El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-04
Story For the Little Ones
"Uncle Wiggily and the Flapjacks."
By HOWARD B. 6ARIS.

7 TN help you turn over the fapjacks.
| Uncle Wiggily."
! Good" cried the rabbit gentleman.
| Now you children run on to school or
/ you'll be late. II l am to stay home
: and look after you, and make flapjacks
( for breakfast 1 must start practicing
to turn them, for IL is some time since
! 1 have made any"
What do you turn the flapjacks over
with, Uncle Wiggily," Jennie wanted to
| know, as she tied pink ribbon around
her paw.
With pancake or egg turner" an
swered the bunny uncle
Then Johnnie and Billie and Jennie
scampered on to school, while Mrs
! Bushytail and Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
{ made ready to go on a visit to Mrs.
( Wagtail, the mother Of Mamie and
, Billie Wagtail, the goat children. As
for Uncle Wiggily LOngears. he took
, the egg turner, and with a piece OF
red wool, which he made believe was
a flannel cake, Uncle Wiggily prac-
ticed turning make-believe flapjacks
I'm the morning 1 will turn real
ones" he said
do you know how to mix the batter
and make the cakes?" asked Mrs.
Bushytail
.'Oh, yes, of course" answered Uncle
DO you think he does?" the squirrel
lady asked of Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy in
whisper.
you never can tell" answered the
muskrat lady.
Well, everything went off all right
up until the next morning. The squir-
rel children were good and went to
bed early. and so did Mr.. Bushytail, as
he was tired. Mrs. Bushytail and Nurse
Jane did not come home, staying at
the home OF Mrs. Wagtail, the goat
lady. Early in the morning Uncle
Wiggily. who had set the flapjaclIs the
night before. got up to bake them.
Around and around he stirred the
cake batter in the old crockery pitcher.
Ihe fire was getting hotter and hotter
and the griddle was smoking on the
stove, Uncle Wiggily having creased
1t so the flapjacks would not stick.
Just as he was ready to bake the
cakes Uncle Wiggily heard Billie and
johnnie calling down from their rooms
TO know if breakfast soon would be
ready.
Right away" answered the bunny
uncle. 4 am going to bake the cakes
now He poured some of the flap
Jack batter on the hot griddle It
spread out round and flat, and little
holes began to come in the top, like
so many dimples.
., The jacks will soon be ready to be
tapped over on the other side" said
me rabbit gentleman. Now where is
the pancake turner?" He looked all
over the kitchen for It, but could not
IND 1t. He had been practlcing with
II the day before, but now. when he
wanted II to turn the flapjacks in a ]
hurry, so they would not burn, he !
could not find it.
On, dearl What shall 7 do?" cried |
me bunny uncle. IF / don't turn over f,
me IlapJaeks so they can cook on the +,
other side, they viii burn and spoil |
and the squirrels will think I don't
snow snow how to cook a breakfast. And 4
Bllie and Johnnie as well as Mr.. !
Bushytail and Jennie. will be so dis
appointed. Oh! dearT'
And then he heard Billie say:
smellw
They won't be good II they burnt" |
thousht the bunny gentleman, and |
they must be turned soon. Oh what |
can use to turn them2"
lie looked all over for the egg turner |
so he could flap over the jacks. but |
ne could not find it. The pancakes |
We're almost burning. when all at |
once the rabbit gentleman saw in the |
Altchen the rubber plant, with its |