El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-03
Uncle wIGGmY LoNGEARs. the

knocked on the door OF the hol-
low tree in the woods where Johnnie
and Billie Bushytsl. the two little
squirrel boys. lived. -,,
Come in!' invited Mrs Bushytaq.
So Uncle Wiggily went In
IT thought I'd come around and see
YOU" he said TO the squirrel lady
was out in the woods, taking WaLNsi
as I do every day. and I hoped IalBnI
meet with an adventure. But so IaI,,
I haven't. Do you know where ] coulu
] find an adventure. Mrs. Bushytailg'
NO I'm sorry to say, l don't Ihele
! Wiggily," answered the squirrel lauy-
: But I wish you could find sometnine
TO make my little boy Billie leel pet
iwhy. is he liz" asked the bunny
uncle surprised like, and he lookeI
across the room where Billie Bushl Iall
/ was curled UP in a big rocking chair,
with his tail held over his head ike
an umbrella, though it was not ram
@No. Billie isn't i'll" said Mrs. Bushy-
! tail. But he says he doesn't know
what 70 do TO have any fun, and i am
afraid he is a little peevish-
ooh. that isn't right. said Mt. LONG *
ears Little boys, whether they are
s0uirrels. rabbits or real children.
should try to be jolly and happy ana
How can a fellow be happy when
cross eros like. My brother Johnnie got
/ ont of school early. and he and the
/ other animal boys have gone OIL 70
1 play where I can't find them had 70
! stay in, because 7 didn't know my hu,-
| cracking lesson, and now ! can nave
/ any fun oh deari I don't care
/ Billie meant. I suppose, that ne diuil
| care what he said or did, and that Isl IsIl.I
! right But Uncle WigEily only plnkleu
| his twink nose. No, wait, Just M
| ment il you please. He Just tWmhleu
! his pink nose behind the squirrel hoy
! back, and then the bunny uncle sa s
How would you like to come LOT Il
| walk in the woods with me. Billie.
! "Oh. that will be nice" exclaimed
the squirrel lady DO. go, Billie; 4,,o
I "No, 7 don't want to-" Chartered the
bov SQUIRREL. most impolitely.
4 ooh. that isn't at all nice, said MIS-
Bushvtail. at least thank Uncle Wig
gily for asking you ,,-.---,,-.,, .-.,tz
Billie sorrylike. Il do thank you. But
4 I want very much to have some run.
and there's no fun in the woods.
know all about them. I know every
/ tree and bush and stump. want 10 81
to n new place.
well. new places are nice" said the
I bunny uncle, but old ones are NICE
TOO il YOU know where to look for the
niceness Now come along with me-
and we'll see il we can't have some
fun. It is lovely in the woods now.
ct won't have any fun there SAID
Billie GROSSLY. THE woods are no
good. Nothing good to eat grows
soh. YES there does-lots" laughed
Uncle Wiggily. Why the nuts you
squirrels eat grow in the woods"
yes, but there are no nuts now,
spoke the squirrel boy. They only
come In the fall"
We'll, come, scamper aioIs' , any
how" invited Uncle Wiggily. VINO
knows what may happen? 1t NAV even
! he an adventure Come along, Billie"
SO. though he did not care much
about IT., Billie went. Uncle WigglIy
! showed the squirrel boy where the
early spring flowers were coming up
and how the Jacks. in their pulpits'
| were getting ready to preach sermons
| to the trees and bushes.
'Hark, What's that asked Billie,
| suddenly. hearing a noise.
what does it sound like" asked
Uncle Wiggily.
Like bells ringing"
ooh. it's the bluebeIls-the bluebell
| flowers" answered the bunny uncle.
why do they ring?" asked the lit
! tie boy squirrel
ITO call the little ants and lightning
bugs to school" spoke Uncle Wiggily'
I and Billy smiled. He was beginning
to see that there were more things IN
the woods than he had dreamed OF:
! even II he had scampered here and
! there among the trees ever since he
was q squirrel chap.
On and on through the woods went
the bunny uncle and Billle- Ihey
| picked big, leafy ferns to fan them
| selves with, and then they drank from
| a spring Of cool water.
/ But no sooner had Billie taken the
| cold water than he suddenly cried:
| ouch, oh, dear, Oh, my. how II
| hurts"
what is it," asked Uncle Wiggily.
did you bite your tongue or step on
thorn?'
'It's my tooth" Chartered Billie. The
! cold water made it ache again need
to go to Mr.. Stubtail, the bear dentist.
! who will pull it out with his long
] claws. But I've been putting it off,
and putting it off. and nOw-Oh, dear,
! how II aches Vow
III cure it for you said Uncle Wig
| gily Just walk along through the
woods with me and I'll soon stop your
| aching tooth"
How can you?" asked Billie, hold
| ing his paw to his jaw TO warm the
! aching tooth, for heat win often stop
| pain. There isn't anything here in
the woods to cure toothache; is there 2?
"I think we shall find something,
spoke the bunny uncle.
We'll. 7 wish we could find II SOON
cried Billie. "for my tooth hurts very
| much. Ouch," and he hoped up and
down, for the toothache was OF the
| jumping kind.
"Ah. ha, Here we have it, cried
| Uncle Wiggily. as he stopped over some
| shiny green leaves, growing close to
the ground. and he pulled some of them
up. "Just chew these leaves little