El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-14
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE w1eG1LY AND MR. cOoNOONEY
HOWARD r. GARIS.-

That's all right" said the bunny
gentleman. casual like was Eau - -
help you But 1 should thln T,A, w ~.
would not need TO wash the tish Tor
your dinner when the fish already came
from the water.
.Ob. we raccoons wash every bit OF
food we eat" said Mr. Coonooney-
'.It's a way we have. But won't you
stay TO dinner with me-
Thank you. no. answered CncIe
Wiggily. 7 never eat fish.
Then I hope. some day, 10 90 yOL
A favor for having helped me out OF
the water" spoke the raccoon gentle
man. and then he went on eating M
dinner while Mr.. Longears hoped oNer
the fields looking for an adventure
But. somehow or other. luck, II theIe
is any such thing. did not happen 4"
be with Uncle Wisgily that day he
had no adventure at all, ana ne Wa
quite disappointed when he reacheu
his hollow stump bungalow
However. he saw. playing in front
of il, Jollie and Jillie Longlall the
mice children; Mamie and Billie az
tail. the goats and Sammie and SUSIE
Littletail. the rabbits, with many other
animal friends They were laughing
and having great fun at some game
What are you playing asked cncls
We are playing ring the stick,
answered Susie Come on, bunny IN
Gle. play it with US please
But 1 don't know how,
''Oh. it's easy" said Johnnie bushs
tail. the squirrel You see We each
have some little round hoops, or rings
made of white wood At the end OF
the path are some sticks sticking UP
straight in the ground
And we take turns tossing the rings
Al the sticks" added susie LlttleIail-
and whoever gets the most rings I5Is on
his or her stick wins the game Please
well. IN play a little" said the
bunny uncle. so they gave him some
round hoops. or rings, and told MN
sol a
| Of the garden walk
First Sammie tossed a ring, but he
| missed the stick Then Billie BushS
tail threw his hoop and right over a
stick il WENT Then IL was Uncle Wig
The bunny gentleman tossed a ring.
but it did not go anywhere near his
stick. The animal children did not
I guess I am too old. and my eyes
are so poor. 1 can't see TO ring the
stick" said Mr.. Longears. I'd better
not play this game"
But they all wanted him to keep on
playing, and soon it was his turn
again. But he missed and did worse
than before. while nearly all the ami
NAL children tossed their hoops over
the sticks stuck in the ground
Well. this is the third and last
time said Uncle Wiggily, as he tossed
h5S ring. and. as it settled to the
ground. the animal boys and girls
cried
sticzr- and so he had. There was
white ring around a round, dark stick
that stuck up at the end Of the garden
Vow. you have another turn" said
l Sammie. so the bunny uncle tossed an
! other ring And the second one also
went on the stick And so with
! third and fourth
-Oh. Uncle Wiggily. you were lust
fooling us" cried the animals ~ on
could play this game all the while
No. I couldn't really " he said 4
don't understand it myself"
And just then. from down at the
end Of the path, up came Mr. CoonOo-
ney. the raccoOn gentleman, with MS
white-ringed tail, which all raccoons
like a stick. looked just as is some
one had tossed white hoops around it.
1T was just a little trick played
on you all" said Mr. COOnooney. When
I was hiding in the grass. and heard
what bad luck Uncle Wiggily was hay
ing with the game, I thought I'd help
him. So when he tossed white rims.
and IL missed the stick. 1 stuck up my
tail a little so one ring on that showed.
And so I kept on, showing riny after
ring
Then I really didn't ring any sticks
al ALP asked the bunny uncle.
No but you had fun thinking you
I did" said the raccOOn gentleman, anu
then he and Uncle Wiggily went TO
the bungalow to have tea together.
game And ever since then. as well as
before. raccoons have had rings on
their tails.
And II the smoke out Of the chimney
doesn't tickle the clouds and make
I them sneeze rain TIL tell you mex
about Uncle Wiggily and Mr.. Sharp
NOse--COpyright 1917. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate