Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-19
Copyright, 1916. by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.

came Skipping ana hopping along 10
the hollow stump bungalow, where
the bunny uncle lived. "Oh, it's going
to be SO pretty"
What is?" asked Mr.. Longcars,
looking over the top of the paper he
was reading. Are you speaking about
the nice dinner Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wu2Zy, the muskrat lady, is going to
get for me?"
Dinner? Why, no; the very idea J"
cried Susie, aughling so that her pink
nose twinkled ever brighter than
Uncle Wiggily's for just " little while.
O." 81 was speaking about the new green
dress mother is making for me to
wear to Lulu Wibblewobbles party"
said Susie. Though | do hope, Uncle
I Wiggily thta Nurse Jane gets you a
Nood dinner"
81 hope so myself" laughed the
bunny uncle. But what is all this
about a new dress
IT'S true" cried Susie II just had
It tried on, but mother took it off to
sew up some of the seams put some
cores down the center, few plalts on
the side and "A ruffle or two around
the edge. Then it will be all done, bur
while | am waiting I just thought I'd
run over and tell you about it,"
"Glad you did," said the rabbit gen
tleman. 81 shall be very glad to see
your new uTtSS, susie.
When he had finished reading the
paper Uncle Wiggily went for a walk
as he did nearly every day.
And perhaps | may have an adven-
ture," he said to himself with smile
AT any rate, ! am glad Susie is to
have a new green dress. There are
very few green leaves left on the trees,
and something green around the
bungalow will make me think of sum-
mer."
SO Uncle Wiggily walked along, and
pretty soon he came to a tree. a great
big tree, and from around behind it
he heard a voice saying:
"Wel. I'm sure | don't know what
is going to become of us. 1t will soon
be cold and, in fact, | am so chilly
now ! cannot sing, or hardly move. 1t
is dreadful"
ooh, don't worry, my dear wife,
said another voice. I'm sure every
thing will be all right. The sun will
soon be higher in the sky, and it will
shine more warmly. and then perhaps
we can fly away down South where
ii is always warm"
"And will you take us with you ?"
asked whole lot of little voices.
"To be sure we will" answered the
first one. I'VE would not think of
leaving you children behind. That is.
If we can get away"
"Oh we'll get away all right" said
the second big voice.
Uncle Wiggily looked around behind
the tree an dthere he saw a whole lot
of green Katy-dids. There were the
two big ones-the father and mother
and lots of little boy and girl Katy
dds. These are green creatures, some
thing like grasshoppers only different.
There are Katy-didn'ts, too, but this
story is not about them.
well, well, What seems to be the
trouble asked Uncle Wiggily in his
kind voice
"Oh, well may you ask that" cried
Mrs Katy-did 1--WE liked it so well
here that we forgot to take the last
animal airship down south, as the
other bugs and the birds did, and now
we shall have to fly ourselves if we
want to go. And we must go to keep
from freezing, but already our wings
are so stiff that we can hardly move.
Oh. dear! Such trouble!"
"Now my dear Wife" said Mr..
Katy-did, "please don't worry so. I'm
sure everything will be all right"
"Of course it will" cried Uncle
Wiggily in has most jolly voice And,
when the little hoy and girl Katy dds
heard him, they Just had to laugh, he
was so lollypor-like and kind.
"How can you get us down South 2"
asked Mrs. Katy-did. "It is so cold"
"Ha." cried Uncle Wiggily, Il can
easily fix that. Here | have an empty
box that l was taking over to Johnnie
Bushytail the boy squirrel. so he
could make a little toy wagon of it.
But / will put you in the box where
you will all be warm. Then | will
carry you to my warm bungalow, and
you may stay until / can get out my
own airship. Then ! will fly to the
warm south with YOU
"Oh, joy" cried all the Katy-dids.
So Lncle Wiggly put them in the
box and hoped home with them, glad
that he was having an adventure. He
put the box of Katy-dds on the
mantle back of the warm stove and
soon they all went to sleep. The next
day Uncle Wiggiy was going to ride
them down south in his airship.
That evening, right after supper,
Susie Littletail came running over to
Uncle Wiggily's bungalow.
"Oh, bunny unCle"' she cried.
what! Don't tell me Lulu Wibble-
Something dreadful has happened"
,wobble is not going to give her party.
so you can't wear your new green
dress to it, said Mr.. Longears.
ITS almost as bad as that" cried
Susie. Just as mother was finishing
my new dress. a spark from the stove
flew out on it and burned ii all up.
Now ] have no new dress to wear to
the party. oh, dear" and Susie cried
real tears.
Uncle Wiggily thought for minute
Then he said:
susie, you have plain white dress,
for / have seen it. Put that on and
come back here" Susie, wondering
what Uncle Wiggily was going to do,
did as she was told. Then, wrapping
up a box from the mantel back of the
stove in his house. Uncle Wiggily took
it and went with Susie, wearing her
white dress, to the duck girls party.
But ] haven't a ne wdress," said
Susie sadly.
Just you wait" said the bunny
man. Once inside the warm house,
he took the green Katy-did out of
the box, and let them perch all over
on Susie's dress, which they could
easily do, and were glad to, as a favor.
Then lo-and behold The plain white
dress was turned into n lovely green
spotted one by the Katy-dids clinging
to it, and 1t was one of the incest
dresses at the party. Everybody had
a fine time and the next day Uncle
Wiggily took the green insects down
south in his airship.
So you see il is nice to be kind even
to Katy-did and If the red candy