Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-10-27
Children's Evening Story

Because if you do, replied the
rabbit, Il will have to get pair OF
rubber boots. in which to wade out to
see you"
I'll try to STOP. said the big ami.
NAL, but instead, he cried harder than
before. boo-hooing and hoobooing, I'M
til you would have thought it was
raining, and Uncle Wiggily wished he
had an umbrella.
why, whatever is the matter?
asked the rabbit.
oh stepped on a tack answered
the elephant. land it is sticking in my
foot. / can't walk and | can't dance
and can't get back to the circus.
Oh. dear me. suz-dud and a red bal
loon. Oh. how miserable ann
Too bad said Uncle Wiggily.
WAS it a large tack that you stepped
on?'
Was it," asked the elephant. sort
of painful-like. why. it feels as big
as dishpan in my foot. Here you
look. and perhaps you can pull 1t out
He raised up one OF his big feet.
which were about as large as wash
tub full of clothes. on Monday morn
ing, and he held it out to Uncle Wig
gily.
why. can't see anything here,
said the rabbit. looking at the big foot
through his spectacles. 3.
oh dear. It's there all right"
! cried the elephant. 1T feels like two
! washtubs now" and he began to cry
some more
Here. Hold on. if you please"
shouted Uncle Wiggily I'll have to
make boat, if you keep on shedding
so many tears. for there will be a
lake here. Wait. I'll look once more.
So he looked again, and this time he
saw Just the little. tiniest. baby-tack
you can imagine-about the size OF
Misunderstanding in the elephants
foot.
wait. have it, Was this it,
suddenly asked the rabbit. as he took
hold of the tack and pulled it out.
That's it," exclaimed the elephant.
waving his trunk Its out! Oh. how
much better feel Whoop-de-doodle-
do. and then he felt so fine that be
began to dance. Then, all of sud
den. he began 10 cry once more.
"Why what in the world is the mat
Il ter now?" asked Uncle Wiggily wish
ing he had a pail SO that he might
CATCH tue elcpHdul suiey tcoiS.
"Oh. feel so happy that l canYN
help crying because my pain is gone
exclaimed the big creature. Then neg
cried about forty-'leven bushels oiY
| tears. and milk bottle full beside.@
| and there was little pond aroun
| him and Uncle Wiggily was in it vi
/ to his neck. rs
| Then all of sudden. in came swim
ming the alligator. right toward thH
/ rabbit.
''Ah. now I'll get you" cried the
! skllery-scalery beast. III
NO you won't" shouted the eleM
plant. Uncle Wiggily is my friend!
So he put his trunk down in the water
and sucked it all up and then heA
squirted it over the trees. That lefn
. the alligator on dry land. and then the.
elephant grabbed the alligator up NJ
his strong trunk, and tossed him into
the briar bushes. scalery-ailery tail
and all. and the alligator crawled away
after a while.
So that's how Uncle Wiggily Was
saved from the alligator by the crying
elephant. and the rabbit and elephant
travelled on together for some days.
Now. as see the sand man coming, y
must stop.
But in case don't fall into the
washtub with my new suit on. and
get it all colored sky-blue-pink, so
/ can't 60 to the picnic, I'll tell you next
about Uncle Wfggily and the cherry
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