El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-17
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
"Uncle Wiggily and the Pine Tree"
By HOWARD, B. GARIS.

but all he could see were some trees
. can't have any adventures VIII
tnem,' said the Bunny uncle, "thougn
the morse chestnut tree did help me
the other day by tossing the bad bear
over into n brier bush. But these
trees are not like that"
Sttll Uncle Wiggily was to have an
adventure with one of the trees very
soon Just wait, now. and you shan
hear about it.
Uncle WigEily walked on a little
farther and he heard a funny tapping
Tap! Tap Tap! Tappity-tap-
MY! Some one is knocking on a
door trying to get in" thought the
bunny. Il wonder who it can be?"
Just then he saw a big bird perched
on the side Of a pine tree, tapping
with his bill
Tap, Tap, Tap" went the bird
Excuse me-" said the bunny uncle,
but you are making a mistake. No
one lives in that tree"
"Oh, thank you, Uncle Wiggily.
know that no one lives here" said the
bird. But you see / am a woodpecker
and I am pecl1ing holes in the tree to
get some Of the sweet Juice. or sap.
The sap is running in the trees now,
for il is spring Later on I will tap
holes in the bark to get at bugs and
worms. when there is no more sap for
me to eat"
And the woodpecker went on tap
ping, tapping, tapping.
My! That is a funny way to get
something TO eat" said the bunny gen.
tleman to himself He watched the
bird until il flew away and then
Uncle Wiggily was about to hop on to
Grandpa Goosey's house when. all of a
sudden, before he could run away, out
popped the bad old bear once more.
All. ha. We meet again. l see"
growled the bear. u was not looking
for you, Mr.. Longears, but I am glad
to meet you. I'm glad to meet you.
for 7 want to eat you"
Well" said Uncle Wiggily, sort OF
scratching his pink. twinkling nose
with his ear, surprised like, ''I can't
exactly say I'm glad to see you, good
Bear
NO. I s'pose not" agreed the fuzzy
creature. But you are mistaken. 1
ann the bad Mr.. Bear, not the good"
"Oh, excuse me- said Uncle Wig
gily All the while he knew the bear
was bad. but he hoped, by calling him
good. to make him so.
I'm very bad" growled the bear.
"and I'm going to take you off to my
den with me. Come along"
ooh. I don't want to-" said the bunny
uncle. shivering his tail.
But you must" growled the bear.
"oh deari" cried Uncle wiggily.
VIII you let me go il give you
what's in my basket% he asked, and
ne nelQ up the basket Win the nice
apple turnover in 1T. Let me go if I
give you this" begged the bunny
uncle.
Maybe I will and maybe I won't"
said the bear, cunning like. Let me
see what Il is"
d, lie took the basket from Uncle Wig
gly, and looking in, said:
"Ahl ha, An apple turnover dumpl-
ing with oranges in! I just love them'
oh" thought Uncle wiggiIy. 4
hope he eats it, for then maybe I can
Cet away when he doesn't notice me.
/ hope he eats it,
And the bear. leaning his back
against the pine tree in which the
woodpecEer had been boring holes be-
gan TO take bits out Of the apple
dumping. Nurse Jane had baked for
Grandpa Goosey.
'Now's nv chance to get away"
thought the bunny gentleman. But
when he tried to hop softly off, s the
bear was eating the sweet stuff. the
bad creature saw him and cried;
All. hal No you don't, Come back
here" and with his claws he pulled
Uncle Wiggily close TO him again.
Then the bunny uncle noticed that
some sweet, sticky juice or gum, like
that on fly paper, was running down
the trunk Of the tree from the holes
the woodpecker had drilled in it.
"Oh, IL the bear only leans back
hard enough and long enough against
LOngears, he'll be stuck fast by his
furry hair and can't get me. 1 hope
he is"
And that is just what happened.
The bear enjoyed eating the apple
so much that he leaned back
harder and harder against the sticky
tree His fur stuck fast in the gum
that ran out. Finally the bear ate the
last crumb of the dumping
And now I'll get your he cried to
the bunny uncle; I'll get your
But did the bear get Uncles WigEily? J
He did not The bear tried to jump
toward the rabbit, but could not. He
was stuck fast to the sticky pine tree
and Uncle WigEily could now run
safely back 10 his hollow stump bun
galow to get another dumpling for
Grandpa Goosey.
So the bear had no rabbit after all, |
and all he did was to stay stuck fast
to the pine tree until a big fox came /
along and helped him to &c loose, and /
the bear cried "Wouchr because his |
fur was pulled.
SO Uncle Wiggily was all right, you !
see, after all. and very thankful he |
was to The pine tree for holding fast
to the bear.
And in the next story. II our cat |
doesn't go hunting for the poll par /
rots cracker in the goldfish bowl, I'll /
tell you about Uncle Wiggily and the |
lard.-Coprgiht 1915, by Mcclure |
NoWgnaner Syndicate