El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-26
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY AND THE BARREL OF TAR.
BY HOWARD X. GARIS.

asked the rabbit gentleman. as he
/ twinkIed his pink nose. rs il Grandpa
/ GOosey Gander. who wants to play
! checkers
} NO: it's the crickets, who are going
J 10 put a new tar roof on your hollow
J stump bungalow. said the muskrat
3 lady. "rhey have brought with them a
barrel OF black tar and when the light
Q ming bugs have made this warm and
soft the cricSets are going to put
/ it on"
Well am certainly glad they are
I here" said the rabbit gentleman 4
want them 10 stop up with the tar
some holes in the roof that have been
. there long time Then when the
snow and rains come down this winter
no water viii leak in III 90 out and
see them"
50 the rabbit uncle went out TO where
the black, chirping crickets were wait
ing with their barrel of tar. and the
| fine. white. round gravel stones to put
a new roof on the bungalow.
Glad to see you" exclsimed Uncle
Wiggily.
clad to see YOU" ehirped the crick-
cts. This is one of the last things
We will 90 before winter sets in After
we mend your roof we are going TO
take a long sleep"
Now if you viii come UP on .he
roof with US and show us the holes
that need stopping we will fix them
said the head cricket
Gladly viii do So said Uncle Wig
gily.
big cricket head-roof-fixer, leaving the
other crickets down on the ground be
low TO break open the barrel of tar 10
melt up to mend the roof
Uncle Wiggily and the big cricket
looked all over the top of the bungalow.
ha~ cd
stopping up
And all this while down on the
ground. the barrel of tar
But ] had better tell that part the
way il started
Out from school. for the noon hour.
came Sammie and Susie Littletail, the
rabbits; Johnnie and Billie Bushytail.
the squirrels. and Jackie and Peetie
Bow Bow. the puppy dog boys They
saw the barrel OF tar in front of Uncle
Wiggily's bungalow, and as II was get
ting soft from the sun-the tar. mean
not the ungaIow-JacSie said:
~Oh, we can make some lovely round
black balls from this tar and use them
for marbles
Lets do itr' cried Sammie.
And III help" added Susie, his sis
soon the rabbit squirrel and puppy
dog children were making marbles from
the tar. They had made quite few.
when, ali OF a SUDDEN SaInnle- the raD-
bit said;
4 think I can jump over that tar
barrel better than any one else"
"Oh. no. 7 am a better jumper than
you" said Jackie.
I think I am the best Of all" spoke
one OF the squirrel boys-I forget
whether il was Johnnie or Billie.
Well weu try and see who can
jump best said Susie. "Of course. be
ing a girl won't jump with YOU boys
but III watch and see who does the
best
They all said this would be fair. and
soon began the jumping over the bar
rel of tar Sammie Littletail did pretty
wei. but Johnnie Bushytail said he
thought he could do better
Johnnie jumped farther than Sam
ME. but Billie was sure he could 80
farther than the second squirrel brother
But he only did just about the same
Then Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow said
we dogGies are the best jumpers of
all We VIII jump farther than any I
Of you"
So they started TO jump over the bar
rel OF black. sticky tar. Now ! don't
know just how IL happened. but any
how Jackie tripped uD Peetie and
Peetie got in the way of Jackie So I
that they both came together slap-bang