Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-22
Children's Evening Story


to look for some time to find 1t, and
then, with Uncle Wiggily. the clam
travelled on and on, over the sand of
the desert island.
They had not gone very far before
something happened.
, All Of sudden, as the rabbit gentle
man leaped over a bunch of seaweed,
hts foot slipped and he fell right down
in the middle Of the wet, salty grass.
In moment he was all tangled up In
the long strands, and the more he tried
to get out the more he became twisted
and twiggled, until he Was like fish
in net. or \ fly in trap.
"Oh, help mel" cried Uncle Wiggily
to the comical clam. y&
Il will WAS the answer. ell 90
, home and get my shears, and then ri
cut the seaweed loose from your legs. -
80 off the clam started, and, no sooner
had he turned the corner, around a
sand pile, than bad elephant jumped
out from behind q piece of drift wood
and, shaking his trunk at Uncle Wig.
! gily, cried out: .a
"Ah, ali! Now have you! Now
am going to lock you up IN my
trunk and never let you out! Here I
GOMEZ"
, "oh! Oh! dear!" cried poor Uncle
Wiggily, what shall dot o., help!
, Will no one help me?'
"Of course I will" suddenly an
swered voice. The elephant made
quick dash for the bunch of sea-
weed, where the gentleman rabbit was
held fast, and he was Just going to
grab him up. in his trunk and pinch
him when, all at once, that elephant
| whirled around and cried:
"Oh! Oh! Let 60 my tail. You're
pinching it. Let 60! You are going
to make me sneeze II you don't let
go! You are pinching mel"
"Of course I'm pinching you!" cried
the comical clam, and 1t was indeed
he who had heard the rabbit call. and
who had hurried back to help him..
II am going to pinch you worse, too,
until you promise not to hurt Uncle
Wiggily!" said the clam, speaking
through his nose, for you SOC he had
his two shells pinched tightly on the
end of the elephants tail and could
not talk through his mouth.
Then the clam pinched the big ami.
mails tail harder than ever, and surely
enough the elephant sneezed and he
fell on his knees, and then he prom
Used that he would be good, for a
while at least and the clam let 60 Of
his tail.
Then the elephant ran OF to get q
drink of salt water, and the clam, who
had his scissors by this time, cut the
seaweed off Uncle Wiggily's legs and
got him loose. Then the rabbit thank
ed the comical clam, and they both
hurried on toward the ship that was
stuck in the sand.
Uncle Wiggily and Grandpa Goosey
thought perhaps the ship might have
dug itself out by this time, but it had
not, and it was stuck tighter than ever
in the desert island.
| All Of a sudden, az the two animal
friends were looking across the water
they saw boat sailing toward them
my, what a queer ship!" exclaimed
Grandpa Goosey.
yes, it is just q washtub," said
Uncle wiggily. "And 1t loks like
duck boy in It,"
1T is duck boy! It is Jimmie
Wibblewobble! the goose gentleman
exclaimed. II wonder what he is com.
ing here for?"
And just then Jimmie wibblewobble,
for it was he, began padding his wash.
tub ship faster toward the desert
island, and he sang queer little song.
It was about how he had become tired
Of staying In the duck pen all the
while, and how he had started out,
after Uncle Wiggily and Grandfather
Goosey Gander, to sail around the
world. And he sang about chasing
after pirates bold, and looking for gold,
and all things like that, sang Jimmie.
Then. all Of sudden, before he had
reached the desert island, bad shark,
with head shaped like tack ham
mer, chased after the duck boy In the
washtub.
"Oh, the shark will get Jimmie!"
cri"d Uncle Wiggily.
mo, I'll fix him." said the cocoanut
monkey, whose shovel Uncle Wiggily
tried to find but could not. an give
that shark with the hammer head
something else to do besides bother.
ing the duck boy" the cocoanut mon.
key went on.
Then he tossed board with some
mails half driven in it, out into the
water in front of the shark. And
when the shark saw the half driven
nails in the board he wiggled his head
and cried out:
"Ah ha! That is what I am looking
for. Nails to drive in board! That
suits mel"
Then he stopped chasing after jim