El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-03
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY CLOTHES POLES.
By HOWARD GARIS

I lollypop2 Think that over and it VIII
2e 4s good as an adventure"
! 1hdlik you, ] WILL promised the
] bunny man That viii give me some
I tHnS TO DO So he hoped along
/ thla king and thinking and thinking
whas was the difference between a
ioHEpop and stick, and he was think
/ -Le 50 nard that he jumped when he
s-u9eis-y heard voices speaking to him.
1h9 What's thatT' asked the
'uhhS uncle IN surprise, as ne looked
( a- elIlC and saw Sammie Littletail the
1-oh-t boy; Jackie and Peetie Bow
NoW' me puppy dog chaps. and John
ne and Billie Bushytal. the SQUIRRELS
~ nat IS IL you WANT
.,,--l5tnes poles they answered.
Re going 70 have q jumping game,
ahd We want the clothes poles TO help
- Jump far DO you think Nurse Jane
would care II We took her poles2'
Nol M the least. il YOU put them
oach again" said Uncle Wiggily.
Ga Il find them in the corner Of the
yard Good luck t. YOU And then.
Uncle NiEgiiy, not thinking at ali
ABOUT Nurse James washing. which she
vas DONG that day, puzzled his head
80 fSr the riaoie Uncle Butter had asked
Wen, III have to slve Il up" SAID
me bunny gentleman after a while.
Il u 80 home and tell Il TO Nurse Jane.
riddles"
But when Uncle Wigeily reached his
hollow stump bungalow he found the
Inusllfat lady s. excited that he didn't
dare say anything about a riddle.
-. nat do YOU Think" she cried
! nose animal boy friends Of yours
came q WhlIe ago and ran off with
every one OF my clothes poles that I
mold up the line with so the clothes
won't drag on the ground, Oh. dear,
W nat tad boys they Were"
No they weren't" said Uncle Wig
glly, kindly 1t was my fault! I was
7 HH p
riddle that I forgot all about you're
WsiShlns- didn't think you'd need
the clothes poles today
But what am 1 TO do2' Nurse Jane
wanted 10 know Here 1 am. all ready
10 hang up the clothes. but IL I do.
without the wooden poles to hold the
line II viii sag. or bend down. and
the clothes VIII get muddy"
VI ell as II was my fault" said the |
bunny Il string the line extra tight
FOR You between the posts. Then IL
viii mold the clothes up nicely
II m afraid II won't. without the
lonS poles. said the muskrat lady. Z
And IL didn't No matter how tightly !
Uncle Niggily pulled the line, it bent i
down and the clothes dragged in the 4
dirt
paws until the clothes dry" said the 4
bunny.
But you can only hold one line" I
spoke Nurse Jane, and I have clothes (
III i've lAlltS- AEeQ i've pOleS-
Uncle Wiggily scratched his pink 1
nose He did not know what to DO. 1
Then he looked up. and from the roof /
# his hollow stump bungalow he saw. !
hanging down, a lot Of long. thin /
cicles, Just the shape Of clothes poles.
Dnlv round instead Of square.
-Ha" cried the bunny gentleman. 4
7 have it Icicles for clothes poles, !
VIII they DO. Nurse Jane2' /
well. YOU can try them said the
nuskrat lady sort Of doubtful like.
Uncle Wiggily broke off the long
cicles-five Of them. He put one un-
Ter each of the clothes lines. the sharp
md on the ground. and the icicle
'lothes poles held up the lines as well
Is the wooden poles the animal boys
we're using 10 play their jumping
.ame
So Nurse James clothes were nicely
ried, and that night the animal boys
.rought back the wooden clothes poles.
which was = good thing. as the icicle
mes were beginning TO melt. And
hen Uncle Wiggily guessed the riddle.
The difference between stick and
loIlvpop IS that you put a stick in
ollypop. but you stick the lollypOp IN
our mouth. And r the bread and mo-
asses doesn't get SO stuck up that II
Won't speak to the peanut butter Ice
.ream. I'll tell you next about Uncle
Niggily and the poor foX.-Copyright.
81, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate