The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-07

the hollow stump bungalow with
Nuts' Jane luzhy Nuzz}. the mus Ht
lady. Who kept house for him, once upon
a time. ] say. IA" rabbit gentleman
started out for 10 Nnlk
"Wher" arc you COINS asked tho
Wu~trtf Iad1
orr go Ioak fur an adventure v,s
M" arsN'r Would Epl lno to como
along
"fScu.e MI, said Nh, mu.krat lady
but / ha'r 90 do the sweeping The
mcnd.ng, The takiug aud then { have
some ironing, go / won't have time
That's too bad said the bunny
mon, Out III tell YOU what happened
An night" laughed Nurse Jane
only have II a nice adventure
The bunny man promised he would
and soon he was on hs way through
the woods and over the fields. he had
not gone very far before, all u "a
sudden, he saw a little girl beside the
Woodland path crying Just AS II she
wanted her tears To wash all the mud
Of her shoes. OF course. ! really don I
know that this was Why she was cry.
NIX, but. anyhow. her shoe. We're muddy
ana her tears were falling.
Why, my poor. dear little gin. OK
cI1im'd the uncle bunny IN his hpdcst
voice What lis the matter
Uncle Wiggily could speak little girl
talk when he wanted TO, Just Al he and
other animals can understand our talk.
Tn" little girl caught some Of her tears
In her handkerchief. 80 they wouldn't
run on her lips and taste salty. and
she @nusRcrcd
.on. hes gone, Uncle wigsly' He's
loWu far away
who or What ?" asked the bunny
uncle 'Do You mean your KITE
$50, not my Kite, but my canary
hird said the little gin, and then che
started In crying again
ION. don't do that begged the bun
ny uncle. Crying never did anyone II
good
But maybe my plckic bird will hear
me and feel 50 sorry that he'll come
back. she said.
- know something hotter to do than
that said IA" bunny uncle.
What" asked the little girl
I'm go help YOU look fot him, s"id
Uncle Niggily 1T Will De an adventure
for me and perhaps We may lind your
"Oh. how good Of YOU cried the lit
tie girl So she stopped crying. took
Uncle WigcilyS paw I'm her hand and
together they walked on through the
woods They looked on every side tor
} tho lost canary bird, but they could no
find him
once the little girl thought she saw
him. Und she ran TO . bush. but u Wa,
only a yellow leaf, and she felt lik'
crying again
That won't do" said Uncle Wigg'y
kindly. Now III tell you what TO do
You go back home and In a little while
I'm sure | can come along with your
lost DiCkic canary
oh. will YOU really" asked the nt,ly
girl
Truly and really. answered the
bunny man. So the little girl ran home
through the woods and sat down In
front Of the empty bird cage from which
her pet had flown away a little while
ago because She forgot and left the door
open,
When the little girl had gone, Uncle
Wiggily began to think.
Now. how in the world am ] going
TO find her bird?" he asked himself
I'm lust look around some more. =,
Uncle Wiggily looked, but still h.
couldn't find the lost bird, and then. al
Of q sudden, he thought of something
That's what III do he cried. max.
ms his pink nose twinkle like a baked
apple.
on he hoped through the woods. lean.
ing on his red. white and blue striped
rheumatsm crutch, that Nurse Jane had
gnawrd for him oul Of u cornstnlk iIis
rheumatism hurt him u little that day.
Pretty sOon Uncle Wipgily came {,
the home Of one OF his little friend.
who lived In the woods
win you do this for me ." asked
Uncle Wiggily, after he had whispered
Il bit TO his friend.
'IIflN VIII, NtN lNt hINN'T
\ little while after that. Uncle VIE.
gilN. holding something carefully in nj.
pocket. called at the house where the
little girl lived The rabbit gentleman
made sure there were no bad cats oJ
dogs around the house of the little girl
for, they might not know who he was
and try 10 chase him.
But everything was all right. so In.
Gle Wiggily went w 10 where the httlg
girl, whose name wus Marion. sat l,.
fore the empty cage
is that where you want him. asked
the bunny, smiling so that his ears al.
most bent over backward
what Have YOU found my deaf
Dlckie Bird, WAS the answer.
Uncle wisely pulled his closed paw
out ~ his pocket and put II inside m,
cage. There was a flash of yellow and
the little girl cried:
oh, YOU have found him Oh. how
glad | am
There was II yellow bird in tho cage
but before II could begin TO sing thcr,
was another flash OF yellow from "a tire,
and another bird flew into the cage Thi.
bird began to sing most sWcctly.
"Ohl on cticd the little girl rub.
bling her eyes In which there were n,
tears How IT, this. two htrdse Why,
only had oue?'
We'll IN tell you how It happened
said Uncle Wiggily. who was sufpr So,
Himself When | found | couldn't fine
Your real canary, | got Dichic Chip-Chnp
the sparrow boy, TO dust himself all ovcl
with some yellow powder from some old
dandclion flowers hiS mother had saved
This made him as yellow MS "a Cauary
and ! thought maybe he could take yuui
bird's place. But noN YOUR own bird
seems to have come back. 80 You won't
need Dlckie. He ran shake OF the yell
low powder and go back home
But | would have stayed IN the cage
until the little girls real bird came back
said Dickie, though | like the woods
better"
Il like the little girls cage" said
the real canary II flew ava but |
didn't have a bit good tltnc Some cats
chased me, u dog harked Bt me and a
flew back 10 YOU, Marion, and I'm go,ng
TO stay forever
And then the real canary sang q
sweet song DicEle shook the dandtlior
dust OF his wings and flew back home
and Uncle Niesly hoped on to the hol.
low stump bungalow
Thank YOU" called the little gir
after him II would have liked DiCkl,
Chip.Chnp real well N my real Dir,
hadn't come back Thank you.
Pray do not mention "a" said IN,
bunny, ut was u real pleasure. III
Jane
And he dld. and. II tho Gov, dccsn'
blow her horn 80 loudly that she wake
UP tho fish cakes. well then ask me nrs
about Uncle WISH. md IN" etIclnuts
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excellent boarding plR,es and are frli.