El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-07


! TO take II off my hook and put 1t II
/ the water again. which ! did But
! when / reached home and told NY wife
Z what had happened, she said ] was
very silly
! If you had asked that fish for any
! thing he would have given IL 10 you,
she said"
"Oh. now I remember you" cried
Uncle Wiggily. Your wife told you
TO 20 back and call to the fish and
ask him 10 give you q better house
I 10 live in than the poor log canin you
had"
Exactly" said the fisherman. so
l went back to the shore of the lake,
and / recited this little verse: 'oh, fish
OF the sea. come listen 10 me. For
Alice, my wife, the plague Of my life;
has sent me to beg boon Of thee OF
course Alice, my wife, isn't really the
plague of my life" went on the fisher
man. I only said that 10 make II
rhyme"
1 understand" spoke Uncle Wig
gily. twinkling his pink nose w that
happened2'
little verse" went on the fisherman
than up from the waves the fish
stuck his head and asked me what my
wife wanted. She wants 4 better house
to live in, I said
"'Go home. man. the fish said TO me
your new house is ready for you And,
surely enough, when 1 got home, there
was my wife. setting TO rights fine,
See she said, what did I tell you7
The fish viii give you anything you
asked for. I have new clothes, too, ard
there are some for you.
Then the fisherman went On to tell
the rest of his story. Alice, his wife
soon became tired OF the new house,
though il was much nicer than the OLD
log cabin. So she sent her husband TO
81 for
The fish gave me that" said the
fisherman, and when I got home I
found my wife in grand palace- But
she was not satisfied"
MY goodness" cried Uncle WtEgily.
What did she Want?"
she wanted TO be a princess said
the fisherman, and have a castle.
Well, the fish gave her that wish.
though 1 was sure he'd be angry But
he was not Though when my wife
told me to 20 call up the fish again.
and ask that she be made queen. and
sit on a high throne, I knew some
thing disastrous would happen"
Did it?" asked Uncle Wiggily, curl
Gus like.
TT did" answered the fisherman.
When I got to the lake the waves
were splashinE high, there were dark
clouds and thunder and lightning, but
still I recited my little verse:
On. fish OF the sea. come listen 70
me. For Alice. my wife, the plague OF
my life, has sent me to beg a boon Of
S.weu. what does she want now
asked the fish, poking his head out Of
She wants to be queen and sit on 4
high throne I told him, and the fisn
said: Go back TO your log cabin 20
live and wear your old clothes. and
surely enough when ! got home there
was my wife in the old tumble-dOwn
house again with her old rags on, cry
ing many tears"
THAT is too bad" said Uncle Wig
gily. TT goes to show, I suppose. that
one should not want too much stu
far be Il from me to find fault with
any one. I wish ] could help you
Il don't see how you can" said the
ragged fisherman IF only we had
the nice house nv wife wished for al
first I would be happy and she would
be satisfied. Ny good clothes changed
10 ragged ones. too. Oh. II I only had
the nice house, my wife would be salts
Are you sure OF that asked Uncle
We'll. as sure as any one can be
shen Alice. my wife, says thing,
spoke the fisherman. and he and Uncle
,viggily laughed and blinked their
wen. I'll tell you what I'll do"
spoke the bunny rabbit. II you think
your wife would be satisfied with a
plain ordinary house, like my hollow
stump bungalow. only larger, OF course.
and wouldn't want to be queen, I be
ieve / can manage it for you"
oh thank yOu." cried the fisher
nan and his wife. TO whom he soon
brought the rabbit gentleman, said she
vas sorry she had wanted teo much
and never would DO so again.
Then Uncle Wigsily went &c his
friend Aladdin OF the wonderful lamp
md begged that magical Arabian
Nights chap TO make a nice cottage
or the fisherman's wife. which Alad-
lin did with one rub Of the wonder
.uI lamp
~Oh, thank you" cried the fisher
nan. as he and his wife moved into the
lew house. And there they lived fo-
many years, happy and contented. /
which. after all. is the hest part OF
ife II YOU can find II And the Won
ierful fish was never heard of again. !
And If the condensed milk doesn't /
yet pinched in the lemon squeezer so
hat II has to linn when II goes to the
moving pictures. I'll tell you next about /
Uncle WigEilv and the golden bird I
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