El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-12
BEDTIME STORY FOR THE LITTLE ONES
UNCLE wIGGILY AND THE TRAP DOOR
Rr HoMARD u. GARIS-


! der If can help?' So he peeked
| around the corner of bush and there
he saw Mrs. spin Spider. the cobreb
| lady, with one Lex caucht under a
fiat stone
oh, M dear Mrs. spin Spider
! cried Uncle Niggly. what has nap
: on. something dreadful was the
; answer i was on my way. taking to
/ Nannle NaEtail. the goat girl \ new
/ coo"eb dress ! had spun for her when.
an Of sudden, as I crawled along
( ms pain. this stone fell on my leg. and
I i can't move
Besides hurting me. n holds M
iast and ] can't take the dress to
; Nannle- she wants il very much, too
. lot she IS going TO a party given by
: susie LittletaiL the rabbit girl. on
! dear Such trouble
I - Vow don't say another wordt' cried
1lSie NlSsiiy IA mis- most jolly voice
II soon nave you out of this"
With that ne tWinkIed his mink nos.
Topped his ears and then. digging with
! MS strong paws around the stone thar
was on Mrs Spin Spiders lea he soon
mad II of mean. he had the stone
OF me SPIDERS leg, not the leg of
oh thank you SO much said she.
. nov can take Nannie's dress to her
Mrs Spin Spider, after rubbing some
green grass Juice liniment on her sore
leg, was walking away. when Uncle
Wiggily said:
Excuse me. lady. but I don't see
Where you have Nannie's new dress.
on haven't lost il. have YOU
Oh. no. l have IL in my pocket" said
the spider lady and she took out a
little bundle about as large as rag
Goll LETT eye You see. cobweb
dresses are very siimpsy-like ami
erushable-" said the spider lady. They
cont take up much room Mamie
dress is here. all right
m glad to know that spoke Uncle
" isSilN- Ihen he hoped on his waE
10 loOk Tor an adventure and Mrs. spin
spider crawled along 10 give Mamie
her new dress
All OF sudden. some time later. a.
tne bunny gentleman was looking up
an the trees. thinking he might find
an adventure there. since he had found
none down on the ground. all at once
something nit him on the end Of his
pink. twinkline nose Then something
splaShed into his floppy ears.
Goodness me- Sakes alive. and some
horsersdiSh hash" cried the bunny
uncle ITS raining, and 7 didn't bring
Oh. DEAR
He started 10 hop back toward his
hollow stump bungalow as fast as he
could but the rain came down faster
Than the bunny could hop and he was
getting soaking wet.
"oh. this will he had for my rheu-
inatlsmr ne cried 'Oh. dear What
shall ] do
"Ha, Perhaps ] can help You as You
helped me" said little voice. and
there came walking along Mrs. Spin |
spider carrying a cobweb umbrella !
that kept her nice and dry
If You mean TO help me by letting !
me get under your parasOl. thank you /
Just the sane. but I'm afraid YOU /
can / said Uncle Niggily- It's too /
small"
1t is small said Mrs Spin Spider. I
] 1ar
spin my web in the rain And you 4
children know spiders can DO that, for I
YOU have seen their webs on the wet I
grass many a day. 1 am sure.
Mrs spin Spider started spinning !
Uncle WiEgiiy another CohWeb UNI 1
brella or crooked stick for handle. /
but the rain came down faster and 1
faster. and Al last the spider lady said:
This viii never DO I must find (
some other shelter for you I cant !
Set you big umbrella made in tins.
I VIII see Il there IS not a trap door
near here under which you can stay
until the rain IS over.
Mrs Spin Spider looked about, and /.
soon, IN the vet grass. she saw a little
round trap door in the ground. like
those doors which 90 up into some
trap door spider who lives IN the
ground.
Mrs. spin SPIDER tapped on the door
with her parasol handle, and the tran
was opened by another and larger
spider lady.
will you let Uncle Wiggily stay g.
your trap door house until after the
shower" asked Mrs. Spin Spider. 81
can't make him cobweb umbrella in
time"
Certainly. ne Is very welcome" saiG
the other spider lady Then she opened
the trap wider. Uncle WigEily popped
down. the door. through which no rain
could leak was closed and the bunny
uncle was safe
He came out after the shower, no
having caught much rheumatism. ano
this shows YOU that il is good thiue
som erimes to he kind to spiders And
If the milk bottle doesn't try TO crawl
in through the keyhole and hide under
the gas stove. so the potato masner
can't find IT. I'll tell You next about
Uncle WigGily and the fox boy
1917, by Mcclure Newspapel
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