El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-18
,edtime Story For the Little Ones
"Uncle Wiggil yand the Strawberries"
By HOWARD, B. CARTS.

And how heavy 1t presses on our
.>heads," said a third voice 80,
"Hal That sounds like rCuble!
Uncle Wiggily said, his eyes salnlh;SS
and his pink nose twinkling, 1or ~
there was one thing the bunny unGle
liked more than another is was TROUPE.
l mean he liked to help other Iolhs
and animal people out of trouble
And this may be another chance IoL
me- thought Uncle Wiggily, as ne
looked around to see where the voices
came from.
He looked down on the ground, but
all he saw was broad, flat BOARD OIL
Surely that did not speak" thought
Mr.. LOngears. for. though trees can
whisper to the ear OF the wind, ] never
knew, boards could. Still I will
Just then he heard the voices AGAIN,
oh, il some one would only lift TINS
board off our heads how happy We
would be-"
why. its under the board cried ..rIfa
Uncle Wiggily, in great surprise 1i ~
voices are under the board! L Will III
it up and see who it is"
Then, with his strong paws, ChciS
Wiggily lifted the board. and under II
he saw some wild strawberry vines, ~
twisted and twined together, WIN
their white blossoms just showing
through the green leaves.
"Oh, was it you calling he asAeu
Yes Uncle wiggily." answered
the vine. This big board blew off tins
fence on us. and while it pressed down
on our blossoms we could not be klsseu
by the sun. nor washed by the RAIN
and 50 grow into sweet, red berries. .
But now, thanks to you, we are al
right, and soon we viii be ready Tor
the animal children to pick and eat, or
Nurse Jane can make us into jam"
II am glad Of that" cried Uncle
WigEily. for I love strawberry jam
I'VE thank you ever so much went
on the strawberries. ~ on did us
favor. and If ever we can do YOU one
we shall only be too happy to do so"
So Uncle Wiggily went on through
the woods, and the Strawberries, now
that the boards no longer pressed
down on them, began to grow very
fast indeed.
Well. it was about a week or so after
this that Uncle Wiggily was in the
woods again. All of a sudden, as he
stopped to rest near an old hollow
stump. the bunny uncle heard some
.Ha. There he is now, Now I'm 60
ing to grab him and bite him, for get
ting away from me last time!"
And out popped the sldllery- scalery
alligator
Well you can easily guess that Uncle
Wiggily did not wait for n trolley car,
a jitney bus or even his airship Away
he hoped as fast rs he could, and the
alligator ran out of the bushes after
"Oh. I'll get you" cried the bad crea-
ture. running faster and faster. He
had almost caught Uncle Wiggily,
whose legs were getting very tired,
when. all Of a sudden, the bunny uncle
heard a voice call:
"Over this way, Uncle Wiggilyi Over
this way We are the strawberry
vinesi Run toward us. and jump over
us The alligator can not jump. snd
when he tries to run through us he
will get his legs all tangled up in our
long stems, and he'll fan down and be
Caughtr
So Uncle Wiggily did this over the
strawberry vines he jumped but the
alligator. chasing after him. could not
jump, and tried TO wade through tho
vines. Soon mis- four, scaly legs were
all tangled up I'm the vines that held
him tightly, and the CATER could not
move an inch, so Uncle Wiggily got
safely away, the Strawberries having
saved him.
SO this teaches US that strawberries
are good for more things than being
made into jam. or shortcakes, and il
the rubber doll doesn't take our black
cats tail to tickle the goldfish, and
make il sneeze, I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the tin can--Copy-
right. 1916, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.