Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-21
#CHILDREN's EVENING s1ORY

"Oh, woe is me! Oh, unhappiness!
l knew something would happen! My
house is on fre!"
Uncle Wiggily looked, and, surely
enough, lot of smoke was pouring
out of the doors and~windows of the
Plump animals house. Thicker and
thicker grew the smoke.
Eyes, there must be fire!'' cried
the rabbit gentleman. But don't
, worry! I'll call out the water bug
| fire department, and we'll soon make
everything right. Don't worry"
ooh, but just love to worry" cried
the Plump. II am glad l have some
thing about which to worry! Oh, un-
happiness!'
But Uncle Wiggily had no time to
! worry. Into his airship he jumped,
and off he flew to get the fire depart
ment.
He brought back the brave water
| bugs with their buckets Of water, but
when they went in the Flump's house
| they came out, saying, as they wiped
the smoke out of their eyes.
There is no fire there!"
| mo fire?" cried Uncle Wiggily. But
look at the smoke" 49, ,.,..> n SEA-
1.-THE chimney is stopped up said
the head water bug. There is some
thing in the chimney, and when the
Plump built fire all the smoke came
out into the room, instead of going up
the fue"
ooh, knew something was the mat
ter" sobbed the Plump. And 1 am
! glad of it. Now I can be more un-
happy than ever"
ooh, fie!" cried Uncle Wiggily, twin
king his nose. ct is wrong to be un-
happy! Besides, can soon make you
! happy" ..
How can be glad when my chin
! ney smokes ?" asked the Plump. 1T Is
all stopped up .. -
| "Well, perhaps we can unstOp it"
said the rabbit gentleman. $50. 2,
| The water bugs tried to get the
thing out of the chimney, but they
| could not. Neither could policeman
dog, and then Uncle Wiggily said:
II will do it with my airship. I'll
go up above the chimney and poke a
long pole down the chimney hole" He
did this, and a brick that had fallen
down the flue, stopping it up, was polk
! ed out by the rabbit gentleman, and
then the chimney did not. smoke any
| stove.
BE happy now, F1ump!" cried
Uncle Wiggily, and all the water
bugs cried:
Eyes, be happy!'
And then, all of sudden, when the
Plump saw how kind every one was
to himher, and how anxious every one
was for herhim to be glad, the Plump
just turned up the corners of hisher
mouth-instead of turning them down
and heshe took off the dark spec
tacles shehe wore, and put on pair
| with beautiful rose-colored glasses, so
that all the world looked cheerful, and
the Plump said:
Yes, I will be glad! I'm sorry l
! was sad!"
ooh, don't even be sorry you were
sad" cried Uncle Wiggily, joyfully,
lust be glad you are glad, and don't
ever remember you were sad!"
"In always be glad now" went on
the Plump. Then she made up a fire
in the stove, the chimney didn't smoke
any more and the Plump made big
chocolate cake and gave every one
some. And ever after that the Plump
| was named Scrump, instead Of Plump.
For Scrump is short for scrumptious,
which means just lovely, you know.
And Uncle Wiggily took Scrump for
ride nthe airship, and they picked
| flowers up in cloudland.
And tomorrow night, if Robin red
breast doesn't take our milk bottle for
his bath tub and go picking straw
berries, I'll tell you about Uncle Wig
| gily and the church bell.