El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-03
AND THE MOSQUITO.
d r. GARIS.

/ now you ought 10 nave new cruLcf
TO go with your new fur suit.
That's very nice and kind OF you,
! said Uncle Wiggily with a polite bow
/ I'm sure, with the new crutch, II
7 have a new adventure. I thank you.
Then, leaving his old rheumatism
/ crutch on the front steps OF his hol-
low stump bungalow Uncle Wiggiiy
/ hoped off on the new one over the
I fields and through the woods he went
looking for an adventure, and pretty
soon he stopped TO rest IN the shade
of some trees
He sat down on a log, and, before
/ he knew IL he fell asleep, and pretty
/ soon he was awakened by hearing g
sort OF buzzing sound in the air, like
an electric fan Then he heard 6
/ voice saying:
Well Did you ever hear the like
The ike Of what?'' some one
asked.
why. Tve'spent the last five min
utes,- said the first buzzing voice,
trying TO bore q hole in the leg OF
that rabbit gentleman there, TO get q
nice bite to eat. and after had bored
and drilled and sawed and picked !
/ found I was making a hole in his
I cornstalk crutch instead OF one OF his
( legs. It's so provoking"
Isn't it," said the other, and then
/ Uncle Wiggily opened his eyes and he
saw two mosquito ladies talking to-
{ gether on the log beside him You
wasted all your time"
And that isn't the worst" said the
first mosquito lady in q buzzing way.
Ny bill is so dull from trying to bite
into his cornstalk crutch, that II ism
sharp enough to bite into real leg
now"
That IS too bad." said the second
mosquito lady. Only that have just
EaT rEF
little goat girl who passed by q
while ago. I'd bite this rabbit myself.
But Pm not a bit hungry"
And I'll have TO wait until my bill
grows sharp again" said the first
mosquito LADY. Then I'll have = good
meal from one OF his regular legs. I
don't see why he has three-one
made of a cornstalk-"
That third leg is his rheumatism
crutch," spoke the second mosquito
lady His muskrat lady housekeeper
gnawed It out Of q cornstalk for him
like q barber pole"
We'll, I'll know better than TO try
to bite IL next time" said the one
whose bill was all dull. Then the two
mosquito ladies' flew. away and Uncle
Wiggily got up.
That's TOO bad" he said TO himself
1t was not nice to play such 3 trick,
though really IL wasn't my fault !
wonder how I can do that mosquito
lady a favor, 10 pay her back for hav-
ing disappointed her sou
Uncle Wiggily thought and thought
and then he smiled. He had thought
Of way, and off he hopped-noL to
the barber shop but TO another store
where he bought something, and the
next day he went TO the woods again.
Nov" said the bunny uncle to
TN 90 10 sleep on this log
as did before. and when that mos
quito lady comes along-Weu, wen
see what happens"
He closed his eyes and pretended to
sleep. and pretty soon he heard q
5uZzing sound Then he felt some
thing alight gently on one OF his real
legs, and with his eyes he say that II
was the disappointed mosquito lady. I
And Uncle Wiggily also saw an
other or third mosquito lady
Ss7che<5 on his cornstalk rheumatism I
crutch, where she began with her bill /
20 saw, dig and bore . hole so. as she .
she might get something TO I
eat
the mosQuI lady, who was getting /
ready 10 bite Uncle Wiggily's real leg. /
Don't be so foolish as 70 drill therei" /
Why not2 II looks like a very
pretty leg Rather thin, TO be sure, 1
but so prettily striped, like q stick OF I
andy"
.'Oh, don't bite It." said the disap- /
pointed mosquito lady. It's made Of .
l sort Of wood. and you'll dull your 4
0fli and"
But just then the other mosquito
,ried OUT
oh. I've punctured it, I've drilled q
hole in Il. And what a delicious lot |
II sweet candy juice I'm getting. I
Come on, have some. Talk about it .
not being 2 real leg-why, it's the
incest biting I've had this spring,
Tum-your'
And the disappointed mosquito lady
saw her friend having a fine meal off
Uncle Wiggily's cornstalz rheuma-
ism crutch. out OF which some sweet
uice was flowing.
Why. how is this2" asked the first
mosquito. whose dull bill had grown
iharp again. 4 never knew il was
good 10 bite a rabbit gentleman's
wooden leg or his rheumatism
1t is when there is sweet molasses
inside the hollow cornstalk rheuna-
ism crutch." laughed Uncle Wiggily, Il
IS he sat ", twinkling his pink nose.
You see I 1elt sorry that you had
wasted your tine in trying to drill a
lole in my wooden-like crutch. Mrs.
Mosquito. So went to the store and
lad the monkey-doodle gentleman
III the hollow in my crutch with
iWeet molasses."
Ind when I bored q hole IN It I
got some Of the molasses," said the
iecond mosquito
Exactly" answered Uncle Wiggily.
And your friend is welcome TO some
.lso
And SO the mosquitoes, ever after
hat, bit Uncle Wiggily's rheumatism
.rutch, leaving his real legs alone, for
which he was veTythankful. Which
caches US that we NAV learn some
hing, even from a bug, and II our
Kitten doesn't chase its tail down
.ellar and leave IL under the washtub a.,
or The clothespin TO play with. you
hall next hear Of Uncle Wiggily and
Suddy's wagon.-Copyrigh 1917, by
4 l.l-l-l-a A-a-r---l.. L.