Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-14
UNCLE Wlce.LY AND THE
Col q FISH

Uncle Wiggily." said Nurse Jane.
Fuzzy Wuzzy. the muskrat lady house,
Keeper, to the bunny rabbit gentleman.
your soldier tent, in which you t on
Guard since this MOSQUITO wal started.
looks very inartistic like"
"lnartistic? What do o mean 2, the
bunny soldier wanted t. know. Does
It leak??"
mo. / don't mean the rain comes In"
said Nurse Jane, but it looks bare n
undecorated. You should hav a pic
ture or two on the walls. a bit of color
here n there. a flower-or-or-
something!
IN tell you what I'll do" went on
Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy. I'm going down to
the 10 and 11-cent store. n I'll send
You up something with which to dec
crate your tent"
What will it be-" asked Uncle Wig
sily, cautious like and crafty.
I don't yet know" answered Nurse
Jane. I'll have to look about and see
what they have
"Anything'll suit ne" said Uncle
Wiggily unassumingly. Indifferent and
careless like. but at the same time ap-
p~reciative. IA tiger skin III or a cut
glass bowl full OF artificial roses VIII
ornament my tent all right. We SOL
riers are not fussy."
II know that" said the muskrat lady,
and away h hoped down to the 10
and 11-cent store to get something with
which to ornament Uncle Wiggily's
tent. just as our teacher puts some
pretty pictures on the blackboard 80
room will look more like home.
Uncle Wiggily "a on Rnara'
marching up and down in front of his
tent, 10 and hen hopping down in the
trench, or ditch, he had dug so the
mosquito enemy could not throw stones
at him. Uncle WigEily's rheumatism
hurt him hardly at all now, so he did
not very often have to use his red,
white and blue striped crutch that
Nurse Jane had gnawed for him out OF
a bean pole-I mean cornstalk.
All Of a sudden. as the bunny rabbit
gentleman soldier vas putting some
talcum powder in his gun, so he could
shoot any mosquitoes in case they flew
up to bite him, he heard some one call
In a loud voice:
"Whoa!"
"Ha! / wonder il the mosquitoes are
riding up on horseback to get me?"
thought Mr.. Longears, but when he
looked he saw only an automobile from
the II and 12-cent store. 1t stopped in
front of his tent and the coachman
from the IL and 13-cent store go down
and asked:
Doe Uncle Wiggily Longears live
here?"
He does. am he" spoke the bunny,
saluting with his sword.
Then this is for you,' said the coach
man from the 13 and Ascent store" and
Nurse Jane said be careful of it, and
put in fresh water"
She must have sent me some flow
ers," thought Mr.. Longears as the
coachman from the IA and 15-cent store
drove away in his airship, after hand
ing the rabbit gentleman soldier a
package.
Uncle Wiggily opened it. but, instead
of being flowers there was. a beautiful
square glass tan of goldfish. swim
ming about amid waving green plants
while white san cleaned on the bot
tom, just like on the floor of the ocean
where Father Neptune has his wonder
full sand rugs.
And the tails of the fish were like
! waving palms, as they moved about like
a fairy princess at d waltz lance
Hal! They are very beautiful" said
the bunny uncle rabbit. Blu 1 did no,
think Nurse Jane would send me such q
thing to ornament my tent. However
/ shall keep it,
i Then the bunny put a little more
water in the tank to take the place .ol
some that had been spilled out by the
stage coach driver from the Is and 16
cent store, n after that Uncl Wiggily
kept on marching up and down in from
of his tent to be on guard against the
mosquito enemy.
Inside the tent was the tank of beau
tiful gold fish, and they swan about
| talking in whispers to themselves, fol
fish never talk out loud. or at least
! very seldom.
And then, the day being warm, Uncle
Wiggily sat down in the shade of his
tent to rest, thinking nj mosquitoes
would come to bother him.. But, all o.
a sudden he fell fast, fast asleep.
- MI yphtln N r1n~t
flying high in the air above the swamp
where they lived in a hollow log fort
saw the bunny rabbit gentleman.
"Ha! This is the time we can catch
him!" they said. We'll fly down, hid'
in his tent and as Don as he gets Il
sleep a little more soundly we'll grail
him and fly away with him. All, hal
and they played soft, shivery music OF
their bills.
Softly the mosquitoes few down ant
into the tent Of the brave, but sleeping
soldier rabbit gentleman they went t
hide. But the first MOSQUITO, going In
gold fish and fell down.
"Ouch!" cried the mosquito, for h,
; bumped his o. Then the secont
mosquito bumped the frst, and tn,
third mosquito bumped into the SECOND
and the fourth mosquito bumped int,
the third, and the fifth MOSQUITO
well, you hIlOH now AZ W6S-JuSl llR
h IL and 18-cent store business
more all the while, until every mosquito
that came to steal Uncle Wiggily fel
down one over the other and the Who'll,
pile Of them stumbled and toppled Ovel
into the goldfish tank.
Memory Development.
George Wharton James, in June Nautilus
Now to more specific details as to mem
J ory development. Stokes Golden rule vii
E hear YnnaQ n t3FnnS.M rHcn~, -
fleet. link thought with thought, and thin
Of the impressions" I began to discipline
my powers of observation. looked. felt
smelled, listened. tasted carefully
thoughtfully. intensely. II ! saw a biz,
/ studied ~it-size, color of head, breast
body wings: listened to Its song, noted it
methods Of flight, and FOUND it's nest
| where possible, Nits mate, everything
connected with it. When I saw a nev
flower | observed carefully: a new FAC
when introduced. In looking at. scener,
I vac not content with general impress
sions; I looked for specific. details. II
| liked what ! saw ] soon knew what ]
/ was that / liked. IN reading, ii observe.