El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-29

! Uncle Wiggily. Are you the snipe
| who flew away with the pipe of the
fat man of Bombay one fine summer
! dayg'
NO. I am a storIz.- was the answer.
/ y GU may have read about me in a
! book You see, one day L invited my
! man, to have lunch with me And
( because 1 have such a very long bill
; and cannot pick up things from q
! plate, or flat dish, 1 put the good
long. neck II was easy for me to
reach down in and pick out what L
wanted, but Mr.. Bow Wow couldn't
get thing. as he couldn't put his
I felt very sorry. but [ had no other
dishes in the house. so Mr. Bow Wow
went away hungry And now he has
have dinner with him. and I know just
what he will do"
~What?" asked Uncle Wiggily.
Why. he'll put all the good things
TO eat down on fiat dish, and from
that cannot pick them up. So III
starve at his dinner. just as he did at
mine. II viii serve me right, L know,
but 1 would like to eat something, for
l am very hungry"
Uncle Wiggily thought for moment
and then he said:
Just leave this TO me. Mrs Stork- I
think we can play a little trick on Mr..
Bow Wow and fix it SO you can get
something to eat Mr.. Bow Wow won't
mind. and when he finds out about IL
he'll only laugh. Wait here until
come back"
So Mrs. Stork said she would. and
Uncle Wiggily went on through the
woods until he came to where aunt
Flippity Flop lived.
oh. I'm so glad you came to get
me-" cawed the crow lady. I'm so
nervous I'd never be able to go visit
Nurse Jane and you all by myself" and
she fluttered- down from the nest, head
over tail. she was so excited-like- Aunt
FHppity was always that way
But Uncle Wiggily caught her before
she hit the ground, and then. taking
her wing on his paw. he led her
through the woods to where the stork
was waiting Uncle Wiggily intro
duced the crow lady TO the stOrk. and
told about the dinner Mr. Bow Wow
was going TO give.
Wen just stop and pay him a visit
before We go on TO my hollow stump
bungalow" said Uncle Wiggily. Il
want to fix it so Mrs. Stork can eat off
the fiat plate Mr.. Bow Wow is sure 10
set before her"
How are you going TO do it," asked
Aunt Flippity Flop.
III show you" said the bunny IN
Gle Now, will you please carry this
bundle of sticks for me, my dear crow
lady?"
''Oh, don't ask me-" she cried. I'm
so nervous III be sure to drop themi
Oh. dear,r
No matter; please take them"
begged Uncle Wiggily, and she did
Pretty soon they came TO Mr.. Bow
Vows house, and, surely enough. he
had the dinner set out on flat plates on
a stump table.
Help yourself. Mrs Stork." said the
dog gentleman. And you. too, Uncle
Wiggily and Aunt Flippity Flop. l hope
You brought good appetItes with you"
Then he began to eat, easily doing il
off a flat plate, but because of her
long, sharp bill, Mrs Stork could only
pick up little crumbs. She could much
more easily have eaten out of a deep
vase.
oh. dear" suddenly cried Aunt Flip
pity Flop, who. like Uncle Wiggily.
was not eating" I've dropped a stick" |
Allow me to pick it up for you said |
Mr.. Bow Wow, who was very polite So |
ne stopped eating and picked up the |
stick for the crow lady. But no sooner |
did she have that under her wing than |
she cried again:
oh. dear, I've dropped another"
Allow me TO pick that up also said !
Mr. Bow Wow politely. And he did, i
stopping his eating to do So
Then Aunt Flippity Flop cried again:
"Oh, how nervous 1 am. There goes
iropped the whole bundle Uncle Wig
5ny had asked her to carry. And Mr..
Bow Wow was kept so busy picking |
them up that he had no time 10 eat
DuA vi - oARA htpl Nn cdAAUEs ana.
even if she did have to pick up the I
food in small bits from the flat plate
n her sharp bill she soon had enough (
% satisfy her hunger.
Well, you got the best OF me after !,
all" said Mr.. Bow Wow when he saw
he empty plate, as he picked up the /
asst stick for Aunty Flippity Flop, who 4,
dropped them almost as fast as he I
gave them TO her.
Yes. she fooled you. but IL was 1 |
who played the little trick on you"
aughed Uncle Wiggily- Il knew Aunt
5lippity Flop would be so nervous that \
she would drop the sticks, and l knew |
you would be polite and pick them up, I
30 you would have no time to eat, but (
he stork lady would. You don't mind, |
10 your"
Not a bit" laughed Mr.. Bow Wow
And then he and the stork were good |
friends. and Aunt Flippity Flop went
% visit Nurse Jane, and the crow lady 1
vas hardly nervous at all
And next, if the blue automobile /
Doesn't turn red when it drinks pink /
emonade at the dolls circus, I'll tell 4
-ou about Uncle Wiggily and the house
hat Jack built.-Copyright 1917, by I
lecture Newspaper Syndicate