Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-12
Children's Evening Story
!! TEY DINK

Uncle MIsslIy and FIdo FHp-Flop:,
well. as soon as Uncle W1gg1ly
sinSnd himself inside the bears dem
& sk. lust listen to me! That was in the
Saliker story, wasn't it? Yes, we left
Nj In the funny little house IN the
3koods, with the clawy creature grap'
tng him. -@ -.. j,
Now, what do you suppose that
zhaWy creature was? Why. a great, big
{el. to be sure, with round, staring
Sio3low eyes, and he grabbed uncle
HfkKily In his claws, and pulled MIN
6bide the house.
NOV. I've got you" cried the owl.
VAS Just wishing some one would
Il me along, and you did. Some OF
y Nv friends are coming to tea this al
Srnoon and you'll do very nicely made
4 into sandwiches"
Y aSSWasn't that a perfectly dreadful way
u talk about our Uncle Wiggily? Well,
guess yes! r~
sssNow you're here, make yourself at
u tiofne," went on the owl, sarcastic ike,
B Sshe locked the front door and put the
( ~ ia his pocket. Did you see the
\ aSn!''
es," said Uncle wiggily, I did:
Int i don't call it fair. ! thought
4 f0uld find my fortune in here
The sign says you'll be surprised
md guess you are surprised, aren't
A6d?" asked the owl.
EEsYes," answered the rabbit, very
much SO. But I'd rather have nice
E}1rprise party, with peanuts and lem
made, than this"
II No matter" said the owl, swapping
|afls beak like pair of shears, here
S|0u, are and here you'll stay! My
! iends will soon arrive. I'll now put
zSe kettle on, to boil for tea" -.
well Door Uncle Wiggily didn't
I now. what to do He couldn't look In
\ 1It valise to see If there was anything
|H ii BY which he might escape, for
had dropped the satchel outside
I'm the owl grabbed him, and he only
VII his barber pole crutch. go,
ssOh, this is worse and worse
6ought the poor old rabbit.
but listen, Johnnie Bushytail is out
{ lde the owls house and he's going
do wonderful trick.
fsAs soon as he saw the door shut on
i ncle Wiggily, that brave squirrel boy
y 6gan to plan how he could save hlm'
"a the first thing he did was to gath.
sup q lot of acorns. .-. ~
Then he perched himself in tree
Hixht ii front of the OWLS door. and
3Shnnie began throwing acorns at IT..
&RSt-a-tat-tat!" went the acorns on the
ooden panels. "#-..
II 'fia! Those must be my friends!
Unclaimed the bad owl, opening the
l10or 4 little crack so he could peak
sit, but taking care to stand IN front
IS III. so that Uncle Wiggily couldn't
HIP out. But, of course, the OWL saw
I " one. 1T must have been the wind"
H. said as he shut the door.
n Then Johnnie Bushytail threw some
3&pre acorns at the door. "P1tter'pat.
Il |lsiI Apatter-pit!" they went, like hall
omes In an ice cream can.
An, there are my friends, sure, this
Ime! thought the owl, and once more
~ peered out, but no one was there
I'M must have been a tree branch nit
INT against the door, said the OWL,
he sharpened a big knife with which
;fp make the sandwiches. Then John
'Sile threw some more acorns and the
{5rl now thought positively his frlends
6ore there, and when he opened IT ana
3gW no one he was real mad.
ssss.Some one is playing tricks on me!
Exclaimed the savage bird. I'll catch
hem next time!" -. g..
Now this was just what Johnnie
ushytail wanted, so he threw whole
aS0uble handful of acOrns at the door
nd when the owl heard them patter
HI against the wood he rushed out.
Nov, I've got you" he cried, but
nv hadn't, for Johnnie was up tree
SAnd, for the moment, the owl forgot
|8bout Uncle Wiggily, and there the
Moor was wide open.
out, Uncle Wiggily! Run QUIT
Cried Johnnie and out the old gentle
man rabbit hoped, catching up his
tSalise and away into the woods ne
a|An with Johnnie scurrying along In
Me tree tops above him and laughing
sAt the owl who flew back to his
slsouse, but too late to catch the bunny.
That's what you get for fooling
:yeople so they'll come into your house.
allied the squirrel boy. ut serves
skou right, Mr.. Owl. Come on, Uncle
1Wigg'ly, we'll get away from here
SO they went on together until it
mas time for Johnnie to go home and
sie said he'd tell Uncle Wiggily' 5
friends that he had met the old gentle.
man rabbit and that he hadn't found
ATS fortune yet. but that he was look.
lug for 1t every minute, and had had
many adventures. -..... A.,
Veil, Uncle Wiggily went on some
more, for quite a distance. until It was
Eaoon time, and then he ssat down in
The cool. green woods, where there
we're some jacks-in-the-pulpit growing
aear some ferns. and there Uncle Wig
n zszsSSasss