El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-07

had sat down TO eat his lunch. and off
( he started again. now and then lean
ing on the red, white and blue striped
I rheumatism crutch that Nurse Jane
/ had gnawed for him out Of corn
| stalk
Uncle Wiggily had not gone on much
1 further before. all of a oneness Cor
sudden. If you like that better) he
| heard q little voice calling and crying
oh. dear! Oh, deari How terribly
I dark 1t Isl oh. DEAR
'Ha, That sounds like trouble" said
/ the bunny Then he asked; Who are
[ you and what is the natter
I am a little squirrel was the
answer. and / am lost"
'Lost2 Lost?" cried the bunny. look
! ing all around Where are you? 1
can't see voU2-'
of course you can't see me" was the
answer. 4 am lOst-thats the reason"
That's no reason at all" went on the
bunny with the pink twinkling nose
Just because you are lost IS no reason
why l can't see you If I could see
you. [ could take you home and you
wouldn't be lost any more"
We'll. I can't even see myself chat
tered the little lost squirrel, so how
can you see me-
Uncle Wiggily. puzzled like What do
you mean Why can't you see your
Because # Is go dark where 7 am"
said the squirrel You can't see in the
dark. can you2'
Not very WE'LL" Uncle wiggily had
to admit. But can't you tell me where
you are, even IL you can't see your
self. and then I could look for you?
Where are your"
7 don't know" answered the lost
squirrel All I know is that I jumped
into a big dark hole, and here 1 am
still rye tried TO get out. but can't.
Oh dear, Oh. deaTi Oh. dear"
Now. now. Don't be worried said
kind Uncle Wiggily- I'll surely find
you You can't be so very far away or
I could not hear your talk so plainly
I'll hunt around until ] find you. Just
you keep talking. so I'll know which
way TO go 20 look for you"
"An right and thank you" said the
little lost squirrel
Hal That voice seems to be down
near the ground" said Uncle Wiggily,
looking about him through his strong
spectacIes-
But still ne could not find the little
lost squirrel. even though the bushy-
tailed chap kept chattering.
You must be in some hole in the
ground that is covered with leaves"
said Uncle Wiggily. I'll get a stick
and poke them away
This he did. but still there was no
sign Of the lost squirrel, whose voice
could be heard very plainly.
I guess you must be in a hole in
some tree" said Uncle WiEgily. I'll
look there" he looked carefully at all
bad holes. which in the summer would
be used for birds nests. no hole had
q squirrel in it,
I guess you must be hidden under
come stone" said the bunny. So he
looked under the stones lying about on
the ground, but there was no squirrel.
Well. this is very queer" said Uncle
Wiggily. 7 cannot think where you
are Wait, thought I'll eat that piece
OF cherry pie sandwich 1 saved, and
that viii make me feel better Then
1 can hunt better"
Uncle Wiggly put his paw in his
big fur coat pocket and then, instead OF
pulling out the cherry pie sandwich,
he pulled out
Yes. you have guessed it-there was
the little lost squirrel, where he had
been all the while
No wonder you didn't know where
you were" said Uncle Wiggily laugh
ing And il certainly was dark there
IN my pocket. How did you get in2'
I must have scrambled in while you
were sitting on the stump elting your
pie" said the squirrel I wanted to
get some Of the pie crumbs Then I
feil asleep and when I woke Up I had
forgotten and I didn't know where I
was so couldn't tell you 1 never was
IN an overcoat pocket before"
Wen, stay there now until 7 take
you home, said Uncle Wiggily. and
the squirrel whose name was FIiff-
Fluff was soon safely with his papa
and mamma
And, il the postage stamp doesn't
jump off the letter and go roller skat-
lnE with the lamp post. I'll tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily and the blue
monkey--Copyright 1916, BY Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.