The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-26
eMcLE W1GoilY AND TIE Lolry.l

JINGLE Vv1oaalY AND THE Lopry
Once upon ! time the sli~ilery-scalsr:
Alligator was out walking | "a the field
teAr tho muddy riverssWhere he lived
md he happenedsto big spider,
Mr.. Spider. "Have you caught thu
Uncle Wiggily Longears bunny yet e
4 have not. il am sorry 70 SAy ian,
swered the alligator chap. I've tries
every way / know how. but sometime
always happens 30 that he gets away
girl. Alice from Wonderland. or by som,
q her friends. I'm afraidpH never catci
Uncle Wiggi1y."
.sOh. yes. you Will. said Mr.. Spider
TIL help you
HOVE asked the gator, which was
his short name. though he was rather
long.
"Tn crawl through the woods and
over the fields until l find him asleep
| said Mr.. Spider. And, when / do, I'll
| spin = strong web around audAover him
no he cannot get loose. Then I'll come
and tell YOU I'M o can get lin,
Very good" spoke Mr.. Alligator.
Please do it,
So the alligator went gack to sleep
In the mud to wait until Mr. Spider
should bring him word that Uncle wig
gily was held fast In the web.
Anu HOW iel US see what nappenSRd
the bunny gentleman. As he alwayos did,
he started out from his hollow stump
bungalow morning to look for an
adventure. There had been q little nc
cident at breakfast time. Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy. the muskrat lady house
keeper, had boiled the eggs too long
n they were rs hard as bullets.
-You can't eat them, . she said to
Uncle Wiggily. TIL boil you some fresh
ones"
All right laughed the bunny. .
don't want to get indispepsia by eating
hard bullet eggs But I'll take them
with me and give them to Johnnie or
can crack hard nuts so they must DO
able to crack hard boiled eggs
So it was that Uncle Wiggily, after
having eaten the newly boiled soft eggs,
started from his hollow stump bunga-
low with the hard ones In his pocket.
he heard from behind a big log a voico
crying.
-oh, dear: It isn't hard enough. II
isn't half hard enough!r 81
What isn't?. asked Uncle Wiggfly,
as he saw a funny looking bird with =
very large bill Ike . parrots. What
Isn't hard enough?"
This log of wood. was the answer.
4 need something hard to bite on to
sharpen my heak. but this wood Is toe
eoft"
"You are q funny bird,- laughed the
bunny gentleman who might you
4 am the Loy bird. was tho
answer. I belong 10 the Dol with
Alice of Wonderland, but I'm out for
q days pleasure, and. as I can't tell
what I might have to eat. I thought
Id sharpen my bill. But / can't find
anything hard enoughiv
~ sSnnpnSn vnpp trv thacn ~ aniI 9TY~nlA
Wiggiiy. taking b hard boiled egg1
out of his pocket
The very thing!" cried the Lory.
These will be fine for my bill!!". with
that he sent his bill In to the hard,
Eggs n he had all he could do to bite
and sharp" said Lory. You have done
me a great favor. Uncle Wiggily. and
I hope some day to do you one
Pray, do not mention it, said the;
bunny rabbit, modest like and shy.
Then. having found a good use tor the
them to h Bushytail squirrel boys,
Uncle Wiggily hoped along, and the
Lory kept on biting the shells for
tice.
Now. 1t was ! warm day, and, a.
Uncle Wiggily felt tired. he sat down
tell fast asleep. And. no sooner was
Spider.
"Ah. ha... said the spider. Now,s my
chance to catch this bunny for the al
igator. I'll spin q strong web around
him SO strong that he cannot break
loose. Then rM go get my friend, the
gator.
So while Uncle wigEily slept. NJ.
Spfder~spun q strong web about the
bunny--a. very extra strong web, with
Bucil big strands that Uncle Wfggily
= ~rvx-1rn,,1g7 ~ .TSLpS
And h the web was all finished,
md the bunny was helpless, he awak-
#eneds just q sMr. Spider was going@Off
TO call Mr.. Alligator.
what a happened to me?
cried the bunny, as he found he could
not move his paws or even twinkle his
pink nose. Oh. what is i? Let mo
NO. you cantgo!- said thesspider.
You are going stay there Until I
bring Mr.. Alligator" and away he
crawled. Uncle Wigsily tried to Est
it only pm one would conno
who's good and strong. and would cut
this websathen I would ~ free. sid
the bunny.
And then. III ofs j sssdden,ou rom
behind the bush came the Four and
They "a their big scissors with them,
md thsy we're Ia 81 Ahcs = wonder
hand. es
II told the sflly; tatloea ia help
them hunt b snail, because they are
safraid of herstatl laueiled Ance,.as.but
we'll stop and nelp "a first dear Uncls
T 81 Foos nd Twenty Ts1lor..
With their shears Shipped and Snapped
ssthe strong sptdlrsss Web Qntitsi t was
I MI IN p&eFef ~ bunny t~onldaeasily
NE ) And when the alligator
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