The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-20
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w yALklNG through the woods near
w % day. 'S'T Ss h. 'S"@P osa ea SI"ss1% 80 oa '''
adventure, tncle Wiggly Long
ehrs, the rabbit gentleman. heard from
behind bush funny click -clacklng
sound
THAT is rather strange" he said.
wonder who can he doing that II
may he Grandfather Goosey Gander
PLAYING Scotch checkers all by himself
III stop and Join him In n game
Uncle Wiggly peeked from behind the
bush, but instead ~ seeing his old friend
Grandpa Goosey, the bunny saw n little
girl sitting on rock. sewing away nj
some grass shirts with needle made
from thorn and thread from the rib.
bon grass
oh no. little girl so II was your
thorn needle, as II went back and forih
through tho grass shirts. that made the
clicking sound" said Uncle Wlggily
|, For whom ARE YOU sewing and why
lnre you In such n hurry
The little giri answered never n word,
but kept on sewing, now putting button
holes In the shirts now sewing on A
sleeve. now putting on collar, but
ton or whatever shirts need to have.
Perhaps. she has no tongue and cant
lak,' said rncle Wlggily. Il will ask
her IN writing"
SO on a white piece OF birch bark,
with a stick blackened In the fire for n
pencil the bunny gentleman asked the
little girl why she was sewing the shirts
So fast,
Tho litte girl wrote this answer:
Many wears ago bad fairy chanceh
my seven brothers into seven big. white
swans. | went TO good fairy to have
her change the enchantmen, The good
fairy said II | would make seven grass
shirt In seven years, and never In all
that time speak single word, nj the
end Of that time, II ! slipped the grass
shirts over my brothers tney would he
changed back into their own selves
again So this is what AM doing
may not speak Of IT, but I can write"
'Rut don't YOU want some help"
asked Uncle Wiggily, writing on his piece
OF bark. Are not the seven years nearly
up
Yes" wrote back tho li,tle siri. whose
name was Marcia. II am afraid | shall
not have the shirts finished on tlms.
have two yet to make and the shirt
grass In getting more and moro scarce
'lih! Then II will be great pleasure
for me TO help YOU" wrote Uncle wig
eily II will have my friends SammIs
and Susie Littletsil. the rabbits: John
ME and Billy Bushytail, the sguirrols
and Mamie and Billie Wagtat the
goats. as we'll as Jollle and JIllie Long
tail the mouse children, 20 all over the
woods and fields gathering shirt grsss
for YOU 80 all YOU will need TO do will
be TO sew
THAT Is very kind OF you," wrote N.
little girl And II YOU will have them
bring tho shirt-grass every day to tho
cabin where | live with my brothers, tho
seVeh swans, | viii be much obliged to
YOU.
Don't mention It, wrote uncle Wig.
ttly.
Then hs went away 10 get all .hia
little animal friends TO gather the Inhk
grass for the little girl. and Susl
ME md some OF the animal
fered to SOW on the shirts, but ~ little
girl said she only was allowed to do II.
Oh, now ! know who. she is," said
Susie Little tail. when She had brought
her paw full OF grass to the log cabin
one day 81 know her now"
who Ia she?' asked Uncle Wlgglly
shes In n book like the Arabian
Nights said Susie. And her brothers.
the seven swans, are seven princes"
So each day the animal children
brought grass for the little sirl to sew
into magical shirts TO change the swans
back into princes
And one morning when Susie came
with her load of grass and found Uncle
Wigsily at the log cabin to sec that
everything was all right. tho little rub-
on, uncls wlsgily' Something dread.
ful rs gong 10 nappen
what, Susie"
"Oh. the little sewing girl Ia not 60
ing 90 get the seven grass shirts done IN
time, Ono arm Of the last shirt win bs
missing, and when she puts that shirt
on her swan brother he will be turned
back into a prince, all, right. but HIS
left arm will be a swans wing. | know,
for read about how II happened In the
book"
Then well fool tne book" said
Uncle Wlggily, We won't say any
thing to the little girl. but IN have
Nurse jane Fuzzy Wulxy. my muskrat
lady housckeeper, make an extra shirt
arm, and at the right moment we'll put
| I, on the shirt made for the seventh
swan brother prince"
Fine" cried Susie, And Uncle Wig
giy's pink nose twinkled twice as fast
as before Al last tho day came. The
little girl had her shlrts all ready Es
there came flying through the air to the
| log cabin the Hven swans,
Each swan. as he flew up. landed In
front Of the little Girl. who threw over
him the grass shirt she had sewn, In.
stantly, the swen was changed into n
beautiful prince, who bowed 10 Uncle
Wlsslly, his sisters and everybody
And au ID Nput on until glk aNans hAu