El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-23

| this time an answer:
Use got a yegg, Use got a yegg.
Stranger and more strange" SAT-
! Uncle Wiggily. What in the world il
l q yegg"
It's an egg," explained susie. Blu
/ that's the way he says it-yegg.'
Who says it?" Uncle Wiggil!
wanted to know.
Jack Rabbit. a boy who used I,
/ live down South in Baltimore" wen
on the little bunny girl 1t was hC
, who told us about the new game"
| I should like to hear more about
ing of 'yeggs' for eggs is new TO me
! What's il all about
Then Susie explained how down
south the animal children land the
real ones, too play the egg game. They
take an egg and go out on the play
ground calling
ssWho's got a yeggc Who's got a
yegg?" (Of course, they mean egg, but
they say it that way just for fun)-
Then some one answers ana says
Use got a yegg!
After that the game begins, ex-
planned Susie. Each one of US holds
a nice fresh egg in our paws Then the
two who are playing bang the ends OK
their eggs together-not TOO hard' out
Just hard enough. The one whose egg
first cracks loses the game and they
have to give their egg to the one who
"Biess my whiskersi" cried Uncle
Wiggily. That's funny game. What
do you do with the cracked eggs
oh we take them home and our
mothers make them into a pudding.
susie said And as long as we have
an egg that isn't cracked we keep on
playing the game and trying 10 get
the others to crack their eggs on ours
II = : Ca can u see that it might be-" spoke
TTncle Wiggily.
Just then the call came again;
who's got a yegg? Who's got
yeggT po,,,+ n. Inv from
down south" explained Susie. He
breaks more eggs than any one else:
he has a very hard egg None OF US
can seem to break il d..
.sHa," exclaimed the bunny Fer-
hans I can have a try at TINS eSs
game myself. I'll see about It rave
Ne any eggs in the house, Nurse
Tene7s he called to the lady muskrat
housekeeper, who was in the kltcheh
of the hollow stump bungalow.
"Oh. yes, several-whlch means
good many" she answered.
.aThen I'll take a few with me anu
nIay this egg game with JACK haooIe
from down south" said Uncle Mlgglly.
i played it. but all my eggs We
hroken-" said susie. land so were those
nv brother Sammie had. and the egge
Of Jackie and Peetie Bow wow me
MUMMY dog boys, too. Jack Rabbits
eggs are awful hard
I'VE shall see" spoke the bunny gen
.Ieman. and as he went out with some
eggs in a basket he heard the funny
cry down the path; -.
who's got q yegg? Who's got
yegg?" have an
vs.e answered Uncle wiggily,
Shaking differently from the down
south rabbit
will YOU try to break it against
mfne2" asked Jack Rabbit, hopping up
4 sure viii, answered tnCI lie, re
gily. and then they began TO play the
; ar Pack went the ends of the two
eggs together and Uncle Nlsgily was
Then this egg belongs TO you" said
he bunny gentleman, passing the
Hacked one over to Jack. who put II
n a rubber hot water bag so the yel-
ow and white would not drip out
1T does" said Jack. viii you ny
mother"
I will" said Mr.. Longears, so they
.ach held another egg in their paws
nd cracked the ends together-tne
.nds Of the eggs, mean
Snap and again Uncle MlgsuyS
zg was broken, while Jack RABBITS
vas as whole as when he started
You have very good luck, said MI
JonEears. But we will try once
Then they cracked eggs once more
nd the third time Uncle Wiggily's 4
vas broken, so he lost the game again I
We'll, we'll try il over tomorrow,
lie said. Il must find harder eggs.
Very good" spoke Jack. and away !
le went with his hot water bag call ,
Swho's got a yegg? who's got a
And through the woods different ami
nal children answered him crying;
Use got a yeggi Zee got a yegg!
But every time their eggs were !
That night Uncle wiggily had a
unny dream And when he awakened /
e got up. and before breakfast he
Who's got yegg2 Who's got
egg"
Back came the answer:
Use got a yegg," and there stood
racked together but this time there
''Hai That's the time you didn't
'reak my egg?' said Uncle Wigsily.
Why nOt?" asked Jack. surprised
Because I have white stone one,
ust like yours" said the bunny gen
leman. You have not been playing
he game fair, Jack You used a hard
I
hin shell hens egg would break /
gainst that II was not fair. Jack.
-ou have done wrong"
Jack Rabbit hung his head. His
ars dropped. Tears came into his pink !
yes
You are right, Uncle Wiggily." he
aid. I did not play fair. I did use
white stone egg, that looked like a
cal one. 1 viii never do IL again,
lough, and I will give back all the
ggs ! took"
over into the bushes he tossed his
tone that looked like an egg. Then
e brought out all the eggs he had
-acked in a way that was not fair.
nd all the animal children were very
After that Jack Rabbit !
Layed the egg game right, and did not
leat by using a white stone.
Now, IL the window cleaner doesn't |
NJ mud on my glasses. so I can't see
le gold fish tickle the rubber plant, J
Il tell you next about Uncle Wiggily J
Id the chrysanthemums-C !
'16, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicates