El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-19


and how 1t had hit the giant on the
nose and so brought the big man to
I help the bunny uncle out Of the hole.
And now went on Uncle Wiggily,
m going 10 plant the rest of the
Deans ana grow a beanstalk for the
good giant to live on But I'll plant
the beans IN a pot of warm dirt here
IN my bungalow. I'm afraid il is too
coId Tor them 10 grow out of doors.
You are a funny rabbit gentleman"
laughed Nurse Jane. Don't you know
II the magical beans grow at all (Which
oon believe they viii dO) they will
grow so tall that they viii lift the
Iooi off your hollow stump bungalow
That IS, they Will. If they are like Bean
stalk Jacks beans"
w ell as long as they are magical,
OF winch ! am certain went on Mr.
l-ohsears 4 think everything Will be
all right.
80 he went down in his bungalow
cellar, dug Up with his strong paws
some nice clean dirt, put IL in a pot
oehind the kitchen stove and planted
the beans in it
Now well wait and see what hap
pens said the bunny uncle. But 1
guess I'll have to say a little verse as
1 did before You always have 10 do
that 10 make the magic start"
So the bunny uncle sang this little
song TO q tum-te-tum -tum tune:
Little beans within this pot.
hope you won't get too hot
Bur grow into 4 magic stalk.
Up which Nurse Jane and l may walk"
oh. no. Please speak for yourself.
Uncle Wiggily." cried the muskrat
lady with a laugh. You won't catch
me walking up any ma gical beanstalk-
No indeed 1 might fall"
"Oh, but Beanstalk lack. the giant
and I viii hold you" promised Uncle
Wiggily.
I'd be afraid" spoke Nurse Jane
looking at the pot where the beans
were planted
We'll. wait until we see how high
the stalk grows. suggested Uncle
WigSily. Wen go to sleep now. and.
when morning comes, We'll see what
has happened
Soon the hollow stump bungalow was
nice and dark and quiet If ever there
was a good time for magical beans 10
grow it was then
Pretty soon there was something
stirring in Uncle Wisgly's and Nurse
James kitchen. Some sharp little eyes.
some sharp. pointed little noses peeped
out, and some tiny pittering pattering
sounds were heard. And then came
some scratchy-a and some nibbily-
ibbily noises 1t was still dark. but
not so quiet. but. after while. il grew
quiet again. and a little voice whis-
pered:
oh. mamma, Weren't they Just
lovely
Hush, my dear, Yes. they were.
But We must not wake up Uncle Wig
gily nor Nurse Jane Come away
IN the morning the rabbit gentleman
got up real early.
1T isn't time for breakfast yet"
called Nurse Jane from her room.
What's the matter. Wiggy2
I want to see if my magical beans
have grown the rabbit gentleman an p
swered- Down he hoped 10 the kitch
en-. only half dressed, Just as when .
You run down early in the morning TO T
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But, when the rabbit uncle what !
had happened. he called (
oh. Nurse Jane, Nurse Jane Come |
here quickly
Have the beans sprouted2' the |
muskrat lady wanted 10 know. coming /
down with her tail still done up in |
curl papers.
Something has happened" Uncle /
tered out of the pot and over the floor.
and the beans aren't there at all"
The beans gomez" cried Nurse Jane
Then they must have been magical,
but not in just the way You thought
For no ordinary baked beans can go
off by themselves that way.
Il should say not" cried Uncle Wig
gily. They must he fsiry-beans to
get out Of the pot that way I'll have
To plant some more
He was just going TO plant some
when Johnny Bushytall, the boy SOUR
rel. came along TO leave Uncle Wig
-
earned pennies before school that way
Come in and see where 1 planted my
ma gical beans and how they flew out
Of the pot cried Uncle Wiggly -
the squirrel boy
Johnnie scampered into the hollow
stump bungalow. He looked at the
scattered dirt-then he looked again
Then he laughed and chartered
What's the natter asked Uncle
Wiggily.
I see where your magical beans
went to- said Johnnie. In the nigh-
some little mice came. dug them out
or the dirt in the pot and ate them
paws of the mice IN the dirt ana
Johnnie pointed to them
Yes those are our marks said 4
little voice, and up through mole
in the floor came the mouse lady My
little children and I were SO hungry
last night" she said that we Just
had TO eat those beans Uncle Wiggily-
a bout it I'll pay for them
'Oh. that's all right kindly SAID
the bunny 7 guess they weren't magic
beans after all-only the one was that
hit the giant on the nose You are
welcome to those you took and more;
too Nurse Jane. give them some
With his big tail the squirrel boy
event mn the dirt on the floor. and 4
when the mouse lady had been gwen
more beans. Uncle Wiggily went tor
for a walk in the woods to look Tor an
adventure. And. il the horseradish
doesn't Jump over the vinegar jug ana
and in the middle of the strawberry
shortcake. III tell YOU next about
Uncle Wiggily and the little table
DOWNRIGHT. 1917. by Mcclure Newspaper
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