El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-05
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
Uncle Wiggily and the Sassafrss.
By HOWARD, B. 5ARIS.

1870 NCLE wIGGILYi Uncle Wig
gilyl Get up called Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the musk
rat lady housekeeper, as she stood at
the foot OF the stairs OF the hollow
stump bungalow and called up to the
rabbit gentleman one morning.
Hurry down, Mr.. Longears," she
went on. This IS the last day am
going to bake buckwheat cakes, and
II you want some nice hot ones, with
maple sugar sauce on, you'd better
hurry"
No answer came from the bunny
uncle.
"why. this is strange" said Nurse
Jane to herself q wonder II any
thing can have happened to him? Did
he have an adventure in the night2
Did the bad skillery -scalery alligator,
with humps on its tail. carry him OFF,
Then she called again:
Uncle Wiggilyl Uncle Wiggilyl
Aren't you going to get up? Come
down to breakfast. Aren't you going
to get up and come down."
mo, Miss Fuzzy WHEY replied the
bunny uncle, mot to give you a short
answer. 1 am not going TO get up, or
come down or eat breakfast or do any
thing" and Mr.. Longears spoke as
though his head was hidden under ths
bed clothes, which 1t was.
"Oh, Uncle Wiggily, whatever Is the
natter" asked Nurse Jane, surprise
like and anxious.
Il don't feel at all we'll" was the
answer. Il think ] have the epizootic,
and I don't want any breakfast"
."Oh. dearr cried Nurse Jane. And
all the nice cakes I have baked
know what I'll do" she said to her
self. I'll call in DR.. Postum. Per
haps Uncle Wiggily needs some OF the
roots and herbs that grow in the woods
-wintergreen. slippery elm or some
thing like that. I'll call DR.. POssum."
And when the animal doctor came
he looked at the bunny uncle's tongue,
felt OF his ears and said:
''Ha! Hunt GU have the spring
fever, Uncle Wiggily. What you need
is sassafras."
''Nurse Jane has some in the bunga-
low" spoke Mr.. Longears. Tell her
to make me some tea from that"
NO. what is needed is fresh sassa-
fras," said DR.. Possum. And what is
more. you must go out IN the woods
and dig it yourself That will be al
most as good for your spring fever
as the sassafras itself So hop out
and dig some OF the roots"
"Oh, dear" cried Uncle Wiggily, |
fussy like "I don't want to. Ia !
rather stay here IN bed"
But you can't" cried Or. Postum !
in his jolly voice. out with youl" !
and he pulled the bed clothes off the |
bunny uncle so he had TO get up to I
keep warm.
Wei, I'll just go out and dig a |
little sassafras root TO please him."
thought Uncle Wiggily to himself. "and |
then I'll come back and stay in bed !
as long as ] please. It's all non !
sense thinking / have 10 have fresh i
rOOt-the old is good enough"
Il do feel quite wretched and lazy 1
like said Uncle Wiggily to himself, I
as he limped along on his red. white /
and blue-striped barber-pole rheuma- !
tism crutch, that Nurse Jane had /
gnawed for him out Of a cornstalk. /
las soon as I find some sassafras I'll !
pull UP a bit OF the root and hurry |
back home and to bed"
Pretty soon the bunny uncle saw 1
where some OF the sassafras roots were
growing, with their queer three-point-
ed leaves, like q mitten, with place
FOR your finger and thumb.