El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-30
Bedtime Story For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE CRANBERRIES.
-r--rrrrrur, By HOWARD r. GARIS-,

send some TO my duck lady friend
I Mrs. WibbleWobble, when 1 spilled
| few on the floor. They made tn
! ratle-te-bang noise"
I'll help you pick them up" SAID
I the bunny rabbit, and he did, anc
/ then he said he would carry them for
| Nurse Jane over TO Mrs Wibblewob-
I ble's house.
That viii be very kind OF you,
| spoke the muskrat lady housekeeper
Then I viii have time to bake you
an orange pudding"
@Ah, har' exclaimed Uncle Wiggily,
hungry-like and appreciative.
So over the fields and through the
woods he hoped with the cranberries
in a basket on his paw. Pretty soon
he met Sammie Littletail, the "a 5bit
'Oh, Uncle Wiggilyi" cried Sammie
What nice. round red marbles you
have. May I have some?"
These aren't marblesi They're
oranberries, but you may have some,
Sammie." said Uncle WigEily. and he
gave the bunny boy q pawful.
Well Mr.. Longears went on a little
farther and he met Johnnie and Billie
Bushytail, the squirrels.
"Oh, what nice red round beads you
have" they chartered. looking in
Uncle WigEilys basket we can
dress dress up like Indians with these
nEdQEs
These aren't beads. they are Gran
berries, but you may have some,
spoke the bunny uncle, handing out
two more pawfuls.
Then he went on a little further
toward Mrs WfbbleW obble's house,
wondering what the duck lady would
do with the cranberries Nurse Jane
was sending her, when, ali at once,
Uncle Wiggily met Charlie Chick, the
rooster boy.
oh, what nice big red grains OF
corn you have, Uncle Wiggily"
crowed Charlie, looking in the bunny
geutleman's basket
"ThIs isn't corn, Charlie" said the
bunny These are cranberries, but
I'll give you some" And he let Charlie
pick out claw full Of the red ber-
ries-
Well. I'll have to be careful or I'll
have none left for Mrs Wibblewobble
when I fet there" thought the rabbit
uncle as he hoped on through the
woods, leaving Charlie to scramble
off by himself.
And then, all OF a sudden, as Uncle
Wiggily was passing q big rock, half
covered with dry leaves, out sprang a
bad old Skeezicks.
Now a Skeezicks is like an elephant.
only much smaller, and Il has such
a little mouth that II can only take
a very small bite at a time-but II can
bite very fast
"Ah hol All hol" cried the Skeezicks.
AT last 1 have you. Uncle Wiggilyl"
Yes, 1 guess you have" said the
bunny gentleman sad like and scOrt OF
apprehensive. What are you going
to do to me?'
Bite you. OF counsel" snapped the
Skeezicls. But just then he happened
TO look in the basket Uncle Wiggilv I
had on his paw, and the Skeezicks [
said:
@Oh. what dear. cute little red ap-
pies you have. I guess I'll eat some OF 7
them first"
Now Uncle WiEgily didn't tell the /
skeezlclts they weren't apples at all. /
but cranberries. And the Skeezicks !
reached in. took some in his paw and I.
began to shew them.
And. lo- and behold As soon as !
the S.-eezick's began to bite on the I
our puckery cranberries. the bad I
-keezicks's small mouth all puckered I
smut Ike draw-string bag. and the I
skeezicks could no more open his /
mouth to bite Uncle Wiggily than he 4
could fly and he couldn't even do 4
hat
Then Uncle Wiggily. not hurt al 4
u, seeing what the Gran berries had
one for him. hurried on with what
ere left Of them TO Mrs. WfbbleWOb-
j., leaving the Skeezickss trying TO
It his puckered mOutr open with q
ut pick
And if the rag doll doesn't 20 and
i've in the bird house so the gold fish
cells lonesome, III tell you next about
ncle Wiggily and the wish bone
Copyright. 1917, by Mcclure New epa-
'er Syndicate.