El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-05

run away, and 1 came to see il you
I would help me get them back.
Run away Your dear little Kittens
I cried Uncle Niggily. You don't mean
n. How did it happen
Well you know my little kittens
had each new pair of mittens' said
Mrs. Purr.
Yes, I read about that in the Mother
Goose book said the rabbit gentleman.
1 1t must be nice to have new mittens
My little kittens thought So" went
on Mrs. Purr. Their grandmother
Pussy Cat Mole. knitted them"
Il have met Pussy Cat Mole said
Uncle WigEily. after she jumped over
coal. and i'm her best petticoat burned
I great hole. / helped her mend it so
she could go to the party
heard about that: it was very
! good OF you mewed Mrs Purr. Bus
about my little kittens. When they
got their mittens, what do you think
they did,"
why, I suppose they went out and
played in the snow" Uncle Wiggul
said. "I know that is what I would
have done when l was little rabbit
II I had had a new pair Of mittens."
ct only wish they had done that
Mrs. Purr said. But instead, they
went and ate some cherry pie. 1t got
all over their new mittens, and when
they saw it they became afraid l would
scold them, and they ran away. was
not home when they ate the pie and
soiled their mittens, but the cat who
lives next door told me.
| Now I want to know If you viii
try to find my three little kittens for
me: Fuzzo. WuzzO and Muzzo? want
them to come home so badly
I'm go look for them" promised
the old rabbit gentleman SO taking
his red, white and blue rheumatism
crutch. off he started over the field
and through the woods Mrs Purr
went back home to get supper in case
her kittens, with their pie-soiled nit
tens. should come back by themselves
before Uncle Wiggily found them.
On and on went the old rabbit gem
tleman. He looked on all sides ana
through the middle for any Of the lost
kittens. but he saw none for quite a
while Then. all 1t once he heard
mewing sound over in the bushes and
"Hat There is the first little kit
tenr' And there, surely enough she
was-Fuzzo.
"Oh. dearr' Fuzzo was saying, Il
don't believe I'll ever get them clean"
What's the matter now?" asked the
rabbit gentleman, though he knew
quite well what IL was. and only pre-
tended he did not Who are you ana
what is the natter he asked.
ooh. Pm I'm such trouble" said the
first little kitten. MY sisters and
ate some pie in our new mittens- We
soiled them. Weren't we naughty kit
tens2'
''Wen. perhaps just little bit
naughty" Uncle Wiggily said But
YOU should not have run away from
YOUR mamma. She feels very badly
Where are MuzzO and Wuzzo2
ct don't know answered Fuzzo
They ran one way and I ran another.
I'm trying to get the pie juice out OF
my mittens, but I can't seem to do
How did you try" Uncle Wiggily
wanted to know.
81 am rubbing my mittens up ana
down on the rough bark Of trees ana
on stones" answered Fuzzo-
thought that would take the pie stains
out but it doesn't"
"Of- course nott' laughed Uncle Wig
gily. Now you come with me. I am
going TO take you home. Your mother
sent me to look for you
"Oh. but I'm afraid to go home.
newed Fuzzo. MY mother will scOld
me for soiling my nice, new mittens'
It SAYS so in the book"
NO, she WON'T laughed Uncle Wig
gily. you just leave il to me. And
you come to my hollow stump bunga-
So Fuzzo. the first little kitten. put
one paw in Uncle Wiggily's. and car
rying her mittens in the other, along !
they went together
where are you. Nurse Jane FUZZY /
Wuzzy2'' called the rabbit gentleman
when they reached his hollow stump
bungalow. "I want you to make some
nice. hot, sOapy sudS ana water, anu
wash this first little kittens mittens-
Then they will be clean, and she can
take them home with her.
SO the muskrat lady made some nice
hot, soap -bubbly suds and in them she
washed the kittens mittens. Them
when they were dry, Uncle WiEgtly
took them and FuzzO to Mrs. Purr's
house.
"Oh. how glad I am to have your
backr cried the cat mother. Il
wouldn't have scolded you, Fuzzo. You
must not be afraid any more"
7 won't" promised the first little
kitten, showing her nice, clean mat |
tens.
And then Uncle Wiggily said he |
would 90 find the other two lost baby 1
cats. And so. IL the millNman doesn't /
put gold fish in the ink bottles, 10 /
make the puppy dog laugh when he |
goes to bed. I'll tell you next about !
Uncle Wiggily and the second kitten !
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