The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-11-17
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Uncle Wiegl y and the Ega Game.
Copyright, 1910. BY Mcclure Nowspape


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~ II. Uncls Wigglly, 10 YOU know
how TO play it'' astcd Susie Lit
" thtail. the rabbit girl as she
came bounding and bouncing into
| the hollow stump bungalow OF the RI bbit
gentleman one day ms just fine"
What, the weather" nAkcd the bunny
as he looked Juf OF the widow near
which he was sitting reading hts paper
on! the weother IS an right" spoke
SUSIE susie WITH laugh hut J wa speaking
about q game
What sort OF a gqmc7 asked Uncle
Wlggiy. ''ho YOU mean tng or crcquet?"
Neither one. replied Susie II mean
the egg game. Listen"
Then from somewhere OFT in tho woods
near the hollow stump bungalow came a
call.
who's got yegg' who's got
ycgg?"
My goodness" exclaimed Urcle Wig
guy That IT, funny Qaesticn. What
Listen again" said SUSIE.
once more the bunny uncle heard
this time an enswer
Use got a ycgg' Tse got yegg'"
stranger ald more strarre." said
Uncle Niggily. What H. the world Is
n yegg?"
IT'S an egg" explained Susie. But
that's the way hr says it-yegg"
who says IT." Uncle W'ggily wanted
to know.
Jack Rabbit hoy who used to live
down South n Baltimore" went on the
little bunny grl at waa he who told
us about the rev game"
81 should lie to hear more about
IT," went on Uncle W,ggtly This call
| ing of 'yeggs' for eggs is new to me.
what's II all about"
Then Susie explained how down South
the animal children (and 'he real ones.
tool play the egg game They take an
egg and go out on the playground, call
inr
"Whos got a ycgg' Who's got n
yegg'" (Of course, they wean egg, but
they say II thai way lust for fuI,)
Then some one answers ant says:
Use got a yoggl'
After that the game begins" ex-
planned susie Each one e us holds a
nice fresh egg in our paws. Then the
two who are llaying han" he ends of
their eggs togothcr-not too hard hut
just hard enough, The ore whose egg
/ first cracks loses the game an dthey have
to give their egg to the ore who wins"
Bless my whskcrs " cried Uncle Wig
gily. That's funny game, What dc
| you do with TIE crncFcd egts"'
"Oh we talr them home ard our
mothers make ,hcm into budding, '
| Susie said And as long as W. have an
egg that isn't cracked we keep on play
/ ing the game ard trying 10 set the others
to crack their eggs on Ours lts lots
OF fun"
| Uncle Wggily
Just then tn cnll came arain
That's Jack Rabbit. ue hey from
! down South" explained susie "IIe
1 breaks more cG's than any one else. lie
| has a very hosd egg, No?e OF us can
/ seem to break II
"Hn'" exclaimed the bunny Perhaps
! can have try at this egg gam, myself
! IN zee about O. Have we an; eggs IN
| the house, Nurce loner' hn called TO the
| ndy mnskrat nousekecpcr, vito was in
/ the kitchen Of the hollow stump bunga-
| low
"Oh. yes. several which means good
many" she ans wercd.
! "Then IN take ferr witl n, and play
this egg gam, with Tack Rrthlt from
| down South" mid Uncle NlgSily.
II PLAYED H. but nll NJ, cgFa were
broken" said Susie, "'re 20 we're those
my brother, Stmmle, h"d, and the eggs
of jackie and rretio Row Wow the puppy
| dog boys, too Jack Rabbits eggs are
awful hard
eve shall se spoke the nunuy gentle
mnh and As n, went oui with some eggs
: IN basket hr lrard the funny cry down
the path
who's got yeEg7 vho rot n yegg'
81 have an egE ycEp | HAvC an eRg-
yegg,' answered. llnclc NlgLily spehklng
! differently from the down South rabbit
"Wll YOU try 20 hrcak Y egnins, mlne p
asked Jack Rabbit hoprlng NJ
u sure will. answered ncle WiFgily
and then they began 20 rlay the game
Crack" went the endH OF the tive
cgps together and Uncle Wiggily's wal
! broken
"Then this crg belongs 20 you" sal,
the bunny gent, man, rnsgltg the cracked
ono over to Jack, who pu; II Ia a rubbe