El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-10
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE KATYDIDS.
By HOWARD B. CARS.


I something green around the bungalow
viii make me think of summer"
So Uncle Wiggily walked along. and
pretty soon he came to a tree a Ereai
/ big tree, and from around behind il he
! heard a voice saying
Well. I'm sure l don't know what
is going TO become of us. Il viii soon
be cold and. in fact. I am so chilly now
/ I cannot sins, or hardly move It is
dreadful
oh. don't worry. my dear wife" said
another voice II sure every thing
viii be all right. The sun viii soon be
higher in the sky, and IL viii shine
more warmly, and then perhaps We can
fly away down south where it IS al
ways warm
And will you take US with your"
asked a whole lot OF little voices
To be sure We will" answered the
first one I'VE would not think of
leaving you children behind. This is,
if we can get away
"Oh. well get away all right said
the second big voice"
Uncle Wiggily looked around behind
the tree and there he saw whole lot
of green Katy-dids- There were the
two big Ones-the father and mother
and lots Of little boy and girl katydids-
These are green creatures. something
like grasshOppers, only different. There
are katy-didn'tss too, but this story IS
Well. wellI What seems 10 be the
trouble2" asked Uncle Wiggily IN his
kind voice.
"Oh. well may you ask thattr Grief
Mrs Katy-did- 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 60 to keep from
freezing. but already our wings are 50
still that We can hardly move on dear
Such trouble"
Now. my dear wife" said Mr.. Katy
Il aar.11 IL En
everything Will be all right"
of course it willH' cried Uncle Wig
gily in his most jolly voice. and, when
the little boy and girl Katy-dids heard
him. they just had TO laugh, he was so
lOllypOp-like and kind
How can You get US down SOUTH
asked Mrs. Katy 1T is SO cold
--Ahr' cried Uncle Wiggily. I can
easily fix that. Here I have an empty
box that I 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 viii
all be warm Then will carry you II
my warm bungalow and you may stay
until ] can get out my own 2lrShlp-
Then I will fly TO the warm south with
-'Oh. joy." cried all the Katy-dids.
So Uncle Wiggily put them in the
box and hoped home with them, glad
that he was having an adventure He
nut the box of katy-dldS on the mantel
back Of the warm stove and soon they
all went to sleep The next day Uncle
Wiggily was going to ride them down
south in his airship-
That evening, right after supper,
Susie Littletail came running over to
Uncle Wiggilys bungalow.
"Oh. bunny uncle" she cried Some
thing dreadful has happenedn'
What Don't tell me Lulu Wibble-
wobbIe is not going to give her party.
so you can wear your new green dress
II it," said Mr. LOngears.
Its almost as bad as that, cried
Susie Just as mother was finishing
nv new dress. a spark from the stove
flew out on il and burned II all up
Now have no new dress to wear to the
party On, heart" and Susie cried real
tears
Uncle WiggiIy thought for a minute.
Then he said
susie. you have a plain white dress
for have seen it. Put that on and and !
what Uncle Wiggily was going to do |
did as she was told. Then. wrapping /
10 box from the mantel back or the /
stove in his house, Uncle Wlgglly TOOK |
il and went with Susie. wearing neF /
white dress to the duck girls party !
But I haven't a new dress" said !
susie sadly
Just you walt said the bunny man
Dnce inside the warm house, he took
he green Katy-dids out Of the box aad l
81 them perch all over Rusie's dress. (
which they could easily do, and were
ylad to. as a favor Then lo-ano ne
loIdt The plain white dress was turned
INTO lovely green spotted one by the
Naty-dids cIinging to IL, and II was
me Of the incest dresses at the party
Everybody had a fine time and the next
lay Uncle Wiggily took the green IN
ects down south in his airship.
So YOU see il is nice TO be kind even
n a Katv-did. and. If the red candy (
.tripes on the little girls stockings
Ion't turn around and run Up and down
10 thev tickle her toes. III tell you
lext about Uncle Wiggiy an the COW
eli = Copyright 1916. by Mcclure
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