The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-08
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some horseshoe nails with pepper hash
sauce on them" cried the bunny uncle.
Whoever that is has plenty OF trouble
"hndcr II can help
Uncle Wiggily hoped around the cor
ner Of 4 stump, and there he saw n man
dressed I'm red, yellow and green suit.
looking very sad. indeed ! mean the
man was.sad, not the suit, which was OF
quiVo Jolly colors
What Ia the matter with YOU" asked |
Uncle Nggily
"Oh. no much | hardly know how TO
tell YOU was the answer. In the !
first place ! am n fortune seeker
And what about second and third
Places asked the bunny.
"My brothers have them" was the
answer Al least my fret and sec
ond brothers have found their fortunes
and | have not found mine
Tel me about it," begged Uncle
III was this way" began the fortune
seeker
EXCUSE me one minute" interrupted
Uncle Wiggily. But are YOU not from
tho Arabian Nights.
Yes, ! am"
81 thought So" spoke the bunny gen
/ tleman. Pray so on"
'"Wo were three brothers" said the
man all dressed in a purple. pink and
poor as church mice, n not poorer 50
We decided to go away and seek our
fortune, which was quite the fashion
few years ago
"On We started. and my first brother
found mountain Of silver, This suited
him, he said 80 he made his home In the
silver mountain
My other brother and I kept on. and
soon we came Ia mountain OF gold.
Ny second brother said that suited him,
aud there he made his home. In the gold
mountain
but thought there was something
better than silver or gold for for
| tune, 80 | kept on. But. alas! ! have
after an these years, found nothing
| thought had a mountain OF diamonds
| But they were only glass.
| 80 | have searched on for years and
years for my fortune, but never found
IT, And now I am ready to give up
! I am very sad and lonesome There Ia
no more happiness In the world
| "Oh, don't say that" cried jolly Uncle
| Niggily once | went searching for
my fortune, and | WAS very weary and
! tired. thinking I would never find It.
where asked tn. seeker
/ Right beside my own hollow stump
bungalow All my friends had planted
| golden carrots for me, so when ! came
home from wandering | was the Richest
! rabbit In the world"
And | am tho poorest fortune seek
| err said the young man
"Oh, not Rt an laughed the bunny
| Come with me through tho woods and
va will see what happens
SO they walked on through the woods.
and pretty soon Uncle Wiggily stopped
shifted The air with his pink nose and
! whispered
Hush We must go the other way
There is danger ahead. big bear is
waiting Ia grab US"
How DO YOU know asked the for
] fuuN seeker
~ cam tel by shifting tho air. have
! lived in the woods so long know the
I meaning of every sound and smell
which means danger aud which do moi"
! Then you know more Than l. with all
my travelling Said tho seeker.
They went on little farther and the
| young mRn'sald
" am hungry
Chew som. of ,hl. slippery clm bark.
sud cnt some ~ these berries" said The
bunny pointing to tho woodland things
growing all about. and YOU will not
hc hu gry" SO the seeker ate and Was
satisfied
How. did YOU know about these
things asked the young man
NY living always in the woods" said
The bunny II need neither gold silver
nor diamonds TO make my fortune. for
\ Is In the woods ail about me Ny
no, home s,b. rs hollow log, and aln | need to
young man, 4 have found my fortune ne
No more will look for gold, silver and
diamonds, I'll live in the woods AZ YOU
do" 'V'
And he did. building himself 4. log
cabin close 90 Untie Wigglly's hollow
stump bungalow, and the Fortune SEEK.
/ ~ sought no farther And soon MI,
brothers came TO find him. for they
had Tired Of their gold and SILVER noun.
tain homes, aud they, too. lived In the
woods
20 Uncle wirslly made three person,
happy which IL a large rambler, con.
sdorins how many unhappy ones there
are, and II didn't rain Ai,er ali 40 Tho
bunny rabbits rheumatism didn't hurt
him, nor did he have TO use the um.
brella