The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-24
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD r. GARIs

Uncle WiggiIy and Jacks Cocoanut.
Uncle Wiggily Longears, the rabbit
gentleman. was riding along through
the woods in his automobile one day
when, just ahead of him, skipping
along like a mosquito on roller skates,
was a queer little figure wearing a
green coat and a red hat. --iss
'Ha l ought to know who that is
said Uncle Wiggily, sort of tickling
the doodle-oodle of his auto with
a darning needle to make it go slow
er.
And just then the red-capped chap
began to sing and dance, and the
SoEg he sang went something like
this:
I'm going to have a jolly time,
I'll buy 1t for a penny,
And I'll be glad to give some to
Poor chaps who haven't any"
Comet" cried Uncle Wiggily in his
jolly voice. That is real nice, I'm
sure Hello there!' cried the rabbit
gentleman. What do you mean-go-
ing to buy a jolly time for PEN
ny?"
turned around, and who should it be
but Jacko Kinkytail, the monkey boy.
'Oh, hello, Uncle Wiggily" he
laughed. You surprised me for a
minute. Why. 1 mean L have a pen
ny and I'm going to buy a cocoanut,
and my brother JUMBO and 1 will
have most jolly time eating it. We
love cocoanut, you know.
80 do lin a cake;n spoke the
bunny gentleman. But. since you are
going to the store to buy a cocoanut.
suppose you hop in my auto and I'll
ride you there
Thank you," said JACKIE, and into
the auto, with it's bologna sausage
tires, hip-hopped the monkey chap.
and in his paw he held a penny, just
not going to the fair.
We'll. here we are at the cocoanut
store" said Uncle Wiggily, as his auto
bow-ounced over a bump and stopped
You run in and spend your penny
Jacko, and I'll ride on and see if l
can't find an adventure"
So the monkey boy did as he was
told, and, leaving him to walk back
and give Jumpo some of the cocoanut,
the bunny uncle rode away in his auto
to see what would happen to himself.
There did not seem to be many ad-
ventures in the woods that day, or If
they were there Uncle Wiggily could
not find them. So after riding for
quite while the bunny gentleman
turned his machine around and start
ed back for his hollow stump bunga-
low.
He had not ridden very far before.
all of a sudden, he heard behind some
bushes voices talking.
TRY onee more to break it, said
one voice.
Il have tried" said another, but
it's too hard. l want to crack it open
and smash it to give you some
Yes. and I want some very much"
spoke the first voice. Come on, let's
throw stones at it; maybe that'n break
it"
''Oh, my" thought Uncle Wiggily
Il hope this isn't any of the mischiev-
Gus little fox or other animal boys try
ing to crack open and break windows
in the hollow stump school 1 must
stop them"
MIR. Longears looked between the
bushes and saw JACKIE KinkytaiI, the
monkey boy: JUMBO, his brother, and
Billie Wagtail. the goat. Johnnie and
Billie Bushytail, the squirrels, were
also there, and on the ground was the
eocoanut JACKIE had bought
Hal / see what's going on" said
Uncle Wiggily, and aloud then he call
ed: Whats the matter, boys?"
"Oh, Uncle Wiggily," answered
JACKIE. 81 can't crack open this CO.
coanut, and 1 want to get out the
sweet. white meat inside to give some
to Junpo and my friends. But the
cocoanut is too hard. We've tried to
break it with stones. I've even climb
ed up a tree and dropped the nut to
the ground, but the hard shell won't
break"
Did Billie Wagtail. the goat boy.
try to crack it with his horns?" asked
Uncle wiggily.
YES" answered Billie, Il butted