Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-03
Children S Evening Story

tie pOnd OF water. Wnere the Ice
cream-man could wash his dishes
when he had to make them clean.
iii have two, nice, big, cold straw.
berry ice cream cones. and please put
plenty of ice cream in them" said
Uncle Wiggily to the man.
Right you are!' cried the ice~y
Grammar in jolly voice, and, say,
just wish you could have seen those
cones! They were piled up heaping
full of ice cream. Oh, my, 1t just
makes me hungry to write about them.
Well, Uncle Wiggily. carefully carry
| ing the cones. started to hop back to
where he had left Grandfather Goosey.
He hadn't gone far before he heard a
growing voice cry out:
! Hold on there a moment, Uncle
wiggily."
"Why?" asked the rabbit
! Because | want to see what you've
got" was the answer "Ah, see ice
cream cones" and with that great
! big. black bear jumped out Of the
bushes, and stood right in front of I'm
Gle Wiggily
Let me pass cried the rabbit,
holding the ice cream cones so that
the bear couldn't get them.
Indeed will not" cried the furry
creature. ice cream cones. indeed.
II there is one thing that I'm fonder OF
than another, ice cream cones is it!
Let me taste one!"
Then before the rabbit could do any
thing. that bad bear took one ice
cream cone right away from him. And
that bear did more than that, so he
did. He stuck his long. red tongue
down inside the cone, and he licked
out every bit of cream, with one, long
lick.
my but that's good" he cried.
smacking his lips. 81 guess I'll try
the second one" he said. and he
dropped the emp'i-, core ro+ est;r~
it, mind you. and he took the other
full cone away from poor GncIe Wig
gily before the rabbit gentleman could
stand on his head, or even wave his
short tail
"Oh, don't eat that cone It belongs
to Grandfather Goosey," cried the rab-
bit. sadly-like
TOO late.' cried the bear in a
growelry voice Here it goes" and
with that he stuck bis long, red tongue
down inside the second cone, and
with one lick he licked all the ice
cream out and threw the empty cone
on the ground.
Now feel good and hungry. and
guess I'll eat YOU" cried the bear.
He made a grab for the poor gentle.
man rabbit. and folded him tight In
his paws. But before that Uncle Wig
gily had reached down and had picked
up the two empty ice-cream cones.
"Oh. let me co." cried Uncle Wig
gily to the bear.
Indeed, I'll not" shouted the say
age creature. II want you for sup
per-
Well. he was just going to eat Tn.
Gle Wiggily up. when that brave rab-
bit just took the sharp points Of those
two empty ice cream cones. and he
stuck them in the bears ticklish ribs,
and Uncle Wiggily tickled the bear SO
that the furry. savage creature
sneezed out loud. and laughed so hard
that Uncle Wiggily easily slipped out
of his paws. and hoped away. before
he could be caught again.
So that's how the rabbit got safely
away. and the empty ice cream cones
were OF some use after all. But Tn.
Gle Wiggily wondered how he could
get full one for Grandfather Goosey
IGander. and how he did I'll tell you
pretty soon, when, in case butterfly
doesn't bite hole in my straw hat the
next story will be about Uncle Wig.
gily and the red ants.