El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-21
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wICGILY GOLD FISH
By HOWARD R. GARIS

/ hot water bag. or bottle It is made Of Of
rubber. YOU know. and when 1 HI II
with hot water and 80
Fill your ear with water cried the
rabbit >-.,.,e
lane. L tried TO use the one we have,
hut il is so old that il leaks. and II
NM that bag On my ear I surely woulq
soon have il fun OF water-mY ear l
mean Now 1 don't want 10 trouols
AS 1 told YOU before. no trouble AT
aIIfr cried the bunny. .Il go at once
TO the drug store and get the not wafer
bag" .-...,t,l
50 off the bunny gentleman star lS, "a,
and soon he mad hoped over the ileius
and through the woods 10 the store
where the red and green lamps SloWtu
in the windows. telling any one VINO
passed that inside there were stamps
for sale as well as soda water ..
a hot water bag. of rubber. III you
please. for Nurse Jane Fuzzy W uzzS,
said Uncle Wiggily, as ne gave . IN
drug store elephant the money
has the earache- A.
Pm sorry TO hear that said the
elephant. as he waited on Jackie Row
Wow. the puppy dog boy VINO ran IN
to buy q nice sweet bone-ioliS pop -
rbe drug store elephant handed n cake
of soap to Johnnie Bushytaii. the spur
rel how. made a change for Mr. W mite
wash. the polar bear. who wanted 10 use
the telephone. handed 4 HndtCh
Grandfather Goosey Gander and let
Uncle Butter. the goat gentleman. iook
al the directory TO see where OId
Mother Hubbard lived After that me
drug store elephant got the not "d'ei
bag for Uncle Wiggily-
I had better run some colo wafer IN
il for YOU. as YOU carry II 10 your
hollow stump bungalow TO put on Nurse
James ear" said the elephant me
cold water will sort OF soak up the
lra 2 hef
the cold and put in hot water when
YOU get home"
7 shall" Uncle Wisgily said Cold
water is not good for sore ears
Then. with the rubber hot water bag
filled now with cold water. under ms
paw. back Uncle Wiggily started Tor
his hollow stump home, thinking. as he
hoped along. how too bad It was Tor
Nurse Jane to have the earache-
Uncle Wiggily had not gone very Tar
on his way back before. all at once. he
heard a sort Of crashing sound. hke
window being broken when boys play
ball in the summer
But it cannot be that which has
happened now" thought Uncle WigSIly
TO himself as he looked around rms
is nearly winter. and even the animal
boys. with their warm fur coats. would
not be playing ball It must be some
thing else"
1t was. as he soon found out for.
few seconds after the glass crash had
u.
self listening to a call of:
oh dear, Oh. how sad this is, Oh.
they'll all be killed Hopping around
this way. Oh. what shame"
What's the natter asked Uncle
Wiggilv quickly. Who is in trouble
T am" answered a little voice. and.
out from behind a lamp post stepped
Tommie Kat the little kitten boy He
was looking at something down on the
what happenede~ the bunny uncle
wanted to know
'-Oh. everything meaouwed Tommie.
I was bringing home a globe OF gold
fish to nv sister. Kittie. who has
cold and has to stay home But Just
now the globe slipped out Of my paws.
and broke when it fell All the water
splashed out. and the poor fish-well'
you can see them now-they are Hop
ping all over the ground-seeF
Surely enough. the golden-red fish
We're Tipping and Tapping about, gasp
ing for breath for fish cannot i've
very long out Of water. you know The
outdoor air is too much for him
fish must only breathe what Little arr
there is in the water in which he
oh. what shall we do" cried Tom
ME sadly
the Hopping fish We cannot stand
much of this It is too cold for US, and
we must be in water There IS so much
air we are smothering"
Oh. dear" meaouwed Tommie- 1
am so sorry dropped you I was go
ing TO keep you in the nice glass globe.
with a little stone castle and green
floating grass. so Kittie could watch
you swim. But now I cannot. If !
only had a old tomato can and some
water I could pick you up and carry
you home But there isn't bit OF
water anywhere around here"
oh. yes there is" suddenly cried
Uncle Wiggily.
"Where?" asked TOmmie-
In this hot water bag L just bought
for Nurse James earache." answered /
the bunny. only IL now has cold water |
in and not hot Quick I'll save your !
gold fish Help me pick them up,
So Uncle Wiggily and TOmmie picked |
up the flip-flapping gold fish. taking /
care not to hurt them The bunny !
pulled the stopper out of the rubber :
bag and into the water that was in IL /
he popped the fish. who were very glad /
to get back where they belonged
Now We can breathe right they /
cried. waving their tails
Uncle Wiggily hurried on to TOmmie's /
house and emptied the gold fish out 4
from the rubber bag into Dig jar OF 4
water. where they were all safe again. 4
And now I must hurry on home with 1
the bag for Nurse James ear" said the /
"a bbit gentleman
water. was held on the side Of the
lady's head, she felt much !
better.
in a drug store than you have any idea
about and this story may teach you
that a hot water bag can be used for
4 fish globe. which l never knew be-
fore / started TO write il
And. II the string of blue beads |
doesn't fall apart and roll under the /
bureau to help look for the lost collar
Dutton, I shall be glad to tell YOU next
ibOut the Uncle Wiggily and the auto
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