El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
TT7rIa VTiggiIy
Uncle Wiggly and Tweedled,
- NJ HOWARD N. rrnrs-

d, THE Hop Scotch isn't a bird" sal
o. Uncle Wi=Eily. with "a laugh tina
made his pink nose twinkle like Oh
strawberry on top of a cheese cak
IT'S a bit OF candy
"Oh, Uncle WiEElIy- It's a game,
= cried Susie LittletaI, the rabbit cir
looming out from behind q stump jus
then. It's a same where you jun
around on the pavement. and II yo
and Alice are going 10 play il, pleas
may I watch YOU
eve aren't going TO play" said Alice
It's long past play time
L am going TO look for an advea
ture." said Uncle MIEEily.
Then. please. may I come beEge'
Susie III help look
Come along" cried Jolly Cncl
Wiggily and soon the three OF then
were on their way through the woods
They had not gone very far. owe
the paths with the big green fern.
on either side. when. all Of a oncenes
out from behind a big log jumped tn,
two bad. old skillery scalery alliga
tors. one with the humps on his tai
and the other with his tail all double
pointed, so he could wigEle IL sever
ways from Sunday
"Ah ha-" cried the hump tailed
. gator
"Ho, ah-r cried the double jointed
one. AT last We have caught your
and they both made a grab for the
rabbit gentleman, one catching him
on the left side and the other on the
right. and holding him fast.
OH cried Uncle Wiggily. ooh
dear Please let me co.
Mo-" snapped the first gator. And
No" snapped the second. both flap
ping their tails.
"Oh. this is my dream. This is my
dream" said Alice, sadly. But where
are the two fat boys that saved In
Gle WIEEily- Where are they
Here is one. II YOU please" an
swered a voice, and out stepped
Tweedledee, the queer little fat chap
from the Alice in Wonderland book.
I'll help you, Uncle WiEgily."
Thank you, very much spoke the
rabbit gentleman IF YOU would
kindly make these aIigatOrs let me
60"
'Poohl HUH Humph, What, Him
make us let YOU gO2 Well, 7 should
say MOTT" shifted the first alligator
The very idea" sneered the sec
ond. 1T will take great deal more
than one fat boy to make US let go
OF a nice, fat, juicy rabbit once We
have caught him. Certainly MOTT"
"Ahemi How about TWO fat boys
suddenly asked another voice, and
there stood another beside Tweedle-
dun. a fat boy, who looked just the
same exactly. the same as you look at
yourself in the bath room mirror.
NO. We won't let you so for two
fat boys either" said the double
iointed-tal alligator, while Alice muir
mured-
"Oh. this is my dream, This Is ny
dream, wish could remember how
.r came out"
"Was Uncle WiEEily saved-' asked
Susie LittletaI in a whisper.
Yes" said Alice
Then it's all right" spoke the rab-
bit girl
Let Uncle WigciIy 60" cried
TweedIedee in his most srowu-up sort
Il voice.
YES. let him 90 at once added
Tweedleduu-
NO. indeed" snapped both aIliga- /
tors together like twins. only, or
course. they weren't
well. then" went on TweedIeGee. .
don't You dare TO take away or hurt .
i'm unless you guess which are our
ames- Now tell me truly who am i
md. remember. II you don't guess
light. you can't have Uncle WiEEily,'
You are Tweedledum.' said the
gator
NO. he is Tweedledee.' said The
Their gator. The other fat chap is
weedledum."
You are wrong" said the hum
allied gator He is Tweedledum-
guess 7 ought 10 know"
81 know better" the double-j ointed
Iigator declared. He Is Tweedle-
5e-T
''TweedIedum~ shouted the other
gator
'Tweedledee-' snapped his chum.
nd they both began disputing, call
lud al one another, until. finally,
hey were so mixed Up about Twee-
ledum and Tweedledee that they let
o OF Uncle WigEily and began shak-
lE their claws at one another. so the
lbbit gentleman and Alice and Susie
as well as the two fat boys who
DOked exactly alike ran safely away
nd the bunny was saved, just as
lice had dreamed
And to think. II the alliEators had
My looked at our collars. they would
ave seen our right names Tweedls-
Im laughed
'Of course" said TweedIedee.
But everything came out all right
nd the alliEators only had sawdust
,r supper. And II the wash lady
1esu't take my best collar button 10
.sten the tablecloth - the ironing 7
lard IN the clothes basket, III tell
Oh next about Uncle Wiggly and the
COL Of tears-COpyriEh 1917. by
cClure Newspaper Syndicate