El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-15
YELL Uncle Wiggily Long
M ears, I do declare"' cried
T5-+Ta+ai1 the bunny

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M ears. do declare" cried
Mrs. LittIetail, the bunny
lady one morning. as she saw the RAD
bit uncle taking down his req, Wniee
and blue striped barber pole rheuma-
tism crutch from the hat rack You
are not going out today; are you2'
well, I was thinking OF it." slowly
said Uncle Wiggily. who was living at
the burrow or underground house, OF
Sammie and susie LittletaiL the rabbit
children. because his own hollow stump
bungalow had burned down. Why
shouldn't I 20 out?" Uncle WigEir-s
asked.
Because we have just b-1 a Dig
snow storm" said Mrs L detail ana
il may snow more"
--Oh, I think not" SPOKE MI Lo1s ,
ears once a st'fe som, q dsys Besides
>ss-'-,i-7 ma S-dsie went out to school"
Yes. but they are young--not that
~, - @old. Uncle Wiggily," said
ne rabbis. lady quickly. for really, Mr..
Ton9earls was quite a boy when it
came 70 doing the new dances And
So ME and Susie haven't the rheuma-
4iS-n, went on Mrs LittletaiL
FAnd l hope they never do" cried
Uncle Wiggily. for il there's one thing
worse than another. its the rheuma
viii do mine good so I'm going"
Well, take care of yourself" said
Mrs Littletail And don't get cold"
Uncle Wiggily promised that he
would not and soon he was going
along, over the fields and through the
woods, wondering what sort of adven-
ture he would have this day.
The old rabbit gentleman had not
gone very far before he came to
place in the woods, where some trees
grew in round ring, closely together,
making sort Of little house. The tree
branches met together overhead, and
some snow had fallen on them, making
a sort Of roof
well. that's quite a nice place.
must tell Sammie and Susie about it"
thought Uncle Wiggtly- They could
come here to play on warm days"
Uncle Wiggily was about to pass on,
when he heard a noise in the little
wood house, and the voice was saying:
Now, first I'll dip my paws in. and
see how they come out Then I can
jump in myself and change my color.
How stylish I viii be then AhemH
Ha! Some one trying to be stylish"
said Uncle Wiggily, putting on his
spectacles sc he might see better I
wonder who it is2"
Over at one side Of the little ring
arOund-the-rosy place in the woods
the old gentleman rabbit saw another
and younger rabbit standing in front
OF kettle which was hanging over
sort of camp fire
We'll. here goes for one paw" cried
the young rabbit, who wanted to be
Into the kettle over the fire it
dipped a paw. but it pulled the paw
out very quickly, and cried:
--Oh, dear OUGHT How it hurns"'
cried the young rabbit. But still one
cannot be stylish without some pain,
] suppose. Now for another paw"
Uncle Wiggly looked and saw that
the white rabbit now had one black
paw, and was about to dip another paw
into the hot kettle.
stop Stop, What are you dOing2"
cried Uncle Wiggily. Who are you%'
the answer. and am going to dye my
white for black I am tired Of being
white. So many common rabbits are
white I want to be different. I want I
TO be as black as coal. Then people
VIII see how stylish I am. and how diff
terent / am from other rabbits. If you
like I viii let You dye yourself black.
though it hurts See. I have here a |
Kettle fun of black dip. Have q dip2' /
No. thank you" said Uncle Wiggily. /
TO be white, as I was born, is good 4
enough for me. And If you take nv
advice, you will not try to change /
your color"
.'Oh. no. must be black and stylish"
said the young proud rabbit Even /
though it hurts me-" and the poor. /
foolish creature was going to dip an 4
other paw in the black dye when. all l
OF sudden, there was a barking
trees
That's a hunters dog barking" said |
Uncle Wiggily- You had better leave i
your black dye and run with me II /
We run last we can get away safely"
I'll GOMEZ" cried the proud rabbit.