El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-16
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGnY
b guard duty Il NM.
UNCLE WIGGILY ON GUARD.


And do you do guard duty at night.
sOh. yes" answered Peetie. as he
4 made believe shoot a bear with his
Z broornstfck gun And tonight Sohnnie
/ and Billie Bushytan. the SQUIRRELS,
and some OF the other animal DoEs,
are going TO stay in the tent as
guards"
yes. and I think III stay myself"
said Uncle Wiggily- Il want 10 learn
to be a soldier have tent ana
last night 1 slept in it Everything
/ would have been all right if the
wind hadn't blown so hard But the
rnudturtIes came and sat on the edges
Of my tent and held It from blowing
away. It's all right now. though, bu-
/ I'm coming and help be on guard TO-
aThat viii be fine barked the
50 that night. telling Nurse Jane
| Fuzzy " uzzy not TO sit up for him,
as he would not be home until morn
/ stump bungalow and went TO the tent
put up by the animal boys in the
now I'm ready TO go on guard
said the rabbit gentleman
"An right" answered johnnie
Bushytail. the squirrel boy You
must put your gun over your shoulder,
/ and march up and down IN the dark
ness And If any one comes alonS
I and doesn't answer; Cherry pie and
cheese sticks you must fire off your
I will" said Uncle Wiggily. and
then with a broom stick over his
shoulder the bunny uncle was On
guard Up and down in front OF the
tent he marched, like a sentry, ana ne
was thinking how much like a soldier
he was. when. all At once he heard
in the bushes some whispering.
Wen play a little trick on Uncle
! Wiggily." said Johnnie Bushytail,
Well creep off in the darkness and
come toward the tent He'll hear US
and think we are the mosquito rebel
enemies Then he'll tell US TO halt, or
ston, and We won't but we'll run right
toward him Wen scare him and take
his gun away and he'll think It is
sFine!'' cried Billie. But maybe
he'll shoot us with the gun he has
He can't" laughed Johnnie, its
only a broOmstick,"
So the two squirrel boys got ready
to play the little trick on Uncle Wig
gily. and Sammie Littletail, the rabbit:
Jollie LOngtail. the mouse chap, ami
the other make believe soldier boy
animals waited for the fun
-Hal So they are going 10 play
trick on me when I am on guard
thought Uncle Wiggily as he walked
up and down in front OF the tent IN
the darkness. We'll, must see about
this and he smiled so that his pink
nose twinkled like a new dishpan
from the two cent store
A little later. as Uncle Wiggily was
still walking up and down on guard.
keeping his ears open Tor any SOUND
OF the buzzing Of mosquitoes, he sud
denly heard a cracking in the bushes,
and he saw something scooting along
Halt" cried Uncle Wiggly. Just
like a soldier on guard Who goes
there2 Advance and say Cherry pie
and cheese sticks OF 1 shall have to
shoot off my gun"
"Ha, We're not afraid Of you"
cried Billie Bushytail, making his
voice sound deep and hoarse by hold
ing a small stone in his mouth. come
on. fellow soldier" cried Billie 10 his
brother. we will capture this sentry
on guard.
Then Billie and Johnnie made a
rush in the darkness toward Uncle
Wiggily. for they wanted TO make be-
Iieve scare him and take his broom
stick gun away
Rush at him now" cried Billie.
Rush ii is answered Johnnie.
Then all of a sudden a bright
light flashed. and Johnnie cried
.Ouch-"
And Billie cried
Ouch
'1Oh did I hit any one with my bean
shooter gum asked Uncle Wiggily I
in make believe surprise as he held I'D .
his electric flash light which made .
the woods as bright as day Did I 4
hit any one2
something hit me on the nose-'
said Billie
And me, too" added Johnnie
oh. il must have been the hard 4
beans I blew from my shooter" said I
the bunny gentleman. sort OF laugh I
ing, blinking his eyes and twinkling .
his pink nose in the darkness ~fO1 1
see ] thought the broomstick gun 4
wouldn't be much good against mos 1
quitoes. so when 1 came on guard 4
tonight I brought with me q bean
shooter and when you made a noise .
Just then I shot"
Yes. we know you did" said John |
ME. rubbing his sore nose, and Billie I
rubbed his. And Uncle Wiggily
never said a word about having heard 4
them plan the little trick on him.
So he stayed on guard the rest of 1
the night, and no mosquitoes bothered I
him, and If The lonypOp doesn't take
its stick TO tickle the circus balloon /
and make IT burst. III tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily being caught
Copyright, 1917. by Mcclure News
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