El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-20
Bedtime Story FOR the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGLY AND THE PIED PIPER
By HOWARD X GARIS

Well, not exactly answered The
| Pied Piper I know Sindbad the
| sailor Aladdin and His Wonderful
Lamp, and few Ike that But /
really belong in another book.
| s'pose YOU know what I've come for"
went on the Pied Piper.
No, not exactly said Uncle Wig
Il thought YOU knew went on the
funny man with the pipe or horn. You
know, 1 am the greatest rat catcher in
the world / went once to the town OF
I hamelin. in Germany. and 1 played
such rat-catching tunes on my pipe
that all the rate in the chfmneys in
the steeples and everywhere came out
and were drowned in the River Weser
Tor ] made them follow to the bank
and they were SO carried away with
my music that every one jumped in.
aud was drowned. and no more, were
the good people of Hamelin bothered
by rats in their parlors. kitchens and
dining rooms"
That was quite thing" said Uncle
Wiggily. I hope there were no good
rats who were drowned"
No; only bad ones" said the Pied
Piper; but a sad thing happened after
that
What asked Uncle Wiggily-
We'll. those people in the CITY OF
Hamelin acted real mean toward me-"
said the Pied or cOlOred Piper They
wouldn't pay me the thousand dollars
they promised for getting rid of the
rats for them. so I played n different
tune on my wonderful pipe"
And what happened them" asked |
Uncle Wiggily.
well. all the children followed me- I
just as the rats did. and I led them |
Not TO the river: Don't tell me you |
were as cruel as that" said Uncle Wig !
Eily. his pink nose twinkling so fast /!
that it almost made him cross-eyed.
7 49, =
Piper But I led them into a cave in :
the mountain, and there they are shut
up yet, / suppose, for there was plenty .
TO eat and drink in the cave. It was
a fairy one The children are happy.
I'm sure"
But think Of their poor fathers and
mothers" said Uncle Wiggily. How
badly they must feel at not seeing
their little ones again That is bad
Pied Piper of Hamelin.
We'll. maybe It is" agreed the
queerly dressed little man. But it's
that way IN the book, and it had to be.
Besides, why didn't the fathers and
mothers pay me the thousand dollars
they promised for getting nd Of the
They should have done that said
Uncle Wiggily. Then the rabbit gen
tleman thought minute and he said:
Would you mind If I opened that
cave and let the children all out again
to go home TO their parents--'
Not in the least" said the Pied
Piper. q have often felt sorry for
Leading the children away But I have
forgotten where the cave is in the
mountain, and so can't let the chill
dren out much ar 7 wish 70 do So
TIL attend to that" said the rabbit
gentleman Just come with me. IL
viii lead you 10 the house Of Aladdin :
Of the Wonderful Lamp. All be has {
10 do IS 10 rub the lamp. and what 4;
ever he wishes comes TO pass"
m willing, said the Pied Piper OF 5
dameln- So they went TO where Alad- .
lin lived in his handsome Arabian [
Nights palace. and when Aladdin heard
Uncle Wiggily's wish. the wonderful {
Youth said: 7
Certainly; viii open the cave and
pretty music on your horn. Piper"
So the piper blew. Instantly f.
ieemed as though the mountain were .
ocked by a thunder clap. and then I =
lundreds- boys and girls. They were a I
title pale from staying in me dark q
airy cave so long bu- otherwise O
iappy and joyful .
Vow play a merry tune for them. d
ND they march home for YOU" said 1 T
Aladdin. who had had Ali Baba Of the j
Forty Thieves open the cave for him, u
.fter Aladdin had found It IN the Il
goods All All Bahia had to say was: b
open Sesame and the cave opened. (
Lead the children home. Pied (
'iper," said Aladdin
Before do that may not have the
leasure OF doing something for you.
lncle Wiggily?" asked the Pied Piper. |
Keeping the children in the cave has =
Worried me long while, even II it =
Fas in the book. and I am glad they
re now free, for I did not know how
1yseh TO get them out"
We'll. we like all the rats and mice e
[e have IN Woodland" said Uncle =,
Viggily, for they are all our friends "
tut II you viii. you may play a merry d
tile dancing tune for the real chill Z
rem and my animal friends" r;
SO the Pied Piper. who was a won
erful player. played such sweet music d
nat every one danced. even Uncle | II
'iggily and Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy | n
nd the real boys and girls danced on
} their home town of Hamelin on the
eser River And you can Just i'm h.
CINE how glad their fathers and
iothers were to get them back, -
SO the Mayor Of the town sent to h.
le Pied Piper the thousand dollars. ~
nd the Piper lived happily forever.
laying sweet tunes on his pipe. SO rc
on see, Uncle Wiggily did a good =
ling, after all 81
And. If the man doesn't sprinkle
ater on our sidewalk and make =
icles hang down from our front IN IN
)rch TO tickle the milkman. I'll tell y.
ou next about Uncle Wiggily and the IA
1917. bv Mcclure T.,
ewspaper Syndicate. - -,