El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-05
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY AND THE BAKED APPLES.
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swered Nurse Jane.
! oh YOU make me hurry Just 10
! talk about them" Uncle Wiggily SAID
Il hope you have saved some OF those
! hot. brown. sweet baked apples for
! Indeed. 1 have" answered Nurse
! Jane But first take this nice big
! enc over to Grandpa GOOsey- But be
! very careful. for il is very hot nave
! wrapped IL in a paper napkin IN clean
J straw and put il in big pail so II will
I rot get cool as you carry II over me
/ fields and through the woods this cold.
I wintry day"
I That's fine of YOU" said Uncle Wig
! e-flv as he put on his tall silk hat and
I his fur overcoat. IN take the hot
! baked apple TO Granda GOosev Gander
{ right away and OFF ne started Win
IL in a pail on his paw. llmplnC along
I OF his red. white and blue striped rheu-
n.atism crutch that Nurse Jane FuzzN
Wuzzv had gnawed for him out OF a
/ COrnstalk
Uncle WiggiIv had not gone very far
along the woodland path. away from
his hollow stump bungalow. when he
I happened TO think
y wonder II l viii nave an auNeh-
tCre today"
And no sooner had he thought that
than from behind 4 big tree he heard
a voice sadly saying;
"Oh dear, What am I going TO DO
7 have no fire in the stove and my
rheumatism hurts so badly that l can
not go out to get wood 10 boil the tea
kettle. And I know II ! had hot cup
Of tea my rheumatism would be much
better. Oh. dear. What trouble 1
wei. this sounds as If I had some
thing 10 do" said Uncle WlgguT TO
himself. putting down on 4 flat stump
the basket. which had IN II the steam
ing hot baked apple for Grandpa
Hello. there" cried the bunny uncle
IN his most jolly voice. Is there any
thing I can do 10 help yOu2 Who are
you. and what is the natter
Il am poor old mouse lazy; was
the answer I live in a hole under the
big stump near which you are stand
ing I have the rheumatism and l
could not get out TO gather any chlpS
TO make a fire to boil my kettle. so l
could make tea am very cold ana
hungry and sad and lonely and
Say no morei" cried jolly Uncle Wig
eily- You shall be that way no longer
As for your rheumatisu-don.t mind
that have it. and il is very hard to
lose. But I'll get Nurse Jane to make
you some of the medicine she gives me,
which always helps some"
Thank you" said the poor old mouse
lady, but what about nv tea kettle
boiling2 I can't get any wood for my
fire"
WfgEilv. making his ears go up and
down like the tail Of Billie Wastail.
the goat boy
The bunny gentleman. leaving the
very extra hot baked apple in the pail
on the stump. jumped around TO look
for some chips to make a fire for the
poor mouse lady, who was a great
great-great-great and greatest grand
mother to Jollie and Jillie LongtaI the
mouse children
But not a chip OF a stick OF wood
could the rabbit bunny find They were
all covered with snow
"Oh. deari" cried the mouse LADY
when he told her. How are YOU go
ing to make fire so 1 can have
hot cup OF tea
Wait a minute" begged Uncle Wig
gily- TIL have 10 think about II
So he thought and he thought and
he thought. and then Uncle Wiggily
cried;
Die, I Will put the tea kettle over
the apple and the apple is so hot II
will boil water Then you can make
Ana that is what he did Soon the
poor mouse lady had Il hot CUP Of tea
and she felt much better And. as ne
vas hungry. Uncle Wiggily left her
the apple 10 eat as soon as II cooled.
for he knew he could hop back 70 his
bungalow and get another for Grandpa
He did this. and he also ordered
from the store some wood for the mouse
lady. so she was never cold or hungry
again that winter Oh. forgot 10 tell (
YOU that Uncle Wiggily- besides the I
wood. ordered ten thousand cheeses for
the mouse lady to eat-she being ,
specially fond of them
Then the bunny took a hot baked |
ample to Grandpa Goosey, who ate il
with maple sugar and ice cream sauce,
and very good il was. too
So you see the bunny gentleman had :
an adventure after all with the baked
apple and the mouse lady. and if the
choo-choo cars don't blow their whistle
and make the COW jump over the moon I
when il wants TO go TO the moving pic !
lures I'll tell you next about Uncle |
Wiggily and the akes.-CpOyright /
1916 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate !