El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-23
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY PRINCE.
By R.

, The bunny wiggled the stick around,
hoping it would catch on his glasses
so he could fish them up. but nothlhS
like that happened
oh. DEAR" exclaimed Uncle WlgSilE-
What is the natter asked voice
behind him
The rabbit gentleman turned sudden
". expecting to see some Oh ms an an.
NAL friends who might help him IN
stead he saw. standing on the ICE
small man, much larger than mop
Thumb, but still not as large as a real
human man. He looked kind and gen.
tie. and. as he could speak RABBIT IaIi7
guage. Uncle Wiggily knew ne coui"
Il am in great trouble" said Uncle
Wiggily- 7 have lost my glasses down
that hole in the ice, and if I do not
get them back again / can not see 70
find nv way back home to Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy and my hollow stump
that's too bad" said the man. 7
have heard of you from my friend
Aladdin of the Wonderful Lamp. IN the
Arabian Nights book, whom you so
aOh. yes said Uncle Wigsily, Po-
litely But / au afraid I don't know
you. Aladdin did not speak OF you
4 am the Frog Prince, said the
man. You must have read of me IN a
"Oh. now I remember said Uncle
WigEily. The princess wac playing
her beautiful golden ball, when II
bounced into the water"
Yes. and I hoped in and got IL out
for her" went on the Frog Prince.
As a reward she promised TO let me
live with her, and when she did, and
I had eaten beside her from her golden
plate. the bad fairy enchantment that
had made me a frog went away and
I was turned into a man as I am now,
though I'm small"
Wonderful" exclaimed Uncle wig
i ka--
cause you jumped into a fountain and
brought up the golden ball OF the
Exactly" said the Frog Prince.
And if I could dive down and bring
up a golden ball. 1 think can also dive
down through this hole in the ice, and
bring up your lost spectacles."
IL, Id :. be very thankful ;II5t to you If you
it is very cold water-freeZing.
That matters not to me-" said the
Frog Prince, with kind smile My
clothes are waterproof and no cold
can 90 through them. Only I must
take off my shoes, as the water would
get in them
So the prince took off his shoes, and
Uncle Wiggily saw that the kind man
had frogs feet.
That is the only part OF me that did
not change when ! was made back into
I am very sorry about them, and my
wife says they are not at all stylish, so
I hardly ever take off my shoes. ex-
cept at night. when no one can see
my feet But want TO do you a favor.
so don't mind you seeing the frog
for you"
You are very kind said Uncle
Don't mention it, said the Frog
Prince. With that he dived into the
water through the hole in the ice. apd
after. waiting little while he poppec
IN his head
Did you get them asked Uncle
Not yet" said the Frog Prince.
But 1 will I can't stay under water
without breathing as long as I could
again.
So he did. and also once more. and
the magical third time up he came with
Uncle Wiggily's glasses. And. 10 and
behold, as they say in fairy stories, no
sooner did the Frog Prince hop out OF
we're changed into regular feet. just
Ike those Of other men.
oh" cried Uncle Wiggily, in sur
oh" cried the Frog Prince. in glad
hess
Then he said:
Now I remember Years ago. when |
ny fairy godmOther changed me from
said that when I had done a kindness |
% rabbit gentleman my feet would /
urn 1 never before met q rabbit gen. |
leman for whom 1 could do a favor. ]
But now I have and I'm glad
so am J." said Uncle WiEgily. |
Thank you ever so much Now I can |
Zee my way home"
Then he put on his glasses, the Frog /
'rince put on his shoes, and they both |
vent their different ways. And Jim 4
ME Wibblewobble, the boy duck. who 1
lad cut the hole through the ice to 4
1iay fish pond, came and had fun 1
here.
And IL the piano tuner doesn't take !
~ the strings out of the talking ma 1
nine and tie them on the puppy dogs !
All III tell You next about Uncle Wig 4
Iily and Little Red Riding Hood
Copyright, 1917, by Mcclure Newspaper /
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