The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-04

(copyrlght 1915, nv Mcclure Newspaper
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| lNE dov lncle Wiggly fongcars.
" the rabbit gentleman who lives In
hts hollow stump bungalow with
Nlrso Jane Fuzzy Hn2y, the muskrat
lady houeok"epcr. went for walk
II viii be "a nice. long walk too
said N" rabbit ma be- started Off, wear
lng his new fur oyercont with great
big pockets And | may have an Rd-
venture before / come back"
j hope u viii De- u uD,o adventure"
said Nurse lnne politely
Uncle Wiggily said hr hoped the same
'hlng, ana away he went. over the
fields and through the wuuds He had
hls paws In che big warm pockets pf
hts fur cont, and pretty coon, rcnghipg
d"wn ~ the bottom ~ one pocket
Uncle WiEglly frlt something there
II wonder what II ish no said 10
hims.lf ns b" brought ont little
bundle done up In paper Taking on
the wrapper he found some nice cherry
pie sundWghcs Nurse 3uur must have
put them there 10 surprise me laughed
thr bunny making his pink nose
twinkle os fast as o trolley chr well
II s't down and rnt them. | love cher
rs pie suudWl-Hrs 90
So he ate nll but part NJ one. and
thus b" put hnrk IN HIS pocket In case
h' should h' hungry nEnIn. Then he
arose from N" Nat stump, where he
hlh Ii down TO eat his lunch and of
'' started ogn'u. now md then lean
,nf ON the red, white and blue striped
rheumatism crutch that Nurse Jane had
tIl"rd Tor him out OF n cornstulk
In'lo Wlgcily had not gone on much
I'iltr before. all OF oneness (or
sudden, n you Ike that better he
heard little voice calling and CRYING
,h. dr1r' ON. dcar' How terribly
tuN al
ia! That sounds Ike trouble. said
the bunny Then he asked. Who arc
You ana what liz the matter2"7
am llttlc squirrel was tho an
swcr, and | am lost"
Lost Lost asked the bunny. look.
nE All around Where are YOU
'Ot course YOU emit SEQ me-" was tho
an ,Mer am lost-thHts the reason
Ihnt9 no reason NJ nll." went on the
/ nuNnN with tho pink tviukNug nose
Just because you are lost Ia no reason
NnN can't see YOU II could see
,"u ,uu' tax" YOU home and you
Nouldn BE- lost any more"
Wei, | can't even see invsclr chat
tered tho lttlo lost squlrr.l." 20 how
! ''u Nuu svr mr'' You can't see Nnilr-
| self .rCpcntct Uncle Wignly. puzzled
l'Nc. What do YOU mean Why cant
L .' ON ~ 'IiFh NnNfN | am ~
Sld the squirrel You cant see In the
/ INIk, can yuuF'
Not very we'll" Uncle Wiggily had
/ io admit nut can't Nol ton me whore
] You are even N YOU can't s,r yuursolf
ana then. | could look for you Whcrc
/ are NgH''
q dbn't know. answered the lost
/ squirrel AN | know Is that | Jumped
unto a big dark hole and hcre | am
] 81. -.
/ ON, dear! on, d,nr' on, dear
Now, now Don't hc worried" said
/ Kind Uncle Wiggily "lll surely find
Nuu You can't bo 40 very fHr away or
/ / could not hear YOU talk so plainly,
IN hunt around until | find you Just
way TO go 10 look for you"
All right, uud thank YOU" said tho
/ little lost squirrel
/ "lln' That voice seems 10 hc down
near tho ground snid Unclc Wiggily.
looking about him through his strong
( sprchcles
uut sul me- could not find the little
Host squirrel, even though tho hushy-
/ tailed chap Kept rhRtirrug
You must be I'm some hole in tho
ground that is covered with leaves.
said Uncle Wiggily "l'n get stick
and poke them away"
This ne aid. but stll there was No
sign hI lNf lNN' NlNlfft'. whose Noltn
could be- heard very plainly
Il guess YOU must ho I'm hole IN
| some tree suid Uncle NIgp.ly 'll
look there" Hc looked carefully at all
the trees near him, but though many
had holes, which In the summer would
ho used for birds nests. no hole had
u squirrel In No.
- guess YOU must he hidden under
some stone" said the bunny So hc
looked under the stones lying about on
tho ground, hut there wus no squirrel
well, ih's ig very queer" said tncle
WlgglN can NOT find where YOU
are. Wait. though IN eat that piece
NJ cherry pie sandwich | saved and
that viii max" mo feet better Then
rnclc Wigrty put his paw IN Nj.
his fur colt pocket and thun. instead
of pulling out tho cherry pie sandwich
he pulled out
Yes. you have guessed it--thsro wa,
tho little lost squirrel whore ho had
been nll the while
No wonder you didn't know wher,
YOU werc,' snld Uncle Wirgilv, laugh.
Ing And II certainly was dark hcr,
In in, pprk,t How dld YOU ret iu1
u must have scrambled IN while you
we're sitting on tho stump eating YOU,
pie" wld the sdulrrvl II wanted Z,
got some " the pie crumbs Then
tcIl asleep, and whom ! woke up | ha,
forgotten and I didn't know whore
was 40 ! couldn't tell YOU never wal
in nm oycrcont pocket before
We'll stay there now until | tax,
YOU .homc.' said Uncle WiggiN. pn.
the squirrel WHOSE name was i1t
t1uff was soon safely with her rNpt
and mamma
S, Louis i, to hold celebration or
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