El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-15
bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND CINDERELLA.
By HOWARD X. GARIS.

pumpkin on the pile Of leaves where it
had fallen but not broken.
4 johnnie and Billie kept on helping
thelr moIner, the squirrel lady, clean
| out the attic and they had lots of fun,
! mo- and then eating some hickory nuts
] they found.
! Uncle Wiggily mad not gone very
! much farther through the woods be
/ fore. all of a sudden. he heard some
! one crying behind a big tree.
! la. That sounds like some one IN
trouble, said the bunny uncle. u
| must see about this" Softly he hoped
oehind the tree and there, sitting on a
/ log, ne saw a little girl. dressed in
ragged and not very clean dress. She
was crying. the tears running down her
pretty cheeks
What is your name. my deare~ asked
matter2'
My name is Ella Cinder.~ was the
answer.
Ella Cindere What funny name,"
Well If you say n backward II
doesn't sound SO queer said the little
girl GU may call me Cinderella
Cinderella H. now I know who
You are cried Uncle Wiegiiy. You're
out Of book, like the Arabian Nights"
IS, and ! wish ] had stayed in the
oook, said Cinderella, crying harder
than ever Everything came out right
i'm the book, but now 1 am in such
trouble-Oh. DEAR
Why, what is the natter" asked
ttl- bulllE uncle cant YOU Lluu Your
glass slipper, has the prince been cross
70 you or are your step-sisters treat
ing YOU badly"
Worse than that sobbed Cinderella.
My fairy gOdmOther can't lind q
pumpkin out of which 10 make the
fairy coach And if We don't find IL
soon I'll be too late to 90 to the party
ana everything VIII be all mixed up
Where is your fairy godmother
now: asked Uncle Niggly.
She has gone off to look for a
pumpkin" said Cinderella You see.
even though she is a fairy. she has 10
nave pumpkin TO wave her wand al
so as 70 change Il into the golden coach
Tor me- We have the glass slipper, the
mic and everything but the pumpkin.
Hush begged Uncle wiggily.
Don't cry about that When your fairy
Sodmother comes back I can find a
oh, can you really? Goodie," And
Cinderella felt so happy that she
danced up and down. Then please
find It for her quick. Uncle Wiggily."
she went on for here she is now
And she pointed toward A funny little
lady coming through the woods
The lady looked like Mother Hub
bard and Mother Goose mixed into one,
and, though she smiled at Uncle Wig
Sily and Cinderella IS she came trip
ping along. there was worried look
on her face
We'll. child" she said to the ragged
little girl, I can't find a pumpkin any
where I've looked all over. but il isn't .
the time of the year for pumpkins, |
guess And how ] am to make a fairy |
coach for you without hollow yellow |
pumpkin I don't see. Then YOU can't |
20 TO the ball and the book story viii |
be all wrong Oh, dear,"
This rabbit gentleman viii get you
pumpkin my dear fairy" said Gin !
derella- Uncle Wiggiiy. let me intro |
duce You to my godmother- Godmother. |
this is Uncle WiSEuy Longears-" The /
little old lady and the bunny uncle |
bowed politely. and Mr.. LOugears said: !
I know where there is a fine, large l
pumpkin and he told about the one |
Johnnie and Billie Bushytail had near
y hit him with, throwing il out Of the
window
"Oh. please get It for me-" Begged
the fairy. and Uncle Wigcily hoped
back through the woods and soon |
brought the pumpkin to Cinderella !
Then with 2 wave of her magical wand |
the EodmOther quickly turned the
pumpkin into A golden coach The mice !
lppeared and were turned into horses. !
and CindereIlas rags fell off and she
lad on a beautiful gold and silver
Thank you for getting US the pump
Sim, she called 10 Uncle WISELY. as
she and the fairy godmother rode off
to the ball together Now everything
back some candy
And she did. and Uncle Wisgily liked
( and he danced with Nurse Jane |
uzzy Wuzzy at the wedding Of Gin
lerella and the prince when the used
'o-be-ragged girl wore the glass slip
)c-s.
50 IL was a good thing Johnnie and |
,illle tossed the old pumpkin out of /
/. window, you see. though il didn't !
DDear 50 at first, and If the egg beaten
Doesn't put some apples into the chick
~ pot PIE and turn il into plum pud-
ing, III tell you next about Uncle
" iGgily and the magical carpet
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