El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-15
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
"Uncle wiggily and the Butcher"
By HOWARD. B. GARIS.

IT was still raining in Woodland,
where the animal folk lived. All
4 around the hollow stump bungalow,
where Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy the
muskrat lady. kept house for Uncle
Wiggily LOngears, the rabbit gentle
mar. there were puddles of water; little
lakes and rivers, too.
If think it is getting colder" said
Undo Wiggily, as he came in from
having been up to the Orange Noun
tain. to get dozen of lemons so Nurse
JAM could bake cherry pie.
IF il gets colder, perhaps il will stop
raining" Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy remarked.
land goodness knows we have had
enough of water"
Yes. 4 little snow for change
would look nice" spoke the bunny
unclr, looking out Of the window at
the rain drops still splashing down.
"Was it raining on the Orange
Mountain Nurse Jare wanted to know.
ives, just as hard as 1t is down here
in the valley. But the water runs off
the sides Of the mountain, so there are
not SC many puddles to step in. as I
stepped in one the other day. and got
my foot caught in n tree root, when
the butcher in his rub-a-dub- dub tub
cut me loose"
That was quite an adventure said
Muse Jane. You haven't seen tho
other friends Of Mother Goose-the
baker and the candlestick maker
have you?"
''No." Uncle Wiggily answered. But
I understand that the butchers two
friends, the baker and the candlestick
maker. are having race with him.
each one in a tub. They may sail along
any day now 1 guess III so out and
What. In all this rain?" cried Nurse
Jane, in surprise ~ QUIZ catch cold
in your rheuma tism, I'm sure"
COR, no, III wrap up well in my rub
ber coat, and put on my rubber boats
as ] did before" said the bunny uncle,
mai<;Eg his nose twinkle like d gold
tooth in the way doll
OF started the old rabbit gentleman,
carrying a big umbrella so that too
many rain drops would not get on
his tall silk hat He walked along
through the woods, from the trees of
wh;cr the rain drops dripped. There
were many puddles, but Uncle Wiggily
kept as much out of them as he could.
IT is getting quite some colder" he
said TO himself. as he put one paw in
his pocket to warm it-warm his paw,
I mean. not his pocket, for that was
warm already. I wouldn't be sur
pri.ed to see it snow"
And in a little while a few flakes OF
snow did begin to fall, lodging their
wav in between the rain drops and
sort Il playing tag with one another.
How pretty the flakes look said
T-uc'e Wiggily coming to a stop to
watch them. Il think I'll sit down
minute and look at them" He found
a fallen log which, being under a
Christi tree. was not as wet as 1t
might otherwise have been, and down
Uncle Wiggily sat on that.
Mere snow flakes fell, and they
looked so pretty that Uncle Wtggily
STAYED longer than he meant to. sitting
in
and colder, and finally the bunny uncle
well I mustn't sit here any longer.
I'll get up and go back to my nice warm
coy hollow stump bungalow. Yes, I'll
get up and"
But Uncle Wiggily did not get up.
He couldn't, He had frozen fast to
the log, which had some water on It.
The cold had made the water freeze
and Uncle Wiggily was held as fast
theIe as if he had sat down in sticky
fly paper-even more tightly, 1 be-
'Oh. dear." he cried. "This is quite
too bad, In fact it is terrible. What
SHAH 1 do"
lie tried to get up. but he could not,
and he did not want to take off his rub
Der coat, and so free himself for rear
he r,ight catch cold without his coat.
ooh, dear. L don't know what 20
do cried Uncle Wiggily. Help! Help!
vii. no one help nae to get LOOSE
Tren through the woods he sudden
" reard q extraordinarily drumming
SOund.
Hal I wonder If that can be my
friend the butcher" thought the bun
ny uncle But when he looked he saw q
baker coming along, dressed in a spot
less white apron and cap. The baker
had q loaf Of bread in his hand, and
with a large spoon he was pushing
himself along in his tub through the
pudCles of water. which had not yet
frozen over. And the baker was sing
ing.
-Rub-a-dub- dub, three men in q tub;
The butcher. the baker, the candlestick
maker;
But / am the one with the hot baked
Potato"
Then the baker, seeing Uncle Wiggily