El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-04
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
Uncle Wiggily and the May Flowers
By HOWARD B. CARTS.

April showers ought to be blossoming
now"
SO they hadr" cried Uncle WiggiIy.
I'll hurry with my breakfast. Jimmie,
and we'll 90 gathering May flowers in
the woods"
Soon the bunny uncle and the boy
duck were walking along where the
green trees grew up out of the carpet
of soft, green moss
oh. here are some yellow violets,"
cried Jimmie, as he saw some near an
Old stump
Yes. and see some white ones,'
cried the bunny uncle, as he picked
them, while Jimmie pIucked the yellow
VIolets with his strong bill which was
also yellow in color
Then they went on a little farther
and saw some bluebells growing, and
the blueben flowers were tinkling a
pretty little tinkle tune.
The bluebells even kept on tinkling
after Jimmie had picked them for his
bouquet. The boy duck waddled on a
little farther and. all OF a sudden. he
cried-
oh. what a funny flower this is.
Uncle Niggily- It's just like the little
ice cream cones that come on Christ
mas trees. only it's covered with flap
like a leaf. and under the flap is a little
green thing. standing up. What is it2"
That is a Jack-in-t pulpit" an
swered the bunny uncle, and the Jack
IS the funny green thing. Jack breaches
sermons 10 the other flowers. telling
them how TO be beautiful and make
sweet perfume"
I'm going TO put Jack in the bou-
Duet for the lady mouse teacher" said
Jimmie, and he did
Then he and Uncle Wiggily went
farther and farther on in the woods
picking May flowers. and they were al
most at the hollow stump school when.
q II onca frOrr, baHfuE
popped the bad ear scratching cat
'Ah, ha" howled the cat i am Just
in time, / see I haven't scratched any
ears in ever and ever so long. And you
have such nice. big ears. Uncle Wig
sily. that il is a real pleasure to
scratch them
DO you mean il is a pleasure for me.
or for your asked the bunny uncle.
For me, of courser' meaouwed the
cat Get ready now for the ear
scratching, Here I Gomez
-'Oh. please don't scratch my ears,'
begged Uncle Wiggily. Please don't."
Yes. 7 shall,' said the bad cat.
stretching out his claws.
would YOU mind scratching nv ears.
instead OF Uncle Wiggily's2' asked
Jimmie. I'll let you scratch mine all
you want to"
Your ears are so small that il is no
pleasure for me to scratch them-none
at all"
1T was very kind of you to offer
your ears in place of mine" said Uncle
Wiggily to the duck boy. But I can't
let you do that. Go on. bad cat. If Won
are going to scratch my ears, please do
It and have II over with"
All right" snarled the cat I'll
scratch your ears" She was Just going
to do ii. when Jimmie suddenly picked
up a new flower, and holding il toward
the cat cried:
NO, you can't scratch Uncle Wig
gily's ears This is a dog tooth violet
have just picked, and if you harm
Uncle Wiggily I'll make the dog-tooth
violet bite you"
And then the big violet went: Bow,
W oW- Wow" just like a dog, and the
cat thinking a dog was after him.
said oh, my, Oh. dear, This is no
place for me-" and away he ran. not
scratching Uncle Wiggily at all.
Then Jimmie put the dog tooth violet
(which did not bark any more) in his
bouquet and the lady mouse teacher
liked the May flowers very much Uncle
Wiggily took his flowers to Nurse
Jane.
And II the umbrella doesn't turn in
side out. so its ribs get all wet and
sneeze the handle off, I'll tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily and the beach
tree--Copyright. 1916. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.