El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-14
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M though you were soing To
be busy today spoke
Nurse Jane Funny WAY. the muskrat
lady, as she came out on the front
porch OF the hollow stump farm
fbouse. and looked 80 Uncle Wiggily
Longears. the bunny gentleman
What are YOU going 10 10 with that
she asked
For the bunny man had wheel
barrow in front OF him and he was
rolling II along on the grass
I'm going over to the far end OF my
farm he said. and wheeloarrow
some stones off it There are 50 many
stones on the ground that nothing VIII
grow
= am going to gather them mp in
2 big pile and then. with my vince
barrow 7 viii cart them over 10 lne
liver and throw them in stones woui9
bust as soon be i'm the water as on iand'
and I'd a good deal rather have them
off my farm 50 here 1 60 Goodbye
Goodbye called the musl1rat lady
housekeeper-
Uncle WiEgily went along over the
fields and through the woods. Tor
there were nice woods on the farm.
and pretty soon. he came TO the place
Z where the ground was covered wiz
stones. Big stones there were. ana
little ones round stones and square
and some looked like funny faces and
others like marbles, or tops or even
@But. no matter how they look. they
must get off my farm" said Uncle
WfEEilv 10 himself. and he began
gathering the stones in piles 10 Wheel
sway 10 the river He had not been
working very long before he heard
CITE little voice Calling
-Oh. ArabeIIa, There's Uncle Wig
gily, Vow we can have some run
Come on"
The bunny gentleman stopped pick
ing I'D the stones and looked around
h saw Arabella Chick and Susie
Lntletail. the bunny girl Arabella was
q little hen. as YOU all know Ano the
two animal girls had their dolls with
.'Oh. Uncle Wiggily,7 cried susie
.'5Iay we help you pick up stones
"Oh. yes. I guess So answered the
Old rabbit gentleman, good natured
Ike and Jolly
and our dolls will help, too went
On Arabelia Now. Esmeralda Choco-
late Spicecake.' she said TO her doll
. You must be real nice and help Uncle
NVigEiiy pick up the stones
And so must you. Clarissa Janet
Hummingbird," said Susie TO her doll
who hao rubber nose Vow ven
begin
their dolls started to help Uncle Wig
gilv pick up stones for the wheelbar-
row But. bless your hearts, and also
your lollypops. Susie and Arabella
could only pick up the very. Titles
stones. especially Arabella, the hen
girl. for she had to hold them in her
bill
In her claw she held her doll. Es-
mereIda Chocolate Spicecake. and Ara
bella pretended that the doll picked
NJ stones. too. but II was only make
believe. Tt was the same way with
Susie's doll. Clarissa Janet Humming-
bird She could not pick up stones
by herself, and the little bunny girl
had TO do II for her
And with this. thar and the other
and with getting in Uncle WigEilys
way. and picking up little stones and
dropping them. and Eiggling and look
ing after their dolls. Arabella and
Susie did not help the rabbit gentle
man as much as they thought they
We're doing.
But. bless your ice cream cones this
time Uncle WiEEily wouldn't make
them feel badly by telling the little
animal girls they were bothering him.
Instead he just gave a jolly laugh and
whistle and said