El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-13
IT Uncle WIGGILY, don't you
think you'd better take an
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think you'd better take an
umbrella with YOUR" asked
| Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the muskrat
! lady housekeeper. as the rabbit gentle
man. Mr.. Longears, started out from
/ his hollow stump bungalow one morn
ing.
! should l take one with me? 1 have my
red. white and blue barDer-pole rheu
matism crutch. that you gnawed for me
out Of a cornstalk."
THAT wouldn't be much goSI in n
/ rainstorm." said the musSrlt lady with
a laugh. at wouldn't keep Off many
OF the drops"
No, I s'pose not" said the bunny
uncle. sort of rubbing his nose. thought
( full like, with the brim of his tall silk
hat 80 you think it is going to rain,
do your
looking to see il the hair ribbon had
come off the end Of her tail, but il
had not, I'm glad to say.
We'll, Il guess I'll be back before IL
storms" went on Uncle Wiggily. I'm
only going over to Grandfather GoOsey
Gander's pen house to see if he wants
to play checkers with grains OF corn
/ won't be very long," and with that
Uncle Wiggily hoped away.
over the fields and through the
woods hoped the bunny uncle on his
way to the house, or pen of the old
thinking what a nice visit he would
have when all of a sudden, he heard
from behind a scratchy briar bush
sad voice saying;
"Oh dear, they are all spilled I'll
never be able to pick them up; never,
There are too many of them! Oh,
dearw
'Ha, That is funny talk. It sounds
as though some one were in trouble"
said Uncle Wiggily to himself. 1 won
der If I can help them. I'll just take
peek first, for it might be the skillery-
scalery alligator with humps on his
tail, or the bad fox or wolf. and they
would help themselves to catch me
rather than have me help them. I'll
take a peek first"
So Uncle Wiggily peeked out and
there, on the other side Of the. bush
he saw a little man. bending down
and picking something up off the
ground. Now, as a rule, the bunny I'M
Gle didn't like men, for most Of them
were hunters, with dogs and bang-5ang
guns, who came after the animal PEG
pie. But this man was so little. and
so kind looking and, withal Uncle Wig
gily could see he had no gun, so Mr..
Longears knew it would be all right.
Excuse me-" said Uncle Wiggily,
speaking q language that animals and
little men can understand. But can ]
"oh. hello. Uncle wiggily." exclaimed
the little chap. why maybe you can
help me. You see, I am Peter-Peter,
and @"
What. not Peter-Peter, the Pump
kin Eater?" asked the rabbit gentle
man. surprised like.
THE very same" was the answer.
Pm that Peter-2eter."
Then you must be a friend Of Mother
Goose" said the bunny uncle. smiling
down one side Of his pink, twinkling !
nose.
u am" answered Peter-Peter.
ftr-r-.
to help you" spoke Mr.. Longears Il |
always help her friends. What is the !
trouble?"
7 have spilled all my pumpkin seeds" !
was the answer of Peter-Peter. you
see, I was scooping out my pumpkin
she'll, making il hollow to keep NV
wife in. as it says in the Mother Goose
book When I had the seeds all scooped /
out my wife said 1t would be good /
thing to take them over to Mrs. Bushy-
tail, the squirrel lady, as she and her
two boys, Johnny and Billie. could eat
them"
7 guess they'y be glad to get Them"
said Uncle Wiggily. IN fact 7 like
roasted pumpkin seeds myself"
but the trouble is" said Peter-Pe-
ter, that when I had put the seeds in
bag. and was on my way to the
Bushytail hor1e with them. came
through these woods. The pricklv briar
bush caught my bag. tore holes in It.
and out fell the pumpkin seeds. Thew
are scattered all over the ground here.
and. oh, dear I'll never be able 10
pick them up"
oh yes you will" said Uncla Wiz
gily, with a jolly laugh. I'll helm Won
and I'll get my friends, Dickie and Nell
lie Chip-Chip. the sparrows. 10 holm
They are great at picking In seeds +"
SO Uncle Wiggily whistled for DfcIxia
and Nellie Chip Chip, and when tbo
sparrow boy and girl came. with their
sharp bills. they soon picked mn r,os+
of the pumpkin seeds, Uncle Wiggji7,
and Peter-Peter helping, of course
And when they were ali niclred nm
Uncle Wiggily pasted some nostoS-e
stamps over the holes in Peter-PeteT's
bag, so 1t was as good as ever Tba,,
the little man started Off with q - !
his shoulder to the BushytaiI souirreI
house.
Thank you very much, Tnclo Vic
gily" said Peter-Peter. "And ,,o,, -
Dickie and Nellie If ever I car A. 80,
a favor. I will" w 'ou
So he went on and when Dioi,fo -.
Nellie had flown home. Uncle 60. an
hoped along to GRANDMA Goes. C c7iL'
der's house There the old rsbbi. an-
tleman had nice time pIavins- olse.S1, IL
with grains of corn but az keIs
home, when he was IN +ba nis way
the woods all Of a sudden - Inust OF
rain verv hard IT. Degan 10
oh, dear!t cried the hmm. -
Nurse Jane was right t. IN uncle
and ] have no umbrella raining,
III We.t and my rheuamtism VII, Nbe
worse than ever. Oh deaf VIII ne
had some place fo Wish !