Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-07-27
UNCLE w.ee,LY AND rHn lott1

UNCLE W!eeiLY AND THE LOTT.
Once ::pon q time the sl,i:,erv-Sca'.,y
hlilgator was out walking in the firias !
NEAR 'hs muddy river mere he lived,
'''Mi he h'tibt ne TO meet a lig SriGe,.
1000 morning, MIR. Alligator" aid
WI. spider. Have you caught that
nee a Nlssiy l.onsoa's bunny yet"
: have not, ! am sorry TO say" an
sMefed the alligator chap. I've tried
every way l know how. but somethin.
:. W. happehs so chat he gets away.
fither he is helped by that unnv BOOK
giil, Alice from Wonderland, or by some
OF her friends. I'm afraid III never catch
Uncle Wiggily.'
.., ION. yes. you wil." said Mr.. Spider.
III help YOU"
How" asked the gator. which was
ms short name. though he was rather
long.
I'm crawl through the woods and
over the fields until l find him asleep"
said Mr.. Spider. "And, when / do. i'm
spln a strong web around and over him
so ne cannot get loose. e I'll come
and tell you and YOU can get him"
Very good" spoke Mr.. Alligator.
please do it,
So the alligator went gack to sleep
IN the mud to wait until Mr.. Spider
should bring him word that Uncle Wig
ehv was nelu IaSt IN the web.
And now let us see what happens to
ne started out from his hollow stump
bungalow n morning to look for an
adventure. There had been a little &C.
cldent at breakfast time. Nurse Jane
tNuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat lady house
keeper. had boiled the eggs too long
and they were as hard as bullets.
you can't eat Them" she said to
Uncle Wiggily. 'Ill boil you some fresh
ones"
All right" laughed the bunny. II
don't want to get indispepsia by eating
hard bullet eggs. But I'll take them
with me n give them to Johnnie or
Billie Bushytail, the squirrel boys. They
able to crack hard boiled eggs
!. So it was that Uncle Wiggily. after
having eaten the newly boiled soft eggs,
started from his hollow stump bunga-
low with the hard ones in his pocket.
1 He had not travelled very far before
he heard from behind a big log a voice
crying:
ooh, dear: II isn't hard enough! 1t
isn't half hard enough!"
What isn't?" asked Uncle Wiggily,
as he saw a funny looking bird with a
very large bill like a parrots. What
isn't hard enough?"
This log of Nood.' was the answer.
1 nCCQ 6OIAtClLISuS IdIu ~ Oil0 VII W
sharpen my beak, but this wood is too
, SOFT
You are a funny Bird laughed the
bunny gentleman. who might you
be?"
Il am the Lory bird" was the
answer. Il belong to the book with
Alice of Wonderland, but I'm out for
what might have 10 eat, l thought
I'd sharpen my bill. But l can't find
anything hard enough!"
Suppose you try these" said Uncle
+ Wiggily. taking the hard boiled eggs
out of his pocket.
These will be fine for my bill!" With
that he sent his bill in to the hard
egg and he had all he could do to bite
them. Now III get my beak good
and sharp" said Lory. You have done
me a great favor, Uncle Wiggily, and
| hope some day to do o one"
PRAY, do moi mention it," said the
bunny rabbit, modest like and shy.
Then, having found a good use for the
hard boiled eggs, even if he didn't give
them to the Bushytail squirrel boys,
Uncle Wiggily hoped along. and the
Lory kept on biting the shells for prac-
tice.
Now, it was a warm day. and. as
Uncle Wiggily felt tired. he sat down
in a shady place in the fields, and soon
fell fast asleep. And, no sooner was
he in Dreamland than along came Mr..
Spider.
"Ah hal" said the spider "Now's my
chance to catch this bunny for the all
fgator. I'll spin a strong web around
him so strong that he cann0t break
loose. Then I'll go get my friend, the
gator"
So while Uncle Wiggily slept. Mr..
S-,;de- spun a strong web about the
bunny-a very extra strong web. with
such big strands that Uncle Wiggily
never could have broken them himself.
And when the web was all finished,
and the bunny was helpless, he awak-
ened just - Mr.. Spider was going off
to call Mr. Alligator.
"Oh, west has happened to me-"
cried the bunny, as he found he could
not move his paws or even twinkle his
pink O "Oh, what is it? Let me
NO. you can't go!" said the spider.
bring Mr.. Alligator" and away he
crawled. Uncle Wiggily tried to get
loose, but he could not.
"Oh, if only some one would come
who's good and strong. n would cut
this web, then l would be free!" said
the bunny.
And then. all Of a sudden, out from
behind the bush came h Four and
Twenty Tailors. from Mother Goose.
and they were led by Alice OF Wonder
land.
Il told these silly tailors I'd help
them hunt the snail. because they are
afraid of her tail" laughed Alice, but
we'll stop and help you first, dear Uncle
| Wiggily!"
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