El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-14
Story For the Little Ones
Uncle wiggily snd the Spiced Pears
By HOWARD B. GAKTs.


gily, friendly like. But what do you
want me 10 do.
Get me the spices. II you please,
answered the muskrat lady. Il need
I some cinnamon, cloves. nutmeg and
mace. All those will make the pears
so much nicer And as shall be very
busy peeling them, I will hardly have
time TO 20 TO the store and get"
-Oh, III get the spices for you
/ quickly offered the bunny uncle 1t
! will be a great pleasure for me
7 don't like TO trouble you, said
Nurse Jane.
NO trouble at ALL laughed the bun
ny uncle. 7 may have an adventure
and that will be fun. Here / go
( Awav he went. leaning on his REQ,
I white and blue striped rheumatism
crutch that was colored like barber
pole Nurse Jane. who had Snawed the
crutch out OF a cornstalk, SHOOK her
g tail
Z That Uncle Wiggily rabbit viii
never grow up-never." she said.
He'll always be like that-boyish
, Well, maybe II is better so only
hope he doesn't stop to play marbles
with the nutmegs and sprinkle the Gin
namon on somebody's hot cross buns,
for 1 need the spices for the pears
On and on went Uncle Wigglly. the
nice rabbit gentleman; over the fields
and through the woods to the spice
store. There he bought the cinnamon.
cloves. nutmeg. mace and other things
q -
wrapped in paper, into his pocket
oh. but those spiced pears will be
. NICE he said to himself, as he hoped
on toward his hollow stump bungalow
He had not gone very far before he
met Mr.. Whitewash, the polar bear
Good morning. Mr.. whitewash," said
Uncle Wiggily. I hope 1 see you well
Very we'll" answered the white
. bear, "and you?"
Never better" laughed Uncle Wig
gily- Lets walk on together and may
be We shall find an adventure"
'Fine." cried Mr.. Whitewash, and on
he went through the woods with Uncle
before they met Grandfather Goosey
Gander, the goose gentleman
oh. but 1 am glad TO see you"
Grandpa GOosey Gander quacked. u
, was feeling lonesome and wondering
where all my friends were"
Come along with US and be happy
invited Uncle Wiggily; ,
we may all have an adventure to
All right. I will" said Grandpa
Goosey. and he did The three friends
had not gone far before they met Uncle
Butter. the goat gentleman
Well this is a pleasurel" he bleated-
Y did not expect 10 meet so many OF
my friends today Come, / viii treat
you TO some hot baked ice cream cones,
as il is quite cool"
So the four friends started for the
ice cream cone store, but, Just as they
were going down a little hill that led
20 II, all Of a sudden Uncle Miggily S
hind paws slipped and he fell down
And he accidentally knocked down
Grandpa GOosey. and Grandpa Goosey,
not meaning TO do so, toppled over
Uncle Butter and Uncle Butter butted
into Nj Whitewash. the polar bear
gentleman, and all Four went down in
And then. all Of q sudden, they all
7Aker-choo-ker snitzio." sneezed
''Ker-fozzilGm gittziO:" sneezed In
Gle Butter.
''Washko-uggi- pozzazium,~ sneeze1
Nj WhiteWash-
'Ichity slambo nlurkuzzio gush,T
sneezed Grandpa Goosey.
oh this is dreadful went on the
white bear gentleman. holding his nose
in his handkerchief.
7 should so say" spoke Uncle Butter
backwards. We must be catching
dreadful colds "Ker-chooly-chooi"
And Nurse Jane told me to be sure
and keep out of drafts" added Uncle
WigEily. shifting and snuffling- oh.
dear, This is quite TOO bad-a-ker-
cheeziumi" and he sneezed again.
What had We bedder dO2' asked
Grandpa Goosey. speaking through his
Yellow nose bill. 7 never caught cold
as quickly as this before"
We had bedder 90 see = doctor.
think" said Mr. Whitewash, also
speaking through his nose. IF we let
this cold GO
7 only wish I could let bine go"
Uncle Wiggily said
''Spea king OF doctors, here comes one
now cried Grandpa Goosey. 7 say.
DR.. Postum he called. Come and
make our colds better
Up came the animal doctor. but. no
sooner had he gotten near the animal
gentlemen than he, too, began sneeZ-
ing
"A-woo'. Whoo-oop, Zeezo." he
sneezed.
why. even DR.. Possum is catching
cold" cried Uncle Wiggily. There
must be something very funny around
here"
There is said DR.. Possum. shifting
the air and looking at the rabbit gen
tleman. Where did all those spices
come from?" and he pointed TO a
broken paper on the ground near where
the bunny gentleman had fallen down
"Why-why-the came out OF my