Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-10-13
Children 5 Evening Story
uNcLE wloollY IN A WE'LL

UNCLE WlooiLY IN A WE'LL.
Well, I didn't get the pumpkin JACK
o. Lantern with the pink ribbon on.
but some one mailed me an ice cream
cone, go it's just as we'll. That IL. ]
suppose it was an ice cream cone
when 1t started on its Journey, but
when l got it there was only the cone
part left. Maybe the postman took
out the ice cream, with which to stick
a stamp son, the letter.
But there, must tell you what hap.
pened to Uncle Wiggily after he and
Percival did those tricks and made
the wolves laugh so hard. The rab.
bit and the circus dog stayed in the
woods all that night, and nothing
bothered them.
Nov, Percival, you make the COT.
fee, and I'll spread the bread and~but-
ter for breakfast" said Uncle Wiggily
the next morning.
Where are you going to get the
bread and butter?" asked the dog.
"Oh, have 1t in my satchel, spoke
the old rabbit, and, surely enough. he
did have several large, fine slices. So
he and Percival ate their breakfast.
and then they started of again.
They hadn't gone very far before
they met grasshopper, who was
limping along on top Of fence rail,
and looking quite sad mean the
tgrasshopper was looking sad, not the
fence rail.
What is the matter?" asked Uncle
Wiggily, kindly Are you sad and
lonesome because you can't have some
cherry pie, or some bread and butter;
or because you can't see any funny
tricks? If you are. don't Worry Mr..
Grasshopper, for Percival and can
igive you something to eat. and also
do some tricks to. make. you laugh
mo, am not sad about any Of
those things" replied the grasshopper
but you see gave a big Jump over 9
large stone little while. ago, and
sprained my left hind leg. Now
can't jump any more. and here 1t is
summer, and, of course, We grasshop'
pers have to hop, or we don't make
any money"
"Oh, don't let little thing like that
worry you," spoke Uncle Wtggily. Il
have some nice salve, that . gentle
man and his boy gave me when their
automobile ran over me, and 1t cured
my sore toe, so l think 1t will cure
your left hind leg.
Then he put some salve on the
grasshopper's leg, and i'm little while
it was much better.
NOW we must travel on again, to
I. seek our fortune said Uncle Wiggily
Come, Percival."
II will Just do one little trick, to
make the grasshopper feel better be
fore we leave said the circus dog, SO
he stood up on the end of his tail. and
went around and around, and winked
first one eye and then the other, II
was too funny for anything, really II
was.
Well, the alligator laughed at that
| oh there I go again. mean the grass
hopper laughed, and then Uncle Wig
gily and Percival went of together
very glad indeed that they had had a
chance to do a kindness, even to a
grasshopper
| Pretty soon they came to place
where there were two roads branching
of, one to the right hand and the
other to the left, like the letter "Y."
''Tll tell you what we'll do" said
Percival, you 60 to the right. I'm
Gle Wiggily, and I'll go to the left
and later on. we'll meet by the mil
pond, and perhaps each of us may
have found his fortune by that time. "
! 20 ~ cried Uncle Wiggily. Wei
do IT,"
So ne went OF one way, and the cir
Gus dog took the other path through
| the woods, and now I must tell yot
what happened to the old gentleman
rabbit
| Uncle Wiggily went along for some
time, and just as he got to place
where there was a large stone, all Of
a sudden out popped big fat toad
And it wasn't nice toad, either, but
a bad toad.
Hello, Uncle Wiggily.'' said the
squatty-watty toad. Il haven't seer
you in some time. guess you must
be getting pretty old. You can't jumr
as good as you once could, can you? ?
"Of course. | cam" exclaimed til
rabbit, bit pettish-like, for he didn',
care to have even toad think he
couldn't jump as we'll as ever he could
I'D like to. see YOU" went on the
toad. See If you can jump from here
over that pile Of leaves and he point
ed to them with bis warty toes.
| "I'll do it," exclaimed Uncle Wig
gily. So he laid aside his crutch and
his valise, gave little run and BIT
jump, and then he came down ker
thump on the pile Of leaves.
1 But wait. Oh! have something SAT
to tell you. That toad was only play
ing trick on the rabbit, and thos,
LEAVES were right over . big, deep
dark well. And as soon as Uncle Wig
gily landed on the leaves he Eel