El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-09

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over and over again. sort of beating
his rough nutmeg crater tail up and
Gown on the frozen ground, fip-flap-
Ny dear old friend. why are you do
ing that asked Uncle Wigstly- WHY
are you doing it,"
Doing which, asked the alligator
"Flopping my tail or crying oh.
Both answered the bunny
I am crying oh. dear" because I am
in trouble" said the alligator and ]
am Hopping my tail to keep myself
warm. like the robin in the barn, as the
cid song has it"
Hum, Trouble. eho' spoke Uncle
Wiggily. That IS too bad Tell me
-It's this way" said the skiIlery-scal-
cry alligator. All creatures. like my
self-snakes. mud turtles and frogs.
when winter is coming. bury ourselves
deep in the warm mud of some stream
There we sleep until warm weather
comes again OF course I really should
live in a warmer country. where 1t
never SHOWS. but like II here 1 meant
70 get into my mud be0 some time ago.
but I kept putting IL off until now II
IS too late. The mud is frozen and
cannot dig into it"
That is too bad" said Uncle Wig
gily. still il might be worse 1 think
can help YOU. Come home with me
"Oh. I couldn't think Of that cried
the alligator. Thank you. just the
same: but I am so large that I would
take up all the spare room IN your hoi-
low stump bungalow No I had better
freeze to death" and the gator sighed
You shall do nothing of the sort"
said Uncle Wiggily- Ny bungalow, IS
barn. You may stay in there all win
ter. and 1 will cover you with hay so
you will be warm"
You are very kind said the gator
h CHI
Are YOU sure I'll not be in your way
and that I won't bother Nurse Jane
Not a bit of it, cried the bunny
uncle, in his most jolly voice Come
along"
So the alligator slowly crawled after
Uncle Wiggily- The skillery-S calery
creature could not travel very fast, as
he was cold. Just as molasses runs out
of the pitcher very slowly on cold
mornings when the hot buckwheat
cakes are waiting for il.
There you are" cried the bunny
uncle. a little later opening the barn
door and letting the alligator IN. Now
I'll cover you with hay and send Nurse
Jane out to you with some hot carrot
soup"
"Oh. fine" said the skillery-scalery
chap. jolly like.
soon he was fast asleep under the
hay. as happy as though in his mud bed
Nurse Jane had given him some hot
soup and she said Uncle Wiggilv had
done lust right TO bring his alligator ,
friend home Nurse Jane was very good
that way She never bothered herself
d worried. and she never scolded Uncle
Siggily when he would do the strangesT
things. Why. one time. I remember. he
brought home to dinner an old elephant
gentleman who had run away from a
,ircus- And you know how much ele-
lhants have to eat.
Welcome said Nurse Jane. and she '
4 l.
% run out the back door and borrow
hree hundred and twenty-seven loaves .
Il bread from all the neighbors to have
nough for the elephant
Nurse Jane was always like that But
was telling you about Uncle Wiggily
nd the alligator It was not long after
he skillery-scalery creature came TO
leeD in the barn that a big load OF
vOod was left in front Of Uncle Wig
1ly's hollow stump bungalow
It was wood he had ordered for the
inter, 10 keep Nurse Jane and himself
arm
"Ah. Ia, Now there is work for me
aid the rabbit gentleman. That wood
-hich Is in long sticks. must be sawed
Ito little pieces or il viii not go into
lie cellar. or into the stove. All, Ia, I
we TO saw wood
The rabbit gentleman was just COinE
} get the saw to cut the wood Up into +
hort Lengths when. all OF a sudden he
led:
ouch, Oh. my. Oh, dear"
Whatever is the natter asked
rrse Jane. who grew so excited that
he dropped the ball of yarn from
hieh she was mending Uncle Wig
Tvs socks.
IT'S my rheumatism again" the
ibbit gentleman sadly said. 7 have
Ich sudden pain that I can hardly
owe. I think you had better telephone
IT Dr. Postum He'll bring some
ssIslI - +L,.., -,;,7 - - .sD-
1n't you worry. Get right to bed and
le doctor Will be here soon"
But what about cutting up the
ood?' asked Uncle Wiggily. The
Gather is getting warmer and think
IS going 20 rain. can't leave the
God out so it will get all wet II
does II VIII not burn Oh. dear, :
hat trouble ] have Here I hoped
be able TO cut the pile Of wood into
OFT lengths. and nv rheumatism gets
e hest OF me. Oh. dear"
Hal Don't worry a Bit said an
her voice y viii cut the wood for =
u with my nutmeg crater tail. which /
s humps on il almost as sharp as a
And who are your asked Uncle J
igEily
The skillery-scalery alligator. whom ! Il
u so kindly allowed TO sleep in your 7
rn.' was the answer. The sudden . ID
ell Of warm weather awakened me !
soon saw the wood for YOU with / %
= tail, and then I can go back to a
,ep again Don't worry. Uncle Wig ! r
". Have no fear"
So the bunny gentleman had no fear. o
d soon the alligator was saving the o.
lg sticks Of wood into short ones and
ting them in the cellar Of the hollow
IMP bungalow -
Then when the wood was all cut the
tor (giving him his short name) ! ~
mt back TO sleep in the barn. and DIT.
ssum made Uncle Wiggily's rheuma- -
mi Tr~h
It about Uncle Wiggily and the pep
1916. by Mcclure
wspaper Syndicate