El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-14

your nose or bob your tail up and
down as well as Sideways
Neither. Uncle Wiggily.' answered
I the rabbit girl but / would IKE 70
have adventures with folks from the
1 Arabian Nights rs you do-with Slnbau
| the Sailor, Aladdin and his wonderfu
( lamp and 50 on Nothing like tha'
4 ever happens TO me
/ ''Indeed2' asked the bunny uncle
Then it is high time it did will see
! To it-um-ah-let me see, and ne
) looked at a calendar through a window
ia his hollow stump bungalow some
/ thing wonderful shall happen TO you
I this very day" he said.
Really and truly asked susie
} clapping her paws in delight
freely and RELY answered Incle
! Wiggily-
And 10 me too2~ asked Mamie Wag-
! tail. the goat girl. coming along just
! then.
( Yes. TO you. also" answered Uncle
I Wigcilv. and to all the animal boys
and girls in Woodland.
| viii it be-be magical. like IN the
I Arabian Ni@hts2" Mamie wanted 10
YES said Uncle wiggily. 'it will
Now. run along. for il takes some tlme
/ to get ready Hop TO school"
SO Mamie and Susie hoped along,
ard they were thinking so much amour
what Uncle WiSgily had promised
would happen. and wondering why ne
looked at the clock 10 see tnat u was
the fourteenth OF February tnat Iney
did very little studying
And the other animal boys ana
girls who heard what Susie and Nan
( ME told them. did not study much-
either. 50 the lady mouse in the hollo"
stump had to say
all have TO stay in after school to-
night
But the animal boys and girls did
not mean 70 he bad and they were
thinking so much OF the magical sur
prise Uncle WiESily was going 10 give
them that they did not mind staying
and cleaning off the hlackboards-
Now. as soon as the animal children
had gone 10 school Uncle WigSliN
started from his hollow stump ounEa-
low with his tall silk hat and his red.
white and blue striped rheumatism
crutcb under his paw
Where are Won goinC2" asked Nurse
Jane Fuzzy WuZzy. his muszrat lady
hoUsekeeper.
80 valentine store answered
Uncle TViggily- This is February =
and 81. Valentine sends 10 All MS
friends pretty pictures and the ike OF
that on this day"
gentleman like yourself thinking Of
such nonsense
"oh. nonsense is good. once N
while" sang Uncle WiGgily. Tt makes
frown turn into a smile
Then away he hoped to the vslen-
tine store
7 want fourteen thousand. seventeen
hundred million and twenty-three VAL
entineS" he said 10 the lady behind the
counter. "and each one must have
pretty picture Of a fairy on IT. re
quick. please"
Here you are" said The lady and
she gave the valentines 10 Uncle W is
gily. who paid for them with goid
money-oh- much gold money.
And now 20 work the magical fatrF
trick said Uncle WiEEily- as he went
off into ne woods. - hoP 7,, II comes
Aladdin OF the Wonderful Lamp. YOU
said II ever YOU could do me favor,
And so 7 viii" cried voice. and
down se 4 from the SKY. came Aladdin
sliding on a sunbeam. and in his hand
was the wonderful lamp which as soon
aS 70 was rubbed. made every wish
come true. What is II you want
asked Aladdin.
nfct71re Of fairy on each one. taken 70 |
Ill my bov and girl friends in Wood !
land" said the bunny uncle and as
soon as they arrive. 7 want the fairies !
TO come TO life and grant one wish each !
TO each OF the bows and girls"
1T shall he donet" cried Aladdin |
Then he rubbed his lamp. and instantly !
the woods were filled with genii. or 1
:
hundred million and tWenty-three OF |
tnem-one for every valentine.
Take the valentines 70 all OF Uncle |
WfgEily's friends" requested Aladdin !
and make the fairies on them come 70 ]
life and grant one wish
1t shall be done" said the genn. and /
away they whisked through the air.
In an instant Susie Little tail found I
a valentine on her doorstep. and, as 4
she picked It M. the pictured fairy on 1
- ~a1 said
a sugar plum voice,
You may have one wish
"Oh wish nv lead pencil points /
would never again break in school"
1t shall be done cried the fairy.
and then she turned back into pretty !
colored paper again.
About the same time Mamie Nagtan.
the goat girl. got her fairy valentine.
and Mamie wished that she could get
A pair of roller skates She could have
had them set with diamonds had she
thought. but they were just as good
without
And sammie LIttletau. the rabbit
boy wished for a new baseball bat
and got that, while Johnnie Bushytail,
the squirrel boy. had for his wish
new knife Jocko kinkytail' the mon
key boy. wished for watermelon and
got that from the paper valentine fairy,
and he gave his brother Jumpo some.
So every animal boy or girl got just
what they asked fOr-one wish and no
more-and when Susie. the rabbit girl
whose pencil points never broke again.
told her friends Uncle WiEgily had done
il all with the help Of Aladdin Of the
Arabian Nights. every one thought Il
was Just wonderful and thanked the
bunny uncle and Aladdin. too. as well
as the painted paper fairies
So the dummy made a happy Valen-
tine day for his friends. and n the
plate OF ice cream doesn't spill on the
hot radiator and turn into steam pud-
ding. I'll tell you next about Uncle |
WfggiIv and the dancing shoes.-Copy-
right 1917, nv Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.
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