El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
"Unce wiggiy md TOmme Tucker"
By HOWARD, B. GARIS.

Isn't it," exclaimed Susie. DO you
think you can fix her. Uncle?"
Mr.. Bongesrs turned the doll upside
I down and shook her. Things ratified
! inside her, but even then she dia not
sing
ooh, dear" cried Susie. her little
pink nose going twinkle-inkle, just as
Uncle Wiggily's did What can we
do2"
you leave it TO me. Susie" spoke
the old rabbit gentleman. "I'u take
the doll TO the toy shop, where 1 bought
Little 30 Beep's sheep, and have her
"Oh, goodie!" cried Susie. clasping her
paws. Now / know it will be all
right" and she kissed Uncle Wiggily
right between his ears.
Well, I'm sure 1 hope it will be all
right after that said the bunny uncle
laughing.
OFF hoped Uncle wiggily TO the toy
shop, and there he found the same
monkey doodle gentleman who had sold
Peep.
Here is more trouble" said Uncle
Wiggily. Can you fix Susies doll so
doll. just like Susie?'' 40 '''''' -
The monkey doodle man in the toy
store looked at the doll
Il can fix her" he said. Going in his
back room workshop, where there were
rocking horses that Eeeded new legs,
h wooden soldiers who had lost their
guns, and steamboats, that had lost
their whistles the toy man soon had
Susie's doll mended again as we'll as
ever. So that she said: "Papai Mamal
1 love youi am hunEryr" And she
laughed; "Ha! Ha. Ho! Hon. and she
sang;
Il am little dollie,
Bout one year old.
Please take me where it's warm, for
Am feeling rather cold.
If you're not in a hurry,
It won't take me very long,
To whistle or to sing for you
Ny pretty little song"
Murray" cried Uncle Wiggily when
right again. Thank you, MIR. donkey
Doodle, I'll take her to Susie" Then
Uncle Wiggily paid the toy-store keep
er and hurried off with Susie's doll.
Uncle Wigglly had not gone very
far before, all at once from around
the corner Of snow bank he heard a
sad, little voice cryingD
My goodness." said the bunny uncle.
Some one else In trouble. L wonder
who il can be this timer
He looked, and saw a little boy
standing in the snow.
"Hello!" cried Uncle Wiggily, in his
jolly voice. Who are you, ana what's
Il am Little Tommy Tucker" was
/ the answer. And the matter is I'm
! hungry"
Hungry, eh?" asked Uncle Wiggily.
well, why don't you eat?"
Il guess you forgot about the Mother
l Goose book" spoke the boy. I'm in
| that book, and il says about me:
Little Tommie Tucker,
Must sing for his supper.
What shall he eat?
Jam and bread and butter"
"Weil?" asked Uncle Wiggily. why
don't you sing?"
|
such a cold that 1 can't sing. And If I
| don't sing Mother Goose won't know it
| is l, and she won't give me any supper.
oh. .dearl Oh. dearl And l am so hun
"There now. there, Don't cry" said
| the bunny uncle. patting Tommie
Tucker on the head III soon have
| you singing for your supper"
But how can you when 1 have such
cold?'' asked the little boy. Listen.
/ L am as hoarse as a crow"
And truly, he could no more sing
than rusty gate or a last years door
"Ah. I can soon fix that" said Uncle
Wiggily See here I have Susie Little
tails talking and singing doll. which
| have just had mended Now you take
Goose. and when she asks you to sing
for your supper, Just push the button
f in the dolls back. Then the doll will
sing and Mother Goose will think il Is
"Oh, how fine" cried Tommie Tucker
( I'm do it,"
] but afterward." said Uncle wiggily.
shaking his paw at TOmmie, after
ward you must tell Mother Goose all
about the little joke you played or II
would not be fair"
4 will" said Tommie. He and Uncle
/ Wiggily went TO Mother Goose's house
/ and when Tommie had 10 sing for his
! supper the doll did IL for him. And
/ when Mother Goose heard about it she
| said it was a fine trick, and that
| Uncle Wiggily was good to think of it
Then the bunny uncle took Susie's
| mended doll to her, and the next day
! Tommie's cold was all better and he
could sing for his supper himself, Just
as the book tells about.
! And II the little mouse doesn't 90 to
I sleep in the cats cradle and scare the
milk bottle III tell you next about
( Uncle Wiggilv and Pussy Cat Mole
I Copyright, 1916, by Mcclure Newspaper
1 Syndicate.