have there some sugar, some
bread and a yeast cake; have you nOt?''
Il have" answered Uncle Wiggily.
Well, then, you may give me the
bread and sugar and after eat them
7 will start in on you. / will fake you
off 10 my den, to my dear little foxes,
Eight, Nine and Ten. They have num-
bers instead of names, you see."
But don't want to give you Nurse
James sugar and bread, and go with
you to your den," said the rabbit gen.
tleman. i don't want to! don't
You can't always do as you like"
barked the fox. Quick now-the sugar
and breadr'
What about the yeast cake?" asked
Uncle Wiggily, as he held II out, all
wrapped in shiny tinfoil, like a look
ing-giass. What about the yeast
"Oh throw it awayr'' growled the
fox.
in Uncle Wiggily's. ear. and there was
the sunbeam he had met the other day.
Hold out the yeast cake, and I will
shine on il very brightly, and then I'll
slant. or bounce off, into the eyes Of
the fox" said the sunbeam. And when
I shine I'm his eyes I'll tickle him, and
he'll sneeze, and you can run away"
So Uncle Wiggily held out the bright
yeast cake. Quick as a flash the sun
beam glittered on II, and then into the
eyes Of the fox.
"Ker-ohoo" he sneezed. "Ker-choo-
aker-chOow and tears came into his
eyes, so he could not see Uncle Wig
gily, who, after thanking the sunbeam,
hurried safely back to his bungalow
with the things for Nurse Jane.
So the fox got nothing at all but a
and when hn had