El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-29
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY is BLOWN UP.

But how can we get the powde
under him2" asked the fat MOSQUITO
He is always on guard and he'll
shoot beans at US IL we try 10 com
near his tent"
I'VE must get some one to dig u
a tunnel under the ground where 1
cannot be seem said the captaii
mosquito. ''Then we can crawl il
this tunnel some night, fill it witt
powder and set 1t off with a Ions
lfirecracker string. or fuse, as we sol
diers should call them"
But who viii dig the tunnel II
under Uncle Wiggily's tenn asket
the tat mosquito.
II will" cried a new voice. ane
there stood the bad fox. I'll tunne
under that old rabbit man, who ha.
so often gotten away from me-" weni
on the fox. "and you mosquitoes car
blow him up with talcum powder
| Good" cried the captain mos
quito, but for Uncle Wiggily it looked
rather bad, I think.
Now I'll start in said the fox, sc
he began to dig tunnel underneath
the ground. from the mosquito swamp
to where Uncle Wiggily had his
trench. A fox, you know, is almost
like a dog, and can dig with his fore
feet and toe nails almost as well as
rabbit
So the fox. keeping out Of sight
burrowed underneath the dirt and
stones until he was down beneath
where the rabbit bunny gentleman
was marching up and down on ton
in front Of his tent, as brave soldier
should.
At the end Of his tunnel the fox
dug hole, and in it put some talcum
and tooth powder mixed together.
and from IL he carried back with him
to the front door Of the tunnel the
fizzy-izzy splutte-y-uttery end Of the
firecracker string fuse.
Now" said the tunnel-making fox
to the mosquitoes, "all you have to
do is to light the string. which will
carry the spark to the powder, and
then Uncle Wfggily with his tent and
trench and everything will be blown
sky high
And then we can easily catch
him." said the captain of the biting
bugs.
The mosquitoes caught a FREELY.
and with his fire lighted the end of
the powder string. 'Splutter~ ii
went, and the fire crept along to the
mine. at the end Of the tunnel the
Not knowing anything about this,
Uncle Wiggily went in his tent to
take little rest before school should
be out, when he must drill the SOL
der animal boys with their wooden
swords and bean-ShOoting pop guns.
Then, all Of a sudden, there was a
big puff OF white powder smoke right
under the rabbit gentleman's tent,
and up in the air he was blown, tent,
crutch, pop gun and everything.
"Oh, my This is terribleI What
has happened?' cried Uncle Wiggily,
as he made a grab for something,
ne hardly knew what il was he was
SO excited Where am I going?r
All around him, IN the air, buzzed
the mosquitoes. for they had had the
fox blow up poor Uncle Wiggily. And
they sang;
What goes up. must, come down.
On your heads or on the groundP'
And you'll come down on the
ground, and then we'll catch your
ouzzed the biggest mosquito of them
all.
Up and up and up went the rabbit
gentleman, for The talcum and tooth
powder. being Favored with winter
green and sassafras. was very strong.
And the fox had put plenty of il in
the blow-up mine at the end Of the
tunnel Up and up went dear, old
Uncle Wiggily-
''Oh. If I only had my popgunF' he
thought IF could only shoot
some OF these bad mosquitoes"
But then he thought that would not .
itop him falling down and getting a
errible bump. and that. he knew must /
lappen next for surely what goes up I
must come down unless it is an air /
hip.
And then Uncle Wiggily happened |
% look ar what he had grabbed when I
le was blown up with his tent It
vas his trusty umbrella-big and
strong with ribs OF steel. and a crook
ID handle that never would slip
''HaF" cried Uncle wisgily. Nov
am safe"
Just then he went as far up as the
powder could blow him. and he be-
gan to fail down. Ike a ball.
him on the earsi" cried the army of
enemy mosquitoes. 'Ah, ha! Now
We shall get hint"
Not sol All, ha, This is the time
fool yout" cried Uncle Wiggily. and /
Is he began to fall he held the UNI 4
quickly it flew open and It was so
zig and broad, the umbrella was, that .
{ floated on the air like a feather,
holding up the bunny rabbit, so that
Re fell as slowly as though coming
Town in his airship.
Down and down he softly floated.
he umbrella being just like a para
,hute the balloon man uses. and soon
Or. Longears was safe on the ground.
md the mosquitoes were so sur
'rised at not seeing him all kerslos-
rated that they couldn't say a word.
% they didn't get Uncle wiggily after
III, and I'm glad. and so was he.
20 this teaches US that sometimes It
s a good thing to have an umbrella,
wen though 1t doesn't rain.
And if the ice cream parlor doesn't
20 out in the candy kitchen and make
aces at the apple dumplings, I'll tell
-ou next about Uncle Wiggily and
he tapioca pudding--Copyrigh 1917,
y Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
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