The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-29

yNCLE WlGGlLY I'm IN @ garden.
twinltled his pink nose. when nlohg
" came nurse maid 10 hang up
all the clothes
on. excuse me, | don't mean II just
that way. | was thinking about Mother
Goose | guess
Uncle Wiggily was In the garden, and
hts pink nose was twnkllng, but there
wasn't any nurse maid. at least Just then.
The bunny rabbit gentleman was look
Ink around his garden 10 see which or
his vegetables he should next pun up TO
store away In his cellar over winter, ""
had pulled MP the carrots, finding one,
big giant chap. and he had gathered his
turnipS, discovering n Tiny one That was
blown In the alligator'B eye.
And today think I'll pull up the
hrets" said the rabbit gentleman To him
self "Its time they were taken from the
ground for soon the frost will come to
kill them"
SO. with his paws. just made for digging
In the dirt and taking up vegetables.
Uncle Wirgiy pulled his hccts. putting
them In nice pile beside the garden
walk
But somehow or other, the beels werr
not happy They got talking among
Themselves as heets will, aud one said
Il don't see much fun In living All
we do In grow In the summer, and In
,hr winter We are put In q dark cellar
"Thatg right spoke another beet
And see what pickle We get into some
times It's n shame.
For they do Pickle beets, you know. ..
I'm tell you what ve ought to do,
said a middle sized beat
what" asked all the others, wlgglng
their long, thin roots, Ike 50 many tails.
We ought to roll away down hill by
ourselves and start out TO see the NOtlu,
said the beet who was doing most pi
tho taking why stay here TO be picked,
or put In cellar and eaten with cab
bagcr Let's roll away down hill''
yes lets do a." cried all the others
"Oh. no don't" sopke a red beet onr
Of the reddrs, In tho bunch for some
were pale pink and others white we
had better stay herr went ON the red
beet Uncle Wlgglly planted us u HE
garden and he wants NJ don't mind
being put In pickle for hlm
"wen. we'rs not going to- said the
other heets, and they were just about 20
look for hill TO roll down. to go away
and see tho world when. all OF n sudden
along came hopping the lady mouse school
teacher
"Oh. Uncle wlggllv" she saucaked
for the gentleman rabbit was down ~ tho
other end " the garden and had not heard
what the beets said "oh, lnclQ WigglN.
our school fling is spoiled yrl'd the lady
mouse
SPOILED How" asked tho bunny
uncle.
We'll went on tho lady mouse teach
er. "you know what a lovely flag the red
white aud blue colofcd ono We had
floating over our hollow stump school"
Il remember" said rncle WlrglN
1T got quite dirty during the summer
said the lady mousr 80 ! sent n 10 the
laundry 10 be washed hut what do YOU
think"
II never could guest" spoke uncle
Wiggllv twinklirr his pink nose
AN the red faded out 10 nothing 900 ~
claimed tho lady mouse ITS drrndfN'
our flag doesn't look Ike the star.
spangled banner ~ all Can't YOU help ne
put back the red In IT. Then II via ho
all right
unclc wlggiy though, FOR moment.
Then he locked at the pile NJ hcets from
his garden
- have ~" he cried Among my hcets
ls very bright rcd one the brightest
ptpttieHt red | have ever seen. ! viii give
YOU that Tor vour faded school flag
"Oh, but Uncle WisslB-thank YOU Just