The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-11-20

little wooden stand and stove on
which chcstnuts were roasting.
oh don't YOU want to buy some,
Uncle Wiggily9" called Tommie.
Please do begged Joic, We are
selling them -"
To help buy a new piano Tor the lady
mouse teacher In the hollow stump
school. | know" interrupted the bunny
gentleman with Il laugh
How did YOU know asked Tommie,
somewhat disappointed
oh, | have already bought some from
Johnnie and Bny Bushtsil. the squir-
told me d"
= Then YOU won't want any OF ours"
and this time II was Jole who was dis
-, oh, yes, | shall, laughed the bunny.
Il never had enough roast clA.stnuts yet
I'll buy forty-twelve cents worth ~
yours and he did
Once more he hoped along through
the woods now and then eating "A chest
nut. and tossing aside the shell when,
gu OF sudden, he heard another roast
Ing SMELL mean he saw II no.
mean he shifted II with his pink twink
ling nose There have 1t right at
last
More roast piano chcstnuts | sup
pose though the bunny And he was
right. This time II was Jackie and
ieette Row Wow, the puppy dog boys
Nllb NtIt Nflllnk lUf nuts. I nCle WIZ
glly bought some of them. and not long
AftcrwArd hc came to IA place where
Jolic and Jillic Longtall had little
Squeakie Eckic, the cousin mouse. were
also selling the roasted nuts
Please buy some" they begged OF
the bunny man and he did, not telling
them that his pockets were already full
Well | certainly have enough chest
nuts said MIR longcars to himself as
he hoped on once more Nurse Jane
me ahs
! guess, II cannot eHt them all. that
she can make some sort OF pudding or
pie OF them. II viii be all right Only
! nope don't have to buy any more
No sooner had he said that than once
more he smellcd the roasting noise-I
mean heard and he said.
lia' Here We are again! Well, |
wonder who it is this timc9"
Uncle Wiggily looked between the
| trees, and there he saw poor old hand
organ monkey with II nttle stand on
which was stove, and on It something
was roasting.
Are you. too. selling chestnuts to by
a school piano7" asked Uncle Wiggly
NO., was the answer, and It sounded
sad. i am trying TO sell chestnuts TO
buy myself and my wife and children
| something to eat But | can't seem to
sell any. ! call Hot roast chestnuts"
as loudly as ! can. but though many
stop to look they only laugh and pass
Il wonder why that is7" though Uncle
/ Wiggily SO he looked at the hand or.
gan monkeys stand and then Uncle
Wlsfily had to laugh; but only for a
| minute Then he SAID
| I'm sorry Excuse me, but no won
| der you can't sell any chcstnuts You
| have roasted the hard, sharp outside
prlckly burrs and not the sweet nuts
| AT all
Have l." asked the monkey surprised
You surely have" said Uncle wig
| gily
No wonder I didn't sell any" said
| the monkey. oh. dear | did not know
any better better took out the inside nuts
we're no good like peach stones, /
thought the outside was the only part
good to eat what shall ! do?"
Uncle Wlggily thought for II moment
| Then the bunny nbbit uncle said:
Il have a plan. My pockets are filled
with roast chcstnuts | bought from tho
animal children. There are more than
! need AS have eaten enough, and
| Nurse Jane does not like them. I'll give
have Ia do viii be to keep them hot on
your stove, and you can sell them and
| get money To buy food q"
oh. thank you" cried the hand or
gan monkey. So Uncle Wiggily cmptled
his pockets Of the roasted nuts and took
| HNhS lnc monkey mo- GOOD buffS. Ana
soon the animal folk began to buy chest
nuts from the hand organ chap and hs
took In lots Of money. so he was never
hungry or cold any more
As for the chestnut burrs. Uncle Wig
giy took some OF them home and they
came in very handy. for Nurse Jane
had broken her cccoanut gruter and shs
used one OF the sharp burrs instead
and very nicely 1t did the work. too
So, n the baked potato doesn't hlds
I'm the bean pot. whore the rag doll can't
find II to swing II In the cats cradle,
I'll tell YOU next about Uncle Wiggily
and the turkey.