El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24

1NCLE Wiggily Longears. the nice
old rabbit gentleman, was slowly
- hopping along over the fields of
his farm, which was next TO the green
Woodland where he lived in a hollow
stump with Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy.
the muskrat lady housekeeper
We'll. everything seems to be com
ing along nicely" said Uncle .Wiggily
TO himself i think I might take u
few days vacation and hop down to the
seashore to meet some OF my old
friends, the shipwrecked mouse and the
sold and shivery lobster guess he
Wouldn't he very cold today" And
Uncle Wiggily stopped in the shade of
some pie plant leaves and ate piece
Of cheese
though OF course, the cheese felt the
heat too. In fact il said il was melt
ing. the cheese did.
All OF a sudden. as Uncle NigEily
was taking the last uibble, he heard
voice calling
Hay, Hay, Hay"
a Hal ! wonder If they mean me2' he
L~sxclaimed half aloud. Who's calling2"
he asked.
out of hollow tlve flew a big bird
I called" he said i am the blue
jay
"Oh, I'm glad to meet you" politely
. spoke Uncle Wiggily. though 1 wish
Psyou wouldn't cry hay at me"
why not2' asked the bird
Because II reminds me of the time
when the bad ear-scratching cat. the
tail pulling monkey and the nose pinch
ing baboon tried to pull me off the
load Of hay" went on the bunny uncle
'tOf course. they didn't do il, and they
fooled themselves, but 1 don't like to
think about it So, il you wouldn't
,nind-
I'm sorry" said the bluejay bird
.
noice make So. unless keep still.
can't make myself heard" And then
the bird dropped something down in Il
hollow tree
What are you doing?" asked Uncle
Wiggily-
Filling my hollow tree with
acOrns," was the answer And its tax
ing me a very long while. never
knew one OF my trees to have such
big hollow in it,
, 'One Of your trees" spoke Uncle
= &iggily, sort of surprised Ike WHY.
this IS my farm. and everything on il
is mine-the trees and everything
"Oh. excuse me-" said the bluejay
sort of sadly like Il did not know
that Well. If this is your tree I'll have
10 take all the acorns out of il. I sup
pose. and II I do that. and have 10
fill another. II viii be winter before I
finish. I wish had known that be-
fore"
.Oh. now that's too bad, I'm sorry
spoke" said Uncle Wiggily. of course.
A-Su may use my tree TO fill with acOrns
II you like. Put in as many as you
please. and call il your tree. too. I
have no use for it"
.Oh. thank yOui" exclaimed the blue
jay bird. That makes me feel happy.
-3Pn keep right on with my work Hay,
lHayl Hayr and the bird called the
word out in such 2 jolly fashion thaS
the rabbit gentleman could not help
laughing as he thought OF how the ca.
the chimpanZee and the monkey were
caught under the hay, as l told you in
the story before this one
So while the bluejay went on gath
ering acorns and dropping them into
the hollow tree. Uncle Wiggly kept on
hopping over his farm He looked at
the onions and the potatoes growing
side by side. and he saw the suubeams
| dancing with the little waves OF the
brook, doing a sort Of duck glide with
the fox trot-
yes, everything is coming along all
right" said Mr.. Longears- Ny farm IS
better than ever l am glad L 1--we on
it"
Then he started back for the hollow
stump, as he had promised to be back
early for luncheon, and he and Nurse
Jane were then going to the moving
pictures
But, as Uncle Wiggily reached a lit
tie patch Of woodland, near spring.
all Of sudden some one jumped out
from behind stump and grabbed him.
We'll, now who's got you2" cried a
voice, just as when papa or mamma
slips up behind you and blinds your
eyes. Guess who 1t Isl
Uncle Wiggily guessed the first time.
You're the ear-scratching cat-' he
cried. sadly.