El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-05
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGnY AND The CORN CANDY.
By HOWARD R GARIS

tonight. and We can sleep late in the
morning. So here we are"
And I'm glad of il. too" barked
cold outside"
Well get right up to the fire and
warm your toes" cried Uncle Wiggily.
Then well have some fun"
SO. after the animal children were
nice and warm in the hollow stump
bungalow they began to play games
with Uncle Wlggily. while Nurse Jane
went out in the kitchen to wash the
supper dishes.
DO you know the game hide the
box or candy Uncle WiggiIy?" asked
susie when they finished playing lose
the rubber ball.
No No; how DO you play that" the
bunny gentleman wanted TO know.
Well. YOU have to have a box OF
candy first" explained the little rabbit
girl Then. whoever is it hides the
soX and all the others hunt for it
whoever finds II can have a piece of
candy, then they have TO hide It. and
That sounds nice" laughed Uncle
>Migglly- Wen do it. You can start
by hiding the box Susie
but where is ito asked the little
candy first"
60, That's So laughed Uncle wiggily.
i forgot III go see il Nurse Jane has
But the muskrat lady said she had no
box OF candy It had all been eaten up
at Christmas"
Well I'll 90 out to the store and
ouy one, said Mr. LOngearS 1T isn't
Indeed you viii not go outr said
Nurse Jane 1t is showing hard and
you might get lost in a drift Let the
children play something else"
-Oh, dear, It's too bad" said Susie.
when Unle Wiggily told her about the
storm and how there was no candy in
me mouse Then We can't play the
game"
Maybe Uncle WiggiIy could make
some candy. spoke Johnnie BushytaiL
All he'd have to do would be TO take
some sugar. boil il on the stove. mix in
soIle InolasSeS and butter and other
thinss-Nurse Jane viii know what
and wed have homemade candy"
That VIII be nice. Wen do itI'
erred Uncle Wiggily- Once more he
went 70 the Kitchen
Make some candy?" cried the sur
prised muskrat lady NO. I'm sorry.
but you cant We have only enough
sugar and molasses in the house for
OF eakIast. and if it keeps on showing.
don know when Wen get more. The
animal children viii have TO play hide
the slipper"
oh; dear, It's so much more fun to
nloe the candyr' said susie sadly and
the others We're sad, too Uncle Wig
slly sat chewing the end Of his red,
white tnd blue striped rheumatism
g Llcn tuaL Nurse Jane had gnaWed for
him out OF = cornstalk- Suddenly Uncle
jumped Up and cried:
Hal Well have candy after air.
How" asked the animal children,
hopeful Ike and expectant
III make the candy from corn
stalks" said the rabbit gentleman. y
happened just now TO chew the end
OF nav cornStalk crutch and II tasted
sweet Then I happened to remember
hat sugar cane, out Of which is pressed /
Z sweet juice that makes sugar for
ANDY IS a cousin 10 the cOrnstalk
Down in my bungalow cellar are
ots of cornstalks We Will squeeze
he sweet juice out of them in Nurse :
lanes clothes Wringer. boil the juice on !
he stove and make corn candy. 4
durray-
"Oh. joyi" cried the animal children. Z
Soon they were helping squeeze the {
'weet juice out OF the cornstalks. and, /
when it was boiled. II made fine candy. /
md they played hide a box Of il and ate
Ome- too.
And then it stopped showing and the
.nimal children went home. thanking
incle Wiggily and very happy they 2
we're. indeed And there really is a I
weet joice in cOrnstalks. I'm not fool /
ng a bit
And If the shoe doesn't get all I
angled up in the cats cradle when II 4
goes to the moving pictures with the
-ubber umbrella plant. III tell Won next /
about Uncle Wiggily and his leaky !
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