El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-01
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY AND THE CABBAGE
By HOWARD, B GAKIs

7 tables. weeds grow on my farm went
J on Uncle Wiggily. I wish they did
not, for they grow SO easily. and so
last, that they soon choke the other
plants. And TO make my onions, or I
! should say. your onions. grow large.
jamie, I must pull up the weeds That's
what m going to do nOw-Weed the
1 onions, and I just hate it,
ITS too bad" said Miss Fuzzy
Wuzzy- DO you think ths< T.
On, YOU couldn't weed oniOns-
cried the bunny Besides, one must
do the hard work on the farm as well
! as the easy No. I'll weed them"
And so the rabbit gentleman started
out But first he tied a bottle of per-
( Lumery under his pink, twinkling nose,
Ior ne did not like the smell Of the
out on his farm he went. and soon
ne was on his knees between the onion
rows pulling up the different kinds
Of weeds.
zone would think. considering how
strong an onion is" said Uncle Wig
sliy 10 himself, that they would be
doie 10 drive out all the weeds them
serves But I guess some weeds don't
mind where they rowan onion patch
IS Just the same to them as a bed Of
roses But excuse me-" and he shook
up the bottle OF perfumery under his
nose Ior the onions made a graf fuss
over themselves.
wen. Uncle WiEsily was wedding
away, when, all Of sudden. he heard
a sort or yOWlng. yaDping sound and
looking up he saw, sitting IN front of
MN. the ear-scratching cat
On Oh- On said Uncle W1ggily
three times. just like that. You're
here, are you2" ne asked.
Yes. I'm here mesuwed the cat,
anu as L see Your ears haven't been
scratched IN some time I'll begin on
them at once Oh. such big. deep
scratches as I'm going to put in them.
Vow,
oh. please. don't scratch me-" begged
Uncle Wiggily-
Yes. ! shaH,' meaouwed the cat
81 haven't had any ears to scratch in
a long while, and yours are such nice.
ing me not TO. for will
W ouldnt you Just as soon scratch
an ear OF corn asked the bunny
uncley That wouldn't mind being
clawed- Scratch the corn's ears
No" howled the cat
Well" sadly said Uncle Wiggily-
IF my ears have TO be scratched. I
suppose they do But il is no pleasure
for me, I do assure you"
Rats said the cat. impolitely.
probably thinking about supper. Here
7 come" and Just for practice the bad
cat began digging his claws in the dirt
between the rows of onions. He made
the dirt and weeds fly,
on, if YOU would only do that. in
stead Of scratching my ears. the weeds
would soon be out" said the bunny.
snarled the cat. and then, all OF a sud
den Uncle Wiggily said:
onions,''
SO 7 have" spoke the cat. careless
ike But no matter. I'll take il with
me TO flavor your soup with
The cat picked Up the onion, and
then. all at once. his eyes filled with
tears Big tears began dropping from
them
oh cried Uncle Wiggily. How
lIad I am to see you CRYING tears. Il
shows You have a kind heart. and viii
lot scratch me after all Oh. I am 50
glad,'
Tears, I'm not crying tears be
cause Pm sorry" howled the cat. It's
the strong onion that makes my eyes
water. Here. come back For Uncle
Wiggily, noticing that the cats eyes
were 50 fun OF tears from the onion
that he could not see him had quickly
Gene back. and let me scratch you"
cried the bad cat
But Uncle Wiggily would not, and
the cats eyes We're so full Of onion
tear water that he could not see for
nearly a week.
-WeU. 7 guess onions are good for
something after all" said Uncle Wig
sily. when the cat had stumbled out
o. the garden. hardly able TO see where
he was going They saved me from
being scratched"
And II the roof OF our house doesn't
go visiting next door. and let all the
rain in our back parlOr so the parrot
has TO swim like A gold fish. I'll tell
-on next about Uncle WiEgily and the
abbage--Copyright 1916, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate