El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-24
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY PARTY.
By HOWARD b

sauce. and as for toasting eggs-but 1
/ guess I had better not tell on him
/ Before the bunny gentleman reached
! his hollow stump bungalow he heard a
voice calling to him:
/ "Oh, Uncle Niggilyi Wait minute
! Two if you ike" said the rabbit
{ uncle. kindly What is il you want,
and who are your
"Oh, there are a lot Of US" was the
! answer, and then came jolly laughter
I All friends of mine. 1 hope said
! Uncle Wiggily-
Every one" was the reply, and out
] from behind q tree came Sammie and
/ Susie Littletail the bunny children,
/ Johnnie and Billie BUshytai, the
] squirrels, Jackie and Peetie Bow " oW-
/ the PUPPY dogs. and Lulu and Alice
I and Jimmie Wibblewobble, the ducks,
/ besides many others.
| "Will you come with US, Uncle Wig
/ gily2" asked Sammie-
| Where are you going asked the
I Uncle Butter, the nice goat gentle
man, is giving a little party said
| Susie He asked US, if we saw you, TO
Z invite you also VIII you Gomez
I'D like TO-" said Mr.. Longears
slowly. But will first have to go 10
/ my hollow stump bungalow 10 change
nv clothes These are the ones / wear
l when 1 look for adventures and the4
are not nice enough for parties"
We'll, your bungalow is not far from
here" said Johnnie BushytaiL Wen
there and get fixed up
Fine cried the bunny That's
what I'll do"
Soon he was at mis- bungalow, and
while the animal children waited out
side Uncle Wiggily went in 10 get on
his party clothes
But, just as he was putting on his
collar, the collar button slipped our OF
his paw and rolled on the floor. The
Z rabbit gentleman looked all over Tor II,
and even stood on the end Of his tail;
and tried to see If the button had
rolled under the bed. But 1t had not
"And I don't know where to find
another button" he said sadly IF
Nurse Jane were here she would Know
I hut she is away On dear. -.
Then Uncle Wiggly called out OF the
window 10 the waiting animal children;
It's of no use. boys and girls
can't go to the party with you
Why not2" asked Lulu Wibblewob-
Because 7 have lost my collar but
ton" was the answer, and the bunny
gentleman told what trouble he had
oh, that is easily fixed said John-
ME Bushytail 7 viii soon get collar
button for you"
So the squirrel boy scrambled up an
oak tree, nibbed OIL an acorn; ana
brought It down to Uncle Wigglly-
That viii do for collar button
so # will cried the bunny uncle in
delight, and he put on ms coliaE d.
nicely as you please
Then ne kept on getting ready for
the party. but all of a sudden he FOUND
that his watch was gone. He had sent
II TO the jewelers. 10 be mended ana
had forgotten it
Il can't 20 to the party without a
watch to tell what time to come nome
said Uncle Wiggly TO himself Then
he called out to the animal children
ITS OF no use. I can't go to the
party even with an acorn collar but
why not2" asked Jackie Bow Wow,
Because I have no watch I would
not feel like myself without one"
That is easily fixed said Peetie
Bow Wow. wait minute
He ran off and soon came back with
A big horse chestnut. fastened TO a
chain made of pine needles
That will do very well for a watch
for you. Uncle Wiggily.' said the puppy
a watch cried the bunny uncle.
How can that be a watch2 You can't
's! You eii''S won't need to- spoke Petite.
Uncle Butter, the goat, has clock IN
his house and you can tell time by
that All you need is something IN
your pocket to make ticking noise
and this will do that Listen
He held the horse chestnut up 70
Uncle Wiggily's ear and surely enough
What does it," asked the bunny
uncle surprised like
IT'S Just a horse chestnut followed
out as We hollow out the pumpkins Tor
Jaclz-o'-lanterns," said Peetie- Inside
I put a black chirping cricket friend
Of yours. and ne is doing the licking.
Fine cried Uncle Wiggily- III
wear that watch 10 the party. So the
bunny uncle kept on getting ready,
but al the last minute he could not
find his nice necktie- But Alice Wlb-
blewobble said
Never mind about that III make
IL negmrnLuL
brown, golden and purple autumn
leaves she said. and she did 50
Uncle Wiggily had everything he need
ed for the party after all. and he went !
TO II with the animal children and had /
a fine time and lots Of fun playing |
games
So this shows you that If you can
not use one thing perhaps another
will do. and IL the orange cake doesn't !
fall off the pieplant and splash into j
the goldfish bowl III tell you next |
about Uncle Wiggily and the window 4
shade-Copyright 1916, by the Nc |
Clure Newspaper Syndicate