Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-06-08
UNCLE WiG0lLY AND THE APPLE
DuMPllNGS.
"ForwardArnarch!

UNCLE WlG0llY AND III APPlv
DUMpLiNGS.
"ForwardAmarchl"
Uncle Wiggily Longears, the gentle
man rabbit soldier. stood u in mont
Of the white tent near his hollow stump
bungalow. and called this to the animal
boys.
Where are you going to march to-"
asked Peetie Bow Wow, one Of the pup.
| Up dog boys. --ssA~~rsEa@a8l&1
Meyer mind asking questions. II you
please said the bunny uncle with 6
like a star on a Christmas tree. "A
soldier should do as ne Is told. and not
ask where or how. Forward-march!"
Then Johnnie Bushytail. the hoy
squirrel. took two sticks he had .gnawed
from a tree, and with them he beat on
the bottom of a starch box, which was
hanging around his neck.
"Rub-a-dub-dub-! Rub-a-dub-rub!"
drummed Johnnie, and the soldier boys
marched away from the camp tent with
Uncle Wiggily at their head. like the
captain he was.
Uncle Wiggily began. when they all
stopped for a drink of water at a
spring.
Don't say we are going to capture
some mosquitoes!" Interrupted Billie
Wagtail, the goat. Il didn't bring any
talcufn pOWueT WIN me. dllO IL oHo VI
I'VE are not going after mosquitoes"
said Uncle Wiggily. we are going on
wha is called Il foraging party. That
Is, we are going to see what we can
capture to eat, for We soldiers, in this
mosquito war. must live. So. forward
march! again and we'll see what we
can capture"
They marched along a little farther.
and, all of ii sudden. Johnnie Bushytail
stopped beating his starch-box drum
and cried:
Halt! That is stop!" commanded
Uncle Wiggily. What do you see.
%Johnnie?" he asked.
Some early apples over in hat orch
ard" spoke the squirrel boy.
They are good to eat"
Halt! No! Don't take them!"cried
Uncle Wiggily. I'm he first place they
are not ours. and in the second place
they are green and will make you i'll 80
o can't fight in the mosquito battles.
But I will buy some OF the green
apples from the monkey farmer who
lings for you. SO they will not hurt you.
Halt here. everybody, until | go buy
some of the dumping apples" said the
bunny rabbit.
So Capt. Uncle Wfggtly. as l will call
him once in q while. with his bean
SlIOOJCl gun VII ItlS SIlOuIuCI, WClLI W
buy some OF the green apples. coming
ack with his tail silk hat quite full OF
them.
will they be enough?" asked Sam
mic Littletail.
"Oh. yes" Uncle Wiggily answered
II dom have to soak these in water. a.
I did the rice. and maxi twice as much
of it as I need. I have seen Nurse Jane
Fuzzy WuZzy. my muskrat lady house
keeper, make apple dumpiings. and fui
we'll I know how 1t is done. I'll make
some as soon as we get back to camp
and we'll ave them for dinner
So after a little march about with his
animal soldiers Uncle Wiggily cam
back to his tent near the hollow STUMP
bungalow and began making the apple
dumplings.
Fir he mixed up some flour, water
suT' cutter, eggs and other things
ir lst like that for pies. only diff
f While he was doing this tn,
E .4ys were practicing with theil
soters outside.
when he had the dumplin,
Pr q and ready to go into tn,
ovei. lie Wiggily took the green ap,
pies Of his tall silk hat, which helt
almos a rabbit bushel.
lie ne see. now" said the bum,
uncle ~t.loughtfully to himself. Il hin
it is now time to put the apples in tn
dumplings. Then to bake them, ant
they will be ready to eat"
So into the dough dumping part thu
bunny uncle rabbit gentleman put th'
apples. and into the owe of the sOldie
tent he popped them. Then he sat dow
to wait until they were cooked.
1t did not take very long, for the fir,
was hot and soon there was a most de
licious smell, like talcum powder, onl,
nicer. Uncle Wiggily shifted it and
taking a peep in the oven at the dump
lings and finding them well cooked an,
done. he pulled them out to cool.
They were just about ready to ca
and the bunny was going to taste o
one and then call in his soldier boy ami
NAL friends, when all at once into tn
tent popped a a fox, who was q sor
Of general over all the mosquitoes.
"Ah, hal" snarled the fox. sniffin
the air. II was not mistaken! though
smelled apple dumplings. I'll tr
one!" And he reached his paw for tn
largest n on the pan
NO! You must mott" said Uncl
Wiggily. Those are for my BRAY
MOSQUITO fighting soldiers!'"
What care H. barked the fox. in
an apple dumping.
But no sooner a he lone 30 tina
he spluttered and cOughed and he ha
the hiccoughs and tears came into hi
eyes as he rushed out of the tent afte
a drink of water. crying:
Hum! DO you call those fit to eat
don't!" and away he ran. havin
eaten but n dumping, and that onl
partly.
81 wonder what is the matter wit
thelm?" Uncle Wiggily asked Nurs
Jane. who came in the tent just the
The muskrat lady locke at the dunn
liOpa and lqnNhod