Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BUDDY P1GG IN A CABBAGE.

0UDD1 flG6 I'm "A CADOA0H'
Once upon time, not 50 many years
RI axo, In fact It was about the same year
that Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow, the
little puppy dog boys lived in their
b kennel house, there used to play with
them. two queer little brown and
white and black and white ANIMAL
b children, called guinea pigs. They
were lust as cute as they could be,
and since have told you some stories
about rabbits, and squirrels and ducks,
Us we'll as about puppies, wonder how
You would like to hear some accounts
Or what the guinea pigs did?
Anyhow, I'll begin and so it happen
led that there lived at one time, in
Exnice little house, called pen, four
guinea pigs. ........ 49,.
There was the papa, and he was
named DR.. Pigg, and the reason for 1t
was that he had once been In the hos
pital with a broken paw, and ever
since he was known as Doctor" Then
there was his wife, and his little boy,
H And his little girl. They were Mont
4 morency and, Matilda but as the child
4 rem didn't like those names, they al
ways spoke of each other as Buddy"
land "Brighteyes,'' SO I will do the
same ... s..
D. Buddy Pigg (and he had two g's In
HIS name you notice. was black and
white, and Brighteyes Pigg was brown
land white, and they were the incest
guinea pig children you could meet II
6you rode all week In an automobile.
One day Buddy went out for walk In
n. L. IL QvtO
lad to stay at home to help to do the
Wishes, and dust the furniture.
Buddy, who, suppose, you remem-
Or, was friend of Jackie and Peetie
bow Wow, walked along, smiling with
EsAts nose, just like Sammie and Susie
1ittletail, the rabbits.
E# 1T seems to me" Buddy said, that
III smell something good to eat. l Won
Esder IL It can be an ice cream cone, or
some peanuts. or anything like that?'
HE looked around but he couldn't see
Eany store there in the woods where
they sold ice cream or peanuts, "and
then he knew he must be mistaken.
sH6till no kept on smelling something
rood
Il wonder where that Isl" he ex,
stained, and he shifted harder than
sover. And then he knew what 1t was
4 - cabbage great, big cabbage! He
ian around tho side Of a big rock. and
There lying on the path, was a fine
big cabbage. Some one had dropped
At By mistake. -.l.t
This Is great luck!" cried Buddy
fsHi9g. there is enough for me and
nrighteyes, and can take some home
ITO mamma and to my papa, the doctor.
Yes, indeed, this has been lucky day
Nfor me. I'm as glad found this fcab-
2bage AZ II had picked up ten cents!
M guess I'll eat some to see how 1t
tastes"
M So Buddy Pigg began to gnaw at the
Ncobbage and, as he had very good
Hfoeth for gnawlng-almost as good as
fsoammy LttletaiIs-he soon had quite
EsS holo made. But he kept on gnawing
AsAnd eating away, so fine did 1t taste.
3suntdl. in little while II he hadn't
oatsn q hole right into the cabbage and
the found himself inside. Just like the
& mousie in the loaf Of bread!
Hal This is very fine, indeed"
\ cried Buddy Pigg. ~ think will take
4 Z nap here" and lopsy-fop! if that lit
u lie guinea pig didn't curl up inside the
u C1OUASo anu ~ IdSI, AeeI oeicop' oAN'
d not even his tail stuck out, because,
4 you see, he didn't have any tail
4 guinea pigs never do have any, which
II is good thing, suppose
Well. Buddy Pigg was sleeping away
sinside that cabbage, dreaming Of how
s5nice 1t would be to take the rest of 1t
X homo, when all at once, who should
come creeping, creeping around the
edge OF the rock, but great, big fox.
He had sharp eyes, had that fox, and
" he saw the little guinea pig asleep In
side the cabbage, even though Buddy's
& tail didn't stick out.
".Ah, ali! Oh, ho!" exclaimed the
fox, and he smashed his lips. II see a
Il me feast before me! Oh, yes, indeed,
very fine feast! Guinea pig flavor