El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-21

M0oING out again, Uncle Wig
- gily2n asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy
wuzzy, one morning. as she
saw the rabbit gentleman taking his
-white-and- blue-suiped rheumatism
crntch down off the clock shelf
'fWou, yes. jamie. 7 did think Of goln &
ont Tor n little stroll in the FOREST
..4id The bunny uncle. talking hSe a
MONOGRAPH What he meant was ~, ~
he was going for q walk IN the Wooos'
hut hh thought he'd he polite ABOUT IT,
and stylish. just Tor once,
s.ohr,'f FORGET your umbrella went
,. Nr1ree lane 1t looks to me very
much as though there would De
9i,,nt vou,re right" Uncle Wiggily
-,fF aOur April showers are not yet
o,-er I shall take my umbrella
~ with his umbrella and the rheu7
,,efisn crutch Nurse Jane had gnawe9
I'm ont Of a cornstallC, Off started
a.. bunnv uncle, hopping along over
nv fields and through the WOODS
preffv soon Uncle WlBglly met Johli-
ME Bushytail, the squirrel BOY fyoitr,,,i. 7,,
Where are you going, johnnie
.s-lred fhe rabbit gentleman are YOU
arr In Tie woods. looking for an adj
yenttrea That's what I'm doing.
-, ~ bo, "Tm not looking for AN
adventure. I'm looking for. hazel nuts,
''FIazel nuts2" cried the bunny uncle
in surprise. r.s,. .evor l,nov,
tbey're something like chestnuts. only
without the prickly burrs. and they re
,-erv good to eat They grow on bushes
Instead Of trees I'm looking for some
TO eat They are nice, brown, SHINY
aGoodr cried the rabbit gentleman.
We'll 20 off together looking 1or
hazel nuts, and perhaps we may alSo
find an adventure. IA take the ao7
venture and you can take the ha@ei
IAN right" laughed Johnnie, and off
on and over the fields and through
The woods went the bunny uncle and
Johnnie. until Just as they were close
no the place where some hazel nuts
grew on bushes, there was noise pc
hind a big black stump-and suddenly
ou .sOB' hello. Neddie stubtaill" called
Johnnie And he was Just going up
and shake paws when Uncle "lsshy
cried;
Look out JOhnniel Val, a minute'
That isn't your friend Neddie-
"Tsn't ft2" asked Johnnie, surprised
ike. and he drew back
-.No it's a bad old bear-nOt our nice
Ncddie. at all. And think ne IS gong
To- chase u.s. Get ready to rum
So Johnnie Bushytail and Uncle Wig
giIy got ready to run. And II was a
good thing they did. for just then me
neaT gave a EfoMi like a Anlt9 ppA
when It falls off the stick, and the
bear said;
"Ah. hai And oh. hoi A rabbit and
"a squirrel Fine for me- Tag-your II;
he cried, and he made a jump for Uncle
Wiggily and Johnnie.
But do YOU s'pose the bunny uncl
and the squirrel boy stayed there
De caught? Indeed they did not!
over this way. Quick crlH
Johnnie. Here is a hazel nut bun,
Uncle Wiggily We can hide uner
that and the bear can't get us"'
Good" said the bunny uncle. mo
he and Johnnie quickly ran and ma
under the hazel nut bush, which was
nearby.
The bear looked al around q he
heard Uncle Wiggily and ,JohnnieTun-
Ming away, and when he saw Ehere
they had gone he laughed unit ms
,yhiskers twinkled almost like TIE rao-
Dit geutleman's pink nose. an then
the bear said. ,
"Hai hal and Hoi hol So you hought
YOU could get away from me tat way
did you. Well, you can't can see
you hiding under that bush alnosI as