El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-17
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
"Uncle Wiggily and TOm-Tom."
By HOWARD, B. GARIS.

r UNCLE WIGGILY LONGEARS, tn,
nice rabbit gentleman. was goinl
- along through the woods one daJ
wondering what sort of an adventure
he would have, when ne met Mother
Goose. who as 7 have told you before
had come with her large family. to live
i'm the forest near the hollow stumr
bungalow of the bunny uncle
How do you do. Mother Goose ?'
asked Mr. LOngears, as he made a polite
bow, taking off his tall silk hat
Il am very well thank you" she said.
You look well yourself | wonder il
you have seen him anywhere, as you
have been walking along?'
Seen whom?" asked Uncle Wiggily
IF you mean the butcher. the baker.
and the candlestick maker, I have. [
met them the other day"
NO. thank you, l don't mean them. -
said Mother Goose. They have come
safely home again with their rub-a-
dUb-dub- tubs, and they are living to-
gether once more. No, it's another Of
my friends who is lost You may have
But just then old Mother Hubbard
came to the door of her house after
having given her dog a bone. and she
called across the woodland path:
"Oh. Mother Goose, Little Tommie
Tucker is crying for his supper What
snail L EAht AlAAAs w HlN' ~ eau ana nlL-
ter?''
wait a minute. I'll be right there
answered Mother Goose. Il want to
put a little mOlasses an Tommie's
bread. You walk on she said to I'm
Gle Wiggily. Til come back to voi;
in a minute and tell you who is lost
But Mother Goose must have had to
give Tommie Tucker a bigger supper
than usual or else some of her other
friends wanted something for Uncle
Wiggily hoped on and on, and the
nice old goose lady did not come ia
speak to him.
ITS funny" said the bunny uncle
but ! wonder who it is that is LOST |
can't very well look for him-or her
until I know. 1t may be Little 30 Peep.
or Jack Horner. Well, I'll keep on. ana
may meet with whomever it is. or
may have an adventure. Who l1nows?'
Well, the bunny uncle had not gone
on much farther before. all at once, he
heard some one running through the
bushes, and the sound of loud squeals
Hal Something is happening" said
Uncle Wiggily. Perhaps this is the
adventure l am expecting"
Then. all at once, through the bushes
came running a boy with a sQuealins
pig under his arm.
"Squeel Squee! Squee"' cried the pig
Hold on, Stop Wait a minutei-
cried Uncle Wiggily. Who are yaug'
oh. you're from Mother Goose
aren't your"
Yes. I'm running away from her
now" answered Tom Tom you know
how il, goes in the book:
% Tom Tom. the piper's son.
Took pig and away he run.
The pig was eat. and Tom was beat.
And he went roaring down the street.
That's how it is in the book" went
on Tom-Tom. only it is not exactly
right. I didn't do any roaring. though
] may when I get the beating. It's the
pig who is doing the roaring"
1t sounds more life squealing." said
Uncle Wiggily.
Yes, you could call It that" Jsaid
Tom Tom, as the pig under hisiarm
cried louder than before.
But look here said Uncle Wfge-iIv
You should not have taken this pig
Ihat quite wrong you know Tom
Tom. Besides. Mother Goose IS after
YOU. just met her. and she started TO
tel me about some Of her friends being
lost She asked me to help look for
him-Or her-but before she could tell
mo who il was. she was called away
II must have been YOU she meant
1T was. said Tom-Tom. 81 had 10
run after took the pig, but the funny
part OF it is l can't find any street to
run down, as the book says I did. It's
an woods around here;-nO streets AT all
I'd run with the pig down the street
fast enough If I could find one"
No, no. You mustn't do that" said
Uncle Wiggily. You only go down the
street after the pig was eat or eaten,
to be more correct Besides. you ought
not to take the pig at all"
What shall / dO2" asked TOmTOm
Il have the pig now, you see. What
must 1 do with it?'
I'll take him with me-" said Uncle
Wiggily. 81 can lead him back home
and then you must go tell Mother Goose
you're sorry, and 1 don't believe she'll !
whip you"
AN right said Tom-Tom the piper's |
SON
He gave Uncle Wiggily the pig which |
was a baby one and the bunny gentle |
nan led it along with a string. while !
Tom Tom hurried off to tell Mother I
Goose he was sorry that he had been
4 little bad. And Mother Goose for-'i