El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-04
1ELL, what do you s'pose
AA/wi happen to you today.
Uncle Wiggily?' asked

YELL, what do you s'pose
AA/ will happen TO you today.
Uncle Wiggily?" asked
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the muskrat
lady housekeeper of the rabbit gentle
man, as she saw him hop down the
steps Of his hollow stump bungalow
one morning.
i haven't the least idea answer
the bunny.
You seem lively enough at any
rate" went on the muskrat lady AS
lively as the black cricket who sang
the funny sorg so Jiggie Nastsil could
be vaccinated-
Yes. ] am lively and happy; DhGle
Wisgily said. and he laughed as ne
thought of the funny cricket ABOUT
which ] told YOU last night. Il you
will kindly remember
7 suppose you are gong LoI an
other adventure" said the muskrat
yes. such is my desire" playfullly
spoke the bunny uncle. like piece IN
q book. x.-,,..
about 10 make sure he would miss no
adventure. but for some time he did
not see one
Then. an at once, as he was gong
through his field. where he used 10
grow sweet potatoes in the summer
time he heard a voice calling
.HeIpi Help, Help Oh. VIII some
one please help me out from unoeF
this"
aHat That sounds like trouble" said
the rabbit gentleman. And wheh
there is trouble I generally find an al. az
venture 7 hope L proves so IN ms
case. and that I may 2e sole 10 Heip
some one out Of trouble
So saving he looked carefully ABOUT
him. and all he could see was pile OF
sweet potato vines, the potatoes thSlil-
selves having been dug some time De-
who are your asked the bunny
''Fhe grasshopper' was the answer,
And where are .you? was the next
question Of the rabbit gentleman
.sTf Won remembered the old song
Won would know very well Wnere l
ought to be and where 1 am. salu -
oueer-hopping creature me
tells that The grasshopper sat UPON q
sweet potato vine only the Ir9uo ,-'
with me is that I'm buried away oO"H
under the pile Of vines, instead OF
sitting on top, as I ought
And I can't ge, out, and, on dear,
I'm so miserable and unhappy. Tor 1
ought to be on my way to spend me
winter with the green beetle and the
black chirping cricket, to both OF Whoh
YOU were so kind
Uncle Wiggily in his Jolly voice
wsnt TO know how you happened to
get under my pile Of sweet potato
vines. but I will first get you out ana
then ask questions afterward-
Good" cried the grasshopper, SORT
Of making fiddle music by scraping
one hind leg on the other.
Uncle Wiggily, with his strong
paws, soon scattered the vines. and
away down under them on the SANDY
ground was the grasshopper- kignt
glad was he 10 get out
How did 1t happen asked me
bunny
ct reached this pile Of sweet potato
vines last night on my way TO live Ior
the winter with the beetle and cricket
I always put up at a sweet potato Fine
hotel If ! can, and did this time.
went to sleep on top of the pile, out
in the night the wind blew so strong
that II turned my hotel right over
@And so you found yourself on the
bottom instead Of the top" said the
bunny uncle
Exactly" answered the grasshopper-
only. thanks to you, am now free
and can 90 on my way
Let US go together, said the
bunny. Perhaps you may bring me
good luck in finding an adventure
So the two friends went together to-
ward the hole in the woods where