Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-14
Children's Evening Story

though he couldn't do them very we'll
at first, he practiced until he was quite
good at it. Then Fido showed him
how to stand on one ear, and wiggle
the other, and how to blink his eyes
while standing on the end of his little
tail, and then Uncle Wiggily thought
of a new trick. all by himself. b..
I'll stick my crutch in the ground,
like clothes pole," he said to Fido,
land then I'll hop up on 1t and sing
song" which he did, singing song
that went like this:
Did you ever see a rabbit
Do f1ipperfopper-fap?~-
If not just kindly watch me,
As wear my baseball cap.
TITS very strang, some folks may
say,
And also rather funny,
To see a kinky poodle dog
Play with a flip-fop bunny.
But we are on our travels,
Adventures for to seek,
We may find one, or two, or three,
Most any day next week"
And then Uncle Wiggily hoped
down, and waved both ears backward
and forward, and made low bow to
q make believe crowd of people, only
of course, there we're none there.
Fine! Fine!" cried Fido F1ip-Flop
That's better than did when / was
in the circus. Now I'll tell you what
let's do"
"What?' asked Uncle Wiggily.
Lets go around and give little
shows and entertainments for little
folks to see,' went on the poodle dog
gle. ~ can turn flip-dops and you can
stand on your head on your crutch,
and sing song, and then Well take
up collection. I'll pass my hat, and
perhaps we may make our fortune
who knows?"
who. tndeed?' said Uncle Wiggily.
We'll do it," .1-
So of they started together to give
little show and make some money,
and. as they went on through the
woods. they practised doing the tricks
Uncle Wiggily had learned.
Well, in a little while, not SO very
long, they came to nice place in the
forest-an open place where no trees
grew.
"Here is good spot for our show
said Uncle Wiggily.
But there is no one to see us do the
tricks objected Fido.
"Oh, yes, there are some ants, and
angle worm and black bug and a
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they see us do the tricks they'll tell
other folks, and We'll have quite a
crowd"
So they started in to do their tricks
Fido turned a lot Of fip-fops, and
Uncle Wiggily did dance on the end
of his crutoh, and sang song about
monkey doodle, which the angle
worm said was just fine, being quite
cute, and the grasshopper- made be-
lieve play fiddle with his two hind
legs, scratching one on tho other, and
making lovely music.
But, all Of sudden, just as Uncle
| Wiggily was standing on his left ear
and wiggling his feet in the air, which
is very hard trick for rabbit, what
should happen but that out Of the
woods sprang two boys.
There's the dog! Grab him !" cried
one boy. Never mind about the rab
bit! Get the trick dog!" And the boys
rushed right up, knocking Uncle Wig
gily down, and grabbing Fido Flip
Flop. And they started off through
the woods with him, while Uncle Wig
tgily cried out for them to come back
| But they wouldn't.
Now please don't feel badly. for I'm
going to tell you in the next story how
| Uncle Wiggily saved Fido, and also
how the rabbit went to Arabella
Chicks surprise party--that is, l will
If our automobile doesn't turn upside
down and break my ice cream cone.