El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-23
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE WIGG1Y AND THE PIE PLANT.
BY HOWARD r. GARIS.

! What do you want2" Uncle Wiggily
You" snarled the fox. stop your
work and come along with me. ]
surely have you this time. You shan't
get away"
Uncle WiggiIy didn't know what 10
do. He didn't want to go away with
the fox, and / guess you wouldn't
either, would you2
No. I thought not. Well. the old rab-
bit gentleman looked around. hoping
he could find some way to run off ana
be safe when, all at once, the fox
pointed to some big. broad. green
leaves. growing near where Uncle Wig
gily was digging the sweet potatoes,
and the fox asked:
What are they2'
That is a pie plant answered Uncle
Wiggily, politely, for he was polite.
even TO a fox.
"A pie plant eh2" went on the fuzzy
creature. Well, II that is a pie-plant.
Just pick for me a cherry pie and I'll
eat it before I take you away with me.
Pick me a pie"
But I can't said Uncle wiggilyL,
flustered like.
Z thought you said that was a pie
plant" went on the fox.
so it is" said Uncle Wiggily. But
you don't understand. First You have
70 pull up the stalks Of the plant and
cook them into rhubarb. Then you
A-aAS d PIE aL4-
"Nonsense," cried the fox. If that
IS a pie plant 1t must have pies grow
ing on It Now you must either pick
me a pie, that I can eat right now.
without waiting to have II cooked, or
III DO something to you"
POOR Uncle Wiggily didn't know
what TO do.
Well he knew that no ready baked
pies grew on the pieplant. and espe-
elally no cherry ones. What was he
10 doZ All Of a sudden he heard from
under one Of the leaves Of the plant, a
little voice whispering:
Uncle Wiggily. Ask the bad fox if
he'll let you go if you give him a pie"
III, what's that Who are your"
asked the rabbit gentleman.
Never mind, you ask him. went on
the voice, Ask him If he wants a pie"
So Uncle Wiggiiy said.
If 1 give you a pie from this plant,
Mr. Fox, VIII you let me goT"
Maybe" answered the fuzzy crea-
ture, shy like and non-committal
Anyway, III bite you if I don't get a
pie
The bunny uncle turned TO the big
green leaf again out from under il
slid a big pie Not stopping TO ask
how IL got there. Uncle Wiggily quick
y passed it over TO the fox, saying
There you are!-
The fox bit the pie, his face all
wrinkled up and he cried: oh. ouch,
Our wow Ons my mouth Is all
puckeredi 7 can't bite ever a lemon
and away he ran to the drug store 10
get something with which to unpucker
his mouth. leaving Uncle Wiggily safe,
and not hurt a Bit
Where did that pie come FROM" I
X the bunny uncle III sure Il
never grew on the plant"
1t didn't" answered the little voice.
I had it with me. II was a cherry pie
I got at the store for my mother. but 1
guess the baker forgot TO put any
sugar in IT. That's what made il so
sour for the fox" and out came Sammy
Littletail. the rabbit boy
Well, it's a good thing fer me that
IL was sour" said Uncle Wiggily with A
smile as the rabbit chap hoped out
from under the plant
Sammy was on his way hcme from
the bakery when he happened 10 see
the fox trying TO catch the bunny man. I
but Sammie saved him. handing out
the pie Just in time.
And II the mooley COW doesn'. step |
on the rubber ball, and knock all the
wind out so it can't catch its breath. |
when il plays tag III tell you nex5 .
about Uncle Wiggilv and the butter
cups-Copyright, 1916, by Mcclure 1
Newspaper Syndicate.