The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-04
Bedtime Stories
Uncle wiggily and The Looking Glass.
BY HOWARD r.. GARIs

lady housekeeper, to Uncle Wiggily
| Longears, the bunny rabbit gentleman,
as he hoped down the stairs of the
J hollow stump bungalow to breakfast
| one morning
II wonder what's in it?" asked the
bunny as he put slice of carrot jam
on his bread and held it over the let
tuce coffee to have it favored.
| Il don't know. You'll have to open
it to find out" ans ,gered Nurse Jane.
1T is marked Glass. With Care
| Uncle Wiggily was so eager and eX-
cited like that he could not wait to
| finish his breakfast, but quickly open
! ed the package which Mr.. Humming-
bird. the lightning express messenger,
| had left at the bungalow early that
morning.
IT'S looking glass;" exclaimed the
bunny uncle en- he saw what it was.
| And it's from Alice in Wonderland
at least she used to live in Wonderland
/ before she came to Woodland to have
adventures with me-"
And there's note with it," spoke
| Nurse Jane, as she say a piece of
white birch bark, with writing on it,
/ the letters having been made with
! burned stick which marks black like
a lead pencil
Yes. it's a little letter. said Uncle
Wiggily as he read it. And it's from
/ Alice. 1t says: Dear Uncle Wiggily,
send you the Looking Glass l once
went thru, and on the other side 1
had many adventures. L wis you the
same!"
That's queer" said the bunny. as
| he turned tie glass over and looked
at the back. - don't see any hole
where Alice went thru.
| Maybe it ~losed up after her. the
same as fairy doors always close once
you pass thru" explained Nurse Jane.
Il believe you are right" said Uncle
| Wiggily. But this is a very small
i glass for a girl like Alice to get
thru, ''and indeed the glass was one
of the kind you hold in your hand.
Maybe the glass was larger when
Jane, .or else perhaps she had taken
| some drops from the magic bottle and
grew small like a rubber doll"
| II guess that was it, agreed Uncle
! Wiggily. Anyhow. it is very kind of
her to send me the looking glass. I
may have an adventure with it. I'll
take it out on the front steps and then
We'll see what happens next"
So. having finished his breakfast,
the bunny went out on the bungalow
porch and sat with The looking glass
in his paw. waiting for something to
happen.
He sat there and sat there and sat
there and he was just beginning to
wonder If anything would happen,
when. all of a sudden, there was a
rustling in the bushes. and up on the
porch popped a bad old skillery- sca1ery
alligator, with humps all down the
middle of his back like the buttons
on a ladys dress.
"Ah. ha! l am just in time, L see,"
exclaimed the gator.
For what ?" asked Uncle Wiggily,
| suddenly awakening, for he had fallen
into a little sleep while he waited for
an adventure to happen with the look
| ing glass. lin time for WHAT"
| ITO go lwaV with yOu.' answered
/ the alligator.
But 1 am not going away" said the
/ bunny. AT least I did not know | was
going" and he looked around rather
sad and lonesome, for he did not like
the bad alligator. and he wanted to
see, Uncle Wiggily did, if brave Nurse
Jane Fuzzy would not come out and
throw cold water on him-on the alli-
gator. l mean-to drive him away.
But the muskrat lady had gone to the
store for some cheese for supper.
''I am not going away" said Uncle
Wiggily again.
"Oh, yes you arel' exclaimed the
alligator, and he smiled in such a way
that it seemed as though the whole
/ top of his head would pop off, SO large
was the smile. You may not know
it. but you are going away, Uncle
Wiggily."
with whom asked the bunny.
with me-" answered the gator.
I'VE are going away together. I came
on purpose to fetch you. Come along
and with that the bad alligator wound
his double-jointed tail around the
bunny uncle's ears, lifted him out of
the rocking chair and started to walk
off the bungalow porch with him.
"Oh, stop it!' cried Uncle Wiggily.
Let me go! Let me go!"
mo. Mo-" parked the alligator,
like a dog. I'll not let you go, now
I have you!" and he started to drag
al Of 70 ha dar
damp, dismal swamp. where the mos
quitoes lived with the tent caterpil-
lars.
"Oh, please don't take me away"
begged the bunny. II wish some one
| would help mel" and as he said that
the alligator gave him sudden twist
and the looking glass. which Uncle
Wiggily still held in his paw, came
around in front of the alligator's face.
And no sooner had the gator looked
| in the glass than he gave a loud cry,
end. unwinding his tail from Uncle
NViggily. away the bad creature sour
lied, leaving the bunny alone and safe.
And the alligator cried:
| "Oh, excuse mel I didn't mean
anything, I'll be good, 1 won't hurt
Uncle Wigsily!"
well. I wonder what frightened
linn away" asked Uncle Wiggily, out
loud.
Seeing himself in the looking
stood Alice from Wonderland THAT
is a magical mirror I sent you. Uncle
| Wiggily," she explained. at shows
the reflection of anything and any
body just as they are and not as they'd
like to be. And the alligator is such
n mean looking and ugly chap that,
never before having seen himself. this
time when he did. in the looking glass,
he was frightened. seeing himself as
others saw him and thinking he was
| looking at a Chinese dragon who
would bite him. So he ran away,
leaving you alone"
and I'm glad he did" said Uncle
Wiggily. It's a good thing 1 had
your looking glass"
Then Alice and Unc:e Wiggily had
a good time, and if the clothes pin