Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-15
CHILDREN EV EN- N & STORY

sucker will stick to the stone, and
when pull up on the string can lift
the stone, sucker and all. That will be
fun!'
Where are you, wuzzie-?" asked his
mamma.
Here I comet he cried II just
wanted to try my leather sucker. 1t
worked f1ne!"
Here is the plate Of hot biscuits"
said Mrs. Fuzzytail. ~ have wrapped
a napkin around them to keep them
warm. Give them to Uncle Wiggily
with my love and say I hope he will
soon be better"
"Yes'm," answered Wuzzie.
and another thing" said Mrs. Fuz-
zytail. BE sure and bring me back
the plate and napkin Wuzzie. The
napkin Is one of my best and the
plate belongs to my dinner set. l
wouldn't have it lost or broken, not for
anything"
"1'll be careful promised Wuzzie.
So off the little fox boy started
through the woods, stopping now and
then to wet his sucker and lift stones
| with it. He could lift quite large
stones this way.
Pretty soon the fox boy came to
where Uncle Wiggily, the rabbit
gentleman, lived. Uncle Wiggily was
Just getting over bad cold, and In
deed he was very glad to get the hot
biscuits.
"I have some honey to eat on them, y
said Uncle Wiggily. "A kind bee left
l;&%I. r,hi1a ooN huf T was
wondering where I could find the bis
cults. You and your mamma are very
kind"
pray do not mention IT," said Wuz-
zie, shy and bashful like. But, If you
please, I must bring back the napkin
and plate"
ITO be sure" said Uncle Wiggily
Here, Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy," he
! called to the muskrat lady, "just wash
the plate for Wuzzie. The napkin is
not soiled.'
Wuzzie put the napkin in his pocket
and carrying the clean plate In one
paw, and his sucker In the other, ne
said goodbye to Uncle Wiggily, and
started back home. He had not gone
very far through the woods before he
came to a place where there was q
little puddle of water, and some
smooth stones.
IT must try and see If my sucker will
| lift these stones" said the little foS
boy. He set the fine dinner plate
, carefully down on a tall stump, we,
the leather in the water puddle and
lifted up two or three stones, one after
the other.
"This is fun" cried Wuzzie and he
| wished his brother Woozie were with
him to enjoy It.
But alas. Likewise unhappiness!
All of sudden along came puff OF
wind and blew the plate off the stump
and down inside, for the stump was
hollow, you see.
ooh, dear!" cried Wuzzie. when he
saw what had happened. There goes
my mammals lovely plate! I hope II
isn't broken!"
He looked down inside the hollow
stump and at the bottom, on pile OF
soft leaves, he saw the white plate
Luckily it had not broken, for 1t fell
on the bed of leaves.
| But how can I get it up?" asked
WuzZie. He tried to reach down WIFI
his paw, but it was too far. And the
hollow of the stump was not large
enough to let the fox BOY get down in
side.
maybe I can reach it with Ions
stick Thought little Wuzzie He tried
but could not. The plate just kept slip
ping off the stick.
"Oh, dear!" cried Wuzzie. "Mamms
will be so sorry. should not have pu
the plate on the stump. What shall
do? should not have stopped to pla!
with my sucker" Then he thought o
something.
"My sucker!" he cried. If 1t will
stick to and lift smooth stone, i
will lift up smooth plate. I'll try it
Now, to wet the leather In water ant
try It,"
Wuzzie soaked the leather sucker ii
a puddle to soften it. Then by tn
string he lowered the sucker down in
side the hollow stump. The leathe
landed right in the middle Of the plate
But it needed to be pressed down so 1
would remain fast.
81 can push it down with my lon'
! stick" cried Wuzzie. And he did
using the stick in one paw and holdinl
the string Of the sucker in the othe,