Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-06-01

Postum. as he stepped outside the rab-
bit gentleInan's hollow stump bunga-
low one morning.
What do you meant" asked the bun
NY uncle.
About the mosquito enemy carrying
Well. they did that" answered Un-
Gle Wiggily. You see l was practicing
t.. be Il soldier on guard in front OF my
auitoes came. But Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzxy and Johnnie Bushytail saved
me-
"Ha. hum" exclaimed DIR. Postum.
after his YOU had better get your
Self Il sword. as we'll as a bean shooter
il more. mosquitoes come at you, why
you can tickle them with your sword
and they'll let you go.
Its "a good idea" said UncleaW Wig
giiN. III do it. I'll take one OF Nurse
James old carving knives and make me
Il sword
And he did. making the knife long
md pointed and sharp. SO that it q
!, like IL real sword. Then Uncle Nlggily
tied it around his waist with one of his
Old neckties for a. belt and ence more he
was IA soldier.
Nurse Jane had gnawed out for him
q new red, white ana blue striped bar
her pole rheumatism crutch, for tho
bunny gentleman's old n had been
left in the mosquito camp, AS I toll
you in the story before this one.
Again the bunny rabbit gentlem;ln
marched up and down in front of hlt
tent. near his hollow stump bungalow.
making believe he was "A soldier on
guard. so no one would harm, o. carry
off. his nice muskrat lady ~housekeeper
Sammie and Susie Littletail, the rab-
bit children: Johnnie and Billie BushS-
tail, the squirrels: Jackie and Peetie
Bow Wow. the puppy dog boys: Jollie
Longtail, the mouse CHAP: Jimmie Wih-
hlewobble, the duck, and many other
| animals boys and girls came TO watc!l
Uncle Wiggily be a soldier.
Sometimes he would form them imts
linc and make them marcli up and
down. giving them orders to Right
about ~face." Forward, march," "I'ire
on the enelny:' or Eat your lollypops::"
And each and every order the ANIMAL
children obeyed. for that is the first
ching "A soldier boy or girl must learn
to do--to mind when told.
Ana Sammie or Susie or Billie or
i Johnnie would have fun by taking
Uncle Wigsily's gum and pretending
| they were the sentry in his place,
marching up and down.
One day Saniie litlletail's mother
gave him 10 cents in leaf money.
which all the animals used, and sam
AIl&c GtuSIl al OCA vi AJSll
candies.
We ought to roast them.' said Susie
his sister.
They're better that way said
Johnnie R~ushytail.
but we are not allowed to build
a fire unless some big grown up animal
is with U.S." said Susie.
Oh, know what to do!' barked
Jackie o Bow. I'VE can take the
marshmallows to Uncle Wigily's sol
dier camp fire, by his tent, and roast
them there"
"Fine.s parked Poetic his brother.
So off 10 Uncle Wiggily's camp near
his hollow stump bungalow went the
animal children. laughing and shouting,
and thinking what a good time they
would have roasting the marShmalio%
candies.
"Of course you may use my camp
fire! cried jolly Uncle Wiggily. whcn
they asked him. And then, like Il sol
dier. he gave these orders:
Ready! Aim. Roast marsllmallows!'
oh, isn't it romantic? quacked Alice
Wibhlewobble. the duck girl. who was
fond OF reading poetry. II wish
could be a Red Cross nurse.
Maybe you'll have to be if some OF
these chaps burn their paws roasting
the marshmallows!" laughed uncls
Wiggily.
..Of course YOU may" laughed the
bunny uncle. loosening the necktie
belt and taking out the long. slende,
carving knife he had had made into 8
sword.
Now while all this was going or
there We're hidden behind some bushe,
a whole band of bad mosQuitoes-tht
same one who had once captured Tn
Gle Wiggily. They had come to gel
him back go he could be a prisoner anf
cook for them.
Wei just watch u chance!'
,-l;x.>1 %L<> ,~tci, sn-[
when he isn't LOOKING we'll fly dcwr
and grab hint"
But what are all those little ANNA.
boys and girls doing?' asker a mosQui
TO with a very long bill.
"Oh. they won't bother us!" said thu
captain. wen Just get Uncle Wiggily
and-oh. hot" he suddenly cried. I'VE
can get him right now!"
See he has taken off his sword t.
let Sammie Littletaii topst marshmal
lows on 1T. If we stoop down now, tina
rabbit can tickle us with his sword
and before he knows what is happenin,
we'll have, him. Ready, ,.bufzing com,
rades! Sharpen bills! Flutter your
wings! Advance and capture the bun
ny who has no word"
Up flew the mosquito army, ant
down they buzzed on Uncle Wiggily. H,
heard and saw them coming.
"Quick. my sword" he cried! M,
"Oh. it's flied with sticky marsh
mallow candies." cried S:ammie, wht
was toastjng suIne over the fire.
S much the better!" cried Draw
Uncle Wiggily. "The mosquitoes viii
get all tangled and stuck in the soft
sticky candy on my sword and III cap
ture a lot OF them
And so Uncle Wiggily did. You know
how sticky a toasted ~lmarshmallow is
Well Uncle Wiggily's sword was full o
them. for SaInmie was roasting a lot o
candies at once.