El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-06
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE WHITE RAT
By HOWARD
By HOWARD B. GARD.

gily feel better. and he hoped along
faster than ever until, al OF a sudden
II began to snow.
~Hai Now surely something will
happen" said the rabbit gentleman.
Maybe I'll find some poor little
chicken under a snow drift, and I can
help her out and take her home and
oh. ELL then Wen see what Will hap
pen. Who knows2'
So the rabbit gentleman hoped on.
and the snow kept coming down more
and more until. after a while, IL was
quite deep, and Uncle Wiggily was tired
pulling his legs in and out OF the piles
Of the white flakes. and twitching his
ears and twinkling his pink nose as the
frozen pieces OF rain water fell on them.
7 guess I'll rest for a bit" thought
the bunny uncle. He leaned up against
an old stump. on the side where the
wind couldn't blow on him quite so
chilly-like. and watched the piles o.
snow. growing bigger and bigger.
All OF 8 sudden a voice sadly called;
oh. dear, What shall I do2 I'm
caught out in this terrible storm and
I don't know how to get home. Oh,
dearr'
"Ha, Here IS a chance for me to
help" said Uncle Wiggily. That must
be the poor chicken in trouble. III
help her out
He looked all around. but he could see
no one. still the voice kept calling. and
IL sounded very near the stump.
That's funny" Uncle Wiggily said
7 can hear the voice, but I can see no
one. Now Il It Is a chicken she would
have bright feathers. and things like
that all over her. 1 wonder II my eyes
are getting weak"
Then all at once he heard some one
say
NO. dear Uncle Wiggily. your eyes
are all right Here I am. right close
beside you. but my legs are so short
I cannot get through the snow, little as
are the drifts. That's why I'm freez-
ing"
But who are you2" asked the bunny
rabbit puzzled-like and wondering
Il am the white rat" was the an
swer- 7 am Just the color OF snow,
and that is why you cannot see me.
But y YOU watch closely you can notice
ny pink eyes. which are Just the color
Of your nose"
Uncle Wiggily looked. and. surely
enough. he saw two little pink points
in the snow. and going close to them
he saw the white rat. who was q sort
Of second cousin to Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy. the muskrat lady.
"Oh. you poor thing" said Uncle
WiggiIy. You must be cold. I'll take
you home at once"
So the bunny uncle lifted the white
rat lady out Of the snow drift and car
ried her home, for M Longears was
very strong. The white rat told him
how she had gone out for a walk, never
thinking IL would snow. and she told
how she had been caught in the storm.
Thank you for bringing me home"
she called 70 the rabbit chap, as he left
her at her front door You did me
good favor. Some DAY I may do you
one, I hope
"Oh. that's all right Uncle wig
gIly said. careless-like. but jolly withsl
Then the rabbit uncle hoped on TO
his hollow stump bungalow, never
minding the storm. for he had on his
fur overcoat as well as his tall silk hat
We'll. here you are at last cried
Nurse Jane as he went up the front
steps. knocking the snow off his paws.
I'm glad you came You have Just
time enough TO 90 70 the store before
supper"
TO the store Tor what?" asked
Uncle Wiggily.
Cheese" answered the muskrat lady.
II just had a telephone from Grandpa
Goosey Gander- He is coming over TO
supper. and you know how fond he is
Of cheese"
He is. indeed Uncle Wiggily said.
7 would not for the world. have him
disappointed. TIL hurry right back to
the store and get the incest cheese I
can find. You keep Grandpa Goosey
company until come back"
Nurse Jane said she would and away
hoped the bunny uncle once more.
But alas and alack-a-day, Also sad
ness that I have to tell it, When
Uncle Wiggily reached the cheese store
q was closed. and there was q sign
on the door which said that the ele-
plant lady who kept the place had
gone home 2 little earlier than usual
because of the storm
We'll. III try another place" the
bunny uncle said, and he went TO
candy store But they had only make
believe candy cheese and that would
never do. Oh, no.
I'll try the five and six cent store
thought the bunny uncle Maybe they