El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-15
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
HOWARD r.
WIGGILY DANDELIONS

. flowers and weeds have grown. The
dandelions fill the ground so full that
Z there is no place for my vegetab les-
This must never be. I'm going 20 noe
up and rake up all those yellow
flowers so they won't be in the way
Of the turnips.'
well, I s'pose that's the only thing
TO do said teh muskrat lady, but still
4 dandeliOns are pretty
Not when they grow IN my turnlp
bed1r exclaimed the bunny uncle And
then, tying his whiskers in a knot so
they wouldn't get in his way. he hur-
ried back to that part OF his farm
where the dandelions were growing in
the turnip bed
I'll dig them out-every last one
of them" said Mr.. LOngears TO him
self. The idea Of those bold dande-
lions daring TO come in my turnip bed
Bur-r-r-r-r." and Uncle Wiggily shook
his head quite savage like
On and on he went, stopping now
and then to see how his beans and
peas and corn were growing, for on
things that are good 10 eat. As he
climbed over the fence, just before he
came to the turnip field, he saw, grow
ing down in a corner, one lone. little
yellow dandelion flower.
"Ha. One OF those fellows here,
too exclaimed the bunny man.
We'll. III not dig you up, for as you
are alone you can do no harm But
The lone little dandeIion heard this
and shivered-
..Oh. II I could only grow big and
tan, and have legs, so I might 60 and
tell my brothers and sisters what is
going TO happen to them" he thought
10 himself But can't warn them TO
get away They will all be killed"
Uncle WlggIy was soon at the field
where the dandelions were growing in
place OF the turnips. Laying down the
rake the old rabbit gentleman took
the hoe and was Just going to dig up
a whole clump Of yellow weed flowers,
when a voice behind him said:
"One moment, please"
Eli? What's that?" asked Uncle
Wiggily-
Just stop what YOU are doing and
come with me" went on the voice.
and there stood the bad old ear
scratching cat with cOcoanut CRATER
DO you want me-" asked the rab-
ST certainly do" yowIed the cat.
I'm going TO scratch your ears good
this time. Look herel'
With that the unpleasant creature
took the cocoanut CRATER, which was
very rough and sharp. and rubbed il
up and down on the wooden fence rail.
Slivers and chips OF wood were
scraped off
That's what will happen to your
ears" said the cat. You have fooled
me so many times getting away from
me that never yet have I had the
pleasure o., scratching your ears Now
it viii be all the worse for you. Come
along"
'9So. he isn't goingr' suddenly said
a voice, seeming to come from down
on the ground
"Oh. isn't heZ" asked the ear-scratch-
ing cat. Who says Uncle WiggiIy
isn't coming with me to my home in
the dark and dismal woods2 Who
says so2"
'I do" cried brave voice.
and who are your asked the cat
The dandy Honr was the answer.
We are all dandy lions here, and II
you don't let Uncle Wiggily alone We'll
bite and scratch you and pull your
and-and-and-noW YOU Just
SCAT" cried the dandelion flower,
and with that some Of the blossoms
that had gone to seed blew their
fluffy white stuff in the cats face and
made him sneeZe and turn a somer-
sault, and he ran away without even
tickling the bunny, to say nothing OF
scratching his ears.
Wen Well, Wen,' exclaimed ,
Uncle Wiggily- The dandelion !
flowers saved me T thank YOU" he
you may grow here as long as you like.
I'll never dig you up
And so the dandelions grew ike 1
patch OF sunshine on the bunny gen 4
farm, and il the breakfast /
roll doesn't tumble off the front stOOp I
and hit the miIkman on the nose III !
tell you next about Uncle Wfggily and I
the acknowledgement 1915, by Nc 4
Clure Newspaper Syndicate.