Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-27
Children's Evening Story

ears! ne CEleQ. 1 QOn ike WnlStt'
ing!"
"All right" spoke Uncle wiggily po
litely. So the rabbit gentleman sat
there quietly in his room for a while
| and then he said to himself:
II guess I will go out and see how
fast the boardwalk is running"
But before he went out he thought
he would change his coat and put on
warmer one, and just as he was do
ing this he Knocked a hair brush OF
his bureau to the floor. .a-
Bang" it went down.
"Good.night!" exclaimed Uncle Wig
gily in a whisper. Nov, l suppose
that fussy fish hawk will call on,
again."
And surely enough the bird gentle
man did.
Cant you keep quiet In there?" he
shouted to Uncle Wiggily. II was writ.
ing letter and when you made that
banging noise jumped and there Is a
big blot on the paper"
II am very sorry" replied Uncle
Wiggily. 'but it won't happen again.
am going out and you will then be In
peace and quietness." ....-
So he went out to look at the salty
sea waves washing up on the beach
and he stayed for some time.
II hope when I get back to the hotel
he said, that the fussy fish hawk will
be asleep"
But the bird gentleman was wide
awake yet, though it was bedtime.
Uncle Wiggily could hear him ringing
the electric bell in his room.
First the fussy fish hawk would ring
for hot water and then for cold water
and then for piece of pie and then for
some lemonade. My, but he kept every
one busy though! And even when
Uncle Wiggily went to bed, he could
hear the fish hawk calling out such
things as:
"Oh, me! Oh, my! What a poor sleep.
er am! Oh, wish was back home!
Oh, why did I ever come to the sea-
shore? Oh, how noisy it Isl"
Well" thought Uncle Wiggily, II
shall be careful not to make any noise
to bother that fussy fish hawk. My,
but he is a queer Bird"
Well, the fish hawk kept on fussing,
and Uncle Wiggily was thinking what
an unpleasant old bird it was, to be
sure.
81 think, If he keeps on fussing and
bothering me this way much longer,
that I shall call policeman dog and
have him shut up in a poll parrots
cage" thought Uncle Wiggily. Then
he fell asleep mean the old gentle.
man rabbit did.
/. Well, along in the middle of the
night very strange thing happened.
All at once, as Uncle Wiggily was
sleeping away flying dogf1sh flew in
from the ocean. Up over the board
walk few the flying fish and with two
short barks and part of another one, it
went right in through the hotel window
and up to Uncle Wiggily's room.
Nov, here is where I get that old
gentleman rabbit" 'growled the dog,
fish. "I'll grab him out OF bed and take
him to the sea lion. Bow! Wow!
Wow"
Well, would you ever believe it If
didn't tell you? No, I'm sure you
wouldn't. But, anyhow, you know the
fussy fish hawk In the next room heard
the flying dogfsh come after Uncle
Wiggily.
Up out Of bed jumped the fussy fish
hawk, out into the hall he flew, just as
the bad dog fish was banging on Uncle
Wiggily's door to get the rabbit gentle.
man.
Here! Get away from there" cried
the fussy fish hawk to the dog fish
and he said 1t as politely as possible
mo, shall not get away" barked
the dog fish. Il am going to get Uncle
Wiggily!"
Indeed you WON'T" exclaimed the
fish hawk. mo one shall harm Uncle
Wiggily when I am here!" and with
that the fussy bird gentleman few al
the dog fish and poked his bill under
his bony ribs, and so tickled him and
flustered him that the dog fish was
glad enough to fly back acros the
board walk again into the ocean will
the sea lion.
ooh. how.&can I ever thank your
said Uncle Wiggily to the fussy ifs!
hawk, when the rabbit gentleman saw
that the dog fish had been driver
away, .-...... !.
Don't try to thank me-" replied thu
! fish hawk. 81 am very glad I coult
help you. am so nervous that can
sleep well and that Is how | happene,
: to hear the dog fish trying to get a