Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-16
Children's Evening Story

UNCLE WIGGILY AT THE PARTY
Well. when Uncle Wiggily Loagears
found that the elephant wouldn't ge,
Aoff his trunk oh, listen to me! What
y II meant to say was, that when Uncle
\ Wiggily saw those two boys running
son with Fido Flip-Flop, the little trick
dog, as told you about in the story
{ before this, the old gentleman rabbit
was SO surprised at first that ne dlo
not know what to do.
won't you please come back with
that little doggie?" begged Uncle Wig
gily. but the bad boys kept right on
i guess they knew how smart Fldo
was. and they wanted to get up show
with him. Anyhow, they kept on run
ming through the woods, holding him
tightly in their arms.
ooh. dear! This is terrible!" ex'
claimed Uncle Wiggily. "Tll never
get any good fortune if Fido has such
bad luck. And it was partly my fault
i too, for If we hadn't been doing tricks
we would have heard these boys com
ing. and could have run away. Well
nov must save Fido."
So Uncle Wiggily sat down on a
Stump and thought. and thought and
thought Of all the plans he could think
sof, to save the doggie from the two
boys, and at last he decided the only
way to do was to scare them.
Then they'll drop Fido and run
away said the old gentleman rabbit
LET me see, hoy can l scare them
vi know, I'll make believe I'm tiger
So what did that brave Uncle Wig
gily do but go to mud hole and with
his crutch dipped into the mud. he
made himself all striped over like q
tiger that you see in circus. Oh, he
was a most ferocious sight when he
finished decorating himself. Then he
hid his satchel in the bushes and he
started OF on short cut through the
woods, to get ahead of the boys. Fast,
Ser and faster through the woods went
Uncle Wiggily. and he looked 80 Pc
sculiarly terrifying that all the animals
who saw him we're scared out Of their
wits, and one old blue jay bird was so
frightened that he wiggled his tail up
and down and hid his head in hol-
low tree
Well, by and by, after while, Uncle
Wiggily got to a place in the woods
where he knew those boys, with Fido
Flip Flop would soon come by. Then
the rabbit hid himself In the bushes,
10 that his long ears wouldn't show.
For he knew that If the boys saw
them, they would know right away he
wasn't a tiger, no matter If he was
striped like one. as.z. ..a
In q few minutes along came the
boys, and they were talking about
what they were going to do to Fido.
and how they would put him in cage
and make him do lots of tricks. All
OF q sudden there was rustling In
the bushes and Uncle Wiggily just
stuck out his head and part of his
body, laying his ears fiat back, where
they could not be seen. But the boys
could see the mud stripes, only they
didn't know they were just mud, you
undsfstand. "
4 stOh! See that" cried one boy.
.sYes, it's a tigery-tiger!!"'. exclaimed
the Cher boy. Hss
Lets run!'' shouted both the boys
together. ''The tiger will eat us up"
Ard inst then Uncle Wiggily growl-
ed - 10udly as he could, a real fierce
SgYowl, and he ratified the bushes and
stuck out his striped paws, and those
boys dropped Fido Flip-Flop and ran
away as hard as they could through
Z the woods, leaving Fido to, join the
rabbit.
Thank you very much for saving
me, Uncle Wiggily," said the dog, as
soon as he got over being frightened.
Fiat was good trick, to pretend
you were tiger. But knew you right
away, only, of course. I wasn't going
TO tell those boys who you were. 1t
served them right for squeezing me
the way they did. Now wen go on, and
4 see If we can find fortune for you :"
SO they went back to where Uncle
Wiggily had left his valise, and there
1T was safe and sound. and inside It
were some nice things to eat, and the
rabbit and doggie had dinner there
in the woods, after the mud stripes
were washed off,
Then they went on and on, for ever
so long. and nothing happened except
that a mosquito bit Ffdo on the end
Of his nose, and every time he sneez.
led it tickled him.
Well, / guess we won't have any
more adventures today, Uncle Wig.
9gily.' spoke the doggie, but mo-
ment later they heard rustling in
the bushes and before they could hide
themselves out jumped Arabella
Chick. the sister of Charlie, the roost.
lie rboy.
.Oh, you dear Uncle Wiggily!" she
exclaimed, you're just in time
What for?" asked Uncle Wiggily
Tor the train" .-
mo, for my party" answered Ara
bella. I'm going to have one for all
my friends, and l want you to come,
Will your"
"Oh, 7 guess so, Arabella. But you
see, have : friend with me, and"