The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20
Bedtime Stories
Uncle Wiggily and the Fried Egg.
BY HOWARD r. GARIg

Uncle Wiggily and the Fried Egg.
Uncle Wiggily. do you like a fried
egg?" asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy,
the muskrat lady housekeeper. of the
rabbit gentleman, one day as she came
in from the kitchen of the hollow
stump bungalow. Ass, "a -s
Like a fried egg? Of course 1 do,
if it is turned over and Drowned on
both sides"
Can you cook a fried egg, Uncle
Wiggily?" went on the muskrat lady.
''Of course 1 can" answered Mr..
Longears. You forget that learned
to cook when l was out camping. Also
I fried eggs when 1 was on my trav-
els seeking my foNune."
II am glad of that" went on Miss
Fuzzy Wuzzy. for 1 am going to be
out all day and you will have to get
your own meals. Eggs are good on
Fridays. so 1 have plenty of eggs for
you. I'll leave the bacon grease for
you to fry them in, and also the egg
turner to flop them. You'll find every
thing in the kitchen"
With that Nurse Jane said good bye
and hurried off cher tail tied up in
pink ribbon double bow knott to call
on Mrs. Wibblewobble. the duck lady.
We'll, there is no hurry about get
ting dinner" thought Uncle Wiggily
to himself "Ill sit here and maybe
an adventure will happen along be-
fore it is time to fry my egg. 1 hope
SCI"
Sc he sat on the porch of his hoI-
low stump bungalow and waited. After
awhile when nothing had happened,
except that the wind blew and the
birds sang. the old rabbit gentleman
wen, inside.
eat" he said to himself. after that
I'll go out looking for an adventure in
the woods"
But, though Uncle Wiggily did not
know it. an adventure was to happen
him right in his own bungalow.
He found the egg and the bacon
gravy in the ice box and, setting a
pan on the stove, the bunny gentle
man put in little grease to get hot
so it would fry the egg The egg it
self Uncle Wiggily broke into a dish
so he could easily slide it down hill,
off the edge. into the hot bacon
gravy
Their, when the egg was nicely
Drowned on one side Uncle Wiggily
flopped it over on the other.
81 shall have fine egg for my
lunch" said the bunny gentleman out
loud. and he was quite surprised
when voice answered him, saying:
"Oh, no. i think you are bit mis-
takenI 1 shall have that egg for my
lunch"
"Hoi Ho!" laughed the bunny.
thinking il was one of his animal
friends playing joke. Who are you?
Come in"
And a second later Uncle wiggily
wished he hadn't said that
For in walked a big, black bear.
oh" exclaimed the bunny uncle.
oh" grunted the bear in his turn
"A bit surprised to see me. are your"
Just "a little said Uncle Wiggily
wondering what he could do to make
the bear go away. But the bear sat
down in chair and shifted.
That fried egg smells good" he
said, wrinkling up his black nose as
Uncle Wiggily twinkled his own pink
one. TT smells very good. You may
give it to me when it is cooked. After
eat it III do something TO you"
''What?" asked Uncle Wiggily dis
turbed-like.
'Oh, you'n see,'' said the bear in
supercilious fashion
Just then Uncle Wiggily looked at
now, and very hot Then the bunny
With the pancake turner he took
up the fried egg from the sizzling pan
on the stove Then with a toss of his
paw the bunny gentleman sent the
fried egg sailing through the air.
Right on the soft and tend ar black
nose of the bear the hot egg landed.
There you are," cried Mr.. Long
ears. Eggs fried hot while you wait
Have another"
"Oh, wow. oh, wowi / should say
mott" hcwled the bear. and, holding
| his burned nose in his paw. away he