The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-09
l)NlfWI66IY
AmHlShLS
MN0Nan GdEiS
unol. Wloouy and rw..d,.d.r

as the old rabbit gentleman
" started out from his hollow
stump bungalow ono morning to
walk In the woods and look for an ad-
venture. "Oh. Uncle Wiggy. bo care
Ml!'
BE careful OF what, II YOU please. and
who are YOU II may ask" politely in
qulred the bunny.
dcrlnnd" was tho answer "and I want
YOU to be careful and not get hurt to-
day"
- always nm careful answered
Uncle Wlsgily II look for cabbage and
turnip traps wherever ! go, and | never
pick UP bit Of carrot on the woodland
path without first making sure there is
no string fast TO IT, to catch me What
do you mean, Alice" he asked the little
Taken haired grl n she came out OF
the bushes and sat down on the Htoop
OF the hollow stump bungalow
II don't know just what DO mean,
Uncle Wisgily," said Alice But last
night ! dreamed YOU were In trouble and
could not help you, felt no sorry
As soon as ! woke ny this morning |
hurried over 10 tell YOU to he careful"
oh, I'll be careful" promised the
bunny gentleman But in your dream
did no one help me-"
Yes after a white two funny little
fat boys did" answered Alice 'But |
don't remember that part Of my dream
However. II you are going for walk
I'll go with you and do what | cnn In
case the Jabherwocky or tho Hop Scotch
bird try to chase you
The Hop Scotch isn't bird" said
Uncle Wiwily, with a laugh that mAdo
his pink nose twinkle like the straw
berry on top of n cheese cake, IT'S a
BIT Of candy"
"oh Uncle wissily, Irs a game"
, cried Susie Llttletail the rabbit girl
coming out from behind n stump just
then 'It'- game where YOU jumr
around on the pavement, and II you and
Alice are going to play IT. please may !
watch you"
we aren't going to play" said Alice.
IT'S long past play time
Il am going 10 look for an adventure,
said Uncle Wlggily
Then. please, may Gomez" begged
Susie. 'T'll help look
Come along cried Jolly Uncle wig
Eily and soon the three Of them were on
their way through the woods
They had not gone very far, over the
paths with the big green ferns on either
side. when. all of onceness out from
behind big log Iumped the two bad.
old skllery scalery allgators, one with
tho humps on his tail and the other with
his tail all double pointed. 30 he could
wiggle II seven ways from Sunday.
"Ah hal" cried the hump tailed gator
"lIa shl" cried tho double ion'ed one
! AT last we have caught you"' and they
, both made a grab for tho rabbit gentle.
man. one catching him on the left side
and the other on the right. and holding
him fast
oh, cried Uncle wisgily "oh. dear
= Please let me go"
. "Nor snapped the first gator And
4 NO" snapped the second. both flapplns
; their tails
"Oh. this is my drosml This Is m,
dresmr' said Alice, sadly "But whore
are the two ~ boys that 'nved Uncle
. Wlggily wherefore they"
7 Here is one, II you please" answered
' a voice and out stepped Tweedledee, th'
q queer little fat chap from the Alice "
Wonderland book 'Tll help you uncl'
WigRily"
Thank YOU, very much" spoke M
rnhhit gentleman. ~ YOU would kind,
I "Poohl Huh ITumph' What Hin
' make us lot YOU go7 Well I should sa'
g MOTT" shifted the first alligator.
r The very idea" sneered the second
e 1T win take n great deal more than on
e fat boy TO make us let 10 OF nice. tnt
,, Certainly NOT"
"Ahem' How about TWO IA, hoy.',
e stood another beside Twecdedum, a IA
4 boy, who looked iust the sRmo exactly
}. the same ns YOU look at yourself IN th'
; bath room mirror
e No. we won't lei you go for two IN
}, bows either" said the double, iontcd- tai
alligator while Alice murmurcd'
t "Oh. this is my dream This ia my
= dream | wish could remember how
n It cnme out"
70 was Uncle Wlgg,lv saved" asked
7 Susie I.ittletsil In a whisper.
Yes" said Alice.
Then It's oil right" spoke the reh
bit girl
a dledee In his most grown-up sort o
k voice
Yes let him go at once" added Twee
u dlcdum
Il No ludeedr snapped both alligator
9 together like twins, only Of course, they
u weren't
}. Wen. then. went on Tweedledee
:, don't YOU dare to take away or hur
him unless you guess which are ,6i
names Now tell me truly who am !
And. remember. n vou don't guess right
you can't have Uncle WiegilNl"
You are Twecdledum." said thu
= humptailed gator
n NO he In Twcedledee." said the o'he
gator The other fat chap Ia Tweedle
dunn"
you are wrong" said the hump tNIle'
gator He is Tweodledum I guess
ought tn know"
~ know better the double iolrtea nj
llgator declared He Is Tweedledee"'
- 'Tweedledum!" shouted tho other 'gN
tor
"Tweedledeew snapped his chum An,
then they both began disputIng. cnllln
each other names md throwing mud n
: one another. until finally they were n
= mixed IN about Tweedledum and Twee
. dledce that they lei go Of Uncle Wlggll
,' and began shaking their claws at one nn
!, other. so the rabbit gentleman and Alic
n and Susie (as wen as the two fat boy
u who looked exactly Rlikc) rnn Pnfel
? away and the bunny was saved, Just n
Alice Ind dreamed.
And 10 think. II the nllIgN'ors hr
g. only looked NJ our collars they woul
: have seen our right names Twe"dledur
= laughed
"Of course" Haid Tweodaice
nut everything came out MI right nm
the allgators only Ind sawdust Tor sup
per And II the wash lady doesn't tax
e NV best collar button 10 fNsten the table
4, leo, it ha y1g . Nhsa