El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-22

LtIE ought 10 be here pretty soor
now said Uncle Wiggily
L = Longears. the old rabbit gen
tIeman. as he hoped up the front steps
Of the Littletau underground house
and looked down the road
DO YOU think he'll come" asked
Nurse Jane Fuzzy wuzzy, the muskrat
lady housekeeper
"Oh. I think so, was the answer
s"He said he would like TO see if the
country was anything like what he re-
membered of il as a boy, so after my
visit / invited him out here he salo
ned come"
who is coming. Uncle Wiggilyr
asked susie Littletal. the rabbit girl
who was just going TO give her new
Christmas doll, Elizabeth Lollypop
MarshmallOw. a ride over the snow on
NV old friend. Ar Twinkle. the city
"a bbiI. is coming 10 visit me- sald MI
Longears-
ION. now nice cried Sammie Little
tail VIII he tell us stories about the
city. Uncle Wiggily-'
Maybe I guess so.
I'd like to live in the city" spoke
Susie. looking at her doll Alice Where
-Oh. do not say that my child
begged Uncle Wiggily, sort Of shivery.
like. III YOU only knew
There's a strange rabbit gentleman
coming down the road said Sammiei
after q while
That's Mr.. Twinkle" spoke Uncle
Wiggily. Wen 20 TO meet him.
w ell. I'm here YOU see. said Mr..
5-n I.a., for " !. We . d he I'm
u cs. and were glad to see you Come
right along TO the underground house
Mrs. Littletail has some nice carrot tea
all ready for you
oh. how good that sounds" cried
Ar Twinkle. 7 haven't had carrot
tea in ever so long. DO you find many
carrots in garbage cans around Eere-"
Indeed. we don't have TO get our
carrots from garbage cans said Uncle
WigEily. with laugh. We country
rabbits put the carrots. turnips and cab
bage in orr cellars at the beginning
Of winter"
a cellar" exclaimed Mr. Twinkle
How strange IL seems TO have Gel
lar in the city we never have one
But then we move about so often We
wouldn't know our own cellar if we
saw IT, AND what lots Of snow you
have out here Why haven't the men
been along 20 clean il OFF,
ON we like 10 see the snow said
Uncle Wiggily- we make a few paths,
and the rest Of the snow we let lie
where Fl falls. II often STAYS all win
ter. The animal children coast on it.
make snowballs. snow men and snow
forts
NY goodness" exclaimed Mr.
Twinkle.
Dom you ever have snow houses in
the city, asked Sammie.
Never exclaimed Mr.. Twinkle
The police would not let the rabbit
boys make snow houses in the streets.
Besides. there are very few rabbits in
the city And. anyhow. snow is not
considered stylish where I live"
We like Il I'm the country" Uncle
Wiggily said But come along and
have a cup Of tea"
As Mr.. Twinkle followed Mr. Wig
gily TO the underground house, the city
rabbit kept looking over his shoulder
and giving q hop. skip and a jump
every now and then
What s the natter asked Mr..
LongeaTs- Are you nervous"
NO. but 7 keep thinking 7 hear
trolley car or taXicab coming after
me- explained Mr. Twinkle. Il very
seldom go out in the daytime in our
city. but when I do 7 have to scurry
fast across the street so as not to get
run over Oh dear, What's that" he
cried. as he heard a bell ringing. us
that a fire. Look out for the en-
gines," and he gave a quick jump 10
one side
THAT wasn't p fire beil-ft was Mrs.
Littletail the rabbit lady. ringing the
bell to tell us to hurry and get our
tea" explained Uncle Wiggily. we