Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-03
Children's Evening Story

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hot" she cried as she burned her
tongue on it.
Wait until it cools." said Uncle
Wiggily.
Well, after that they all got along
very well, and they roasted many
marshmallows and ate them.
I'm going to save some for tomor
row night" said Jimmie and his sister
Lulu said the same thing. But Alice
Remarked:
"Oh, think I've had enough. Here
Uncle Wiggily, take what are left in
my box and give them to the poor lit.
tie mousie girl, and the other animal
children that you brought down from
the hot city to stay at the seashore
for fresh air." 49,
Il WILL" said Uncle Wiggily, land
I'll roast the candies for them" Then
Lulu and Jimmie also felt sorry for
the poor little animal children, and
they gave up what were left Of their
| candies, only there weren't very
| many in their tin boxes.
But I give Alice credit for thinking
| Of 1t first and also for getting Uncle
Wiggily to buy the candies: so that's
| why called them her marshmallows;
you see. ~, e.. ...- j..
! Well. pretty soon it got time for the
| Wibblewobble children to go to bed,
and Uncle Wiggily wished them good
night. Then, taking the marshmallows
he hoped on to his own bungalow, IN
tending to have candy roast for his
other little friends.
"Oh, goodie!" cried the mousie girl,
when Uncle Wiggily told her and the
others to come out and sit around the
fire with their pointed sticks, ready for
some fun.
"Goodie-good and also some mo-
lasses cookies!' said the poor little
kittie cat girl. ~.
Well, soon they were roasting marsh
mallows, that Is all but the little
mousie girls baby sister, and Uncle
Wiggily baked hers for her over the
hot embers, because she was too small
to hold the, sharp stick. He had given
her two candies and was just cooking
the third candy, which was getting a
; lovely brown, when, all at once, out
from the ocean sprang a big, bad sea
rat. o.. e. -.
"Ah, ha!" he cried, chattering his
teeth as If he we're cold. AT last I
have that rabbit! I've been waiting to
catch him for long time. Now I'll
take him away with me- .-
Wasn't he impolite though? And to
think that he was distant relation to
the mousie girl Oh, some things are
terrible.
You leave Uncle Wiggily alone!"
the mousie girl said bravely.
Il will mott" replied the sea rat,
most impolitely, and he sprang for the
rabbit gentleman. At this the mousie
girl and all the others ran away to
look for a boardwalk policeman.
Nov have you!" cried the sea rat
as he crept close to the rabbit.
ooh, please don't hurt me-" begged
Uncle Wiggily.
Eyes, will" growled the rat, and he
was just going to take the rabbit
gentleman away down under the ocean
waves, when, all at once, Uncle Wig
gily happened to think of the hot
marshmallow he had on the end Of the
sharp. stick. It was ono he was roast
ing for the baby mousie.
Here! Eat this instead of mel" he
said to the sea rat.
With that the rabbit gentleman
thrust the .-edhot candy right into the
open mouth of the bad creature.
ooh, WOW! Oh, trolley cars! Oh,
Ice cream cones! Oh, souvenir pos
tals!" cried the bad sea rat, for his
mouth was very hot-as hot as vinegar
and pepper and mustard all mixed to-
gether. "Oh, woe is mel" he cried,
down in the ocean to cool off his
and then he gave one jump and landed
tongue, and 50 he didn't get Uncle
Wiggily that night, nor ever after.
ward, in fact, though he tried very
hard
Then the mousie girl and the other
animal children came back, and all the
marshmallow candies were roasted
and eaten, except the one that had
burned the sea rat, and then every.
body went to bed, and so must you.
But in the next story, in case the
hammock doesn't break down with
the fat boy and punch hole in the
ground for the grass to go to sleep
in, I'll tell you about Uncle Wiggily
and Jimmie's kite.
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