Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
Children's Evening Story
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Uncle WigeiIy and Jimmie's Bath
Let me see now, where did leave
off? Oh, | remember, it was where
Uncle Wiggily had taken the poor
little mousie girl, and her brother and
sister, and some other animal chill
dren from the hot city down to the
cool ocean beach. That was 1t. And
Uncle Wiggily, after seeing that his
little friends were comfortable in his
own little hollow stump bungalow
happened to remember that Jimmie
Wibblewobble, the boy duck, and a
number Of his other friends were soon
coming to the seashore to spend the
summer @,,f . - - ~~'s.r
perhaps they have arrived today
thought Uncle Wiggily, as he made his
nose twinkle like star on a frosty
night. when he got up, to look out of
mousie girl had saved him from the
dogfsh. nsl ,sI,r.rro .>,,~.. - d.
All of sudden Uncle Wiggily heard
a voice calling: -" ~o~ = r. 80 -..s
Come on down; breakfast is
ready" vr'sea-. % ~.
my goodness me, sakes alive, and
some salt water taffy!" cried the rab:
bit gentleman in alarm. Somebody
Is down stairs in my bungalow!
Breakfast ready! | wonder if that can
be the skillery-scalery alligator, with
the double jointed tail, or the fuzzy
fox? Maybe they mean that I am all
ready for their breakfast. l must be
careful" -.. ...-
Sc he peeked down the stairs and
he could see no one, but the voice
called again:
well, Uncle Wiggily,, aren't you
coming down to breakfast"
who are you?" he asked, suspicious
like. .c''.%r-- - f. 80.
why, don't you remember" was
the answer. Il am the little mousie
girl, whom you brought down from
the hot city, ~ .- ....... ,.
"Oh, yes, of course, / remember
the rabbit gentleman exclaimed u
had forgotten about you over night
But what was that you said about
breakfast? I'll be down directly and
III get it for you"
"Oh, you needn't to-" laughed the
mousie girl. Il have your breakfast
all ready. It was I who called you.
Bless and save us!' exclaimed
Uncle Wiggily, puzzled like. "You
don't mean to say you got my break
fast?" " a. 49, ~ * IT.. - 80
"Of course we did" the mousie CIR
said my brother and sister, and the
doggie boy and the kittie girl all
helped. I always get our breakfast al
home II was the least we could dc
for you, when you were so kind to us.
"Well, WE'LL" exclaimed Uncle Wig
gily, and his heart went bouncing
back and forth against his ribs, like a
rubber ball on the sidewalk in the
middle Of the night. Still he was
very glad he did not have to get break
fast for himself and when he had eat
ten. and the mousie girl had washed
the dishes Uncle Wiggily said:
Now l am going over to some 9th
er bungalow to see if any of my other
friends have arrived, and you chill
dren can play around here and go in
padding in the ocean If you like, only
don't 90 in too deep. l will soon be
back" '..~
So the animal children, who haG
been brought out from the hot city
we're very happy as they played
around Uncle Wiggily's bungalow
while he went off to see if he could
find any Of his friends. And he had
not gone very far before he heard:
"Quack! Quack! Quackity-quack
quack!"
THE Wibblewobbles!" exclaimed
Uncle Wiggily. They have GOMEZ
and the next minute he saw Lulu and
Alice, the two duck girls. with theil
bathing suits on, just walking from
their bungalow down to the water.
"Oh, you Uncle Wiggily!" criec
Alice and Lulu, Hopping their wings
at him. vi
Hello, girls!" cried the jolly ole
gentleman rabbit. I'm glad you're
down at the beach. 1t won't be SO lone
some for me now. So you are COINS
in bathing. I see. But where is Jim
mit?", ..
"Oh, the silly boy!' exclaimed Alice
as she looked to see if she had hel
bathing cap on sideways. He says he
won't go in bathing"
He's afraid, guess spoke Lulu
as she threw stone away out in the
ocean. ~ >s.'s. ..t..'s - >.,a
II am not cried Jimmie himself, al
he appeared on the porch of the bung
allow. But I've never been swimming
in salt water, Uncle Wiggily, and
don't hnlievo I'll like IL