The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-06
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Uncle w,sslly and The horssradlsh.
Copyright. 1917. by Mcclure Newspaper
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xxNu yHAT are you doing now
asked Nurse Jane FNiisy Wus.
w ny. tho muskrat lady house
! Keeper. OF Uncle WiTGily one
morning The rabbit gentleman was In
his vegetable garden.
why" answered Mr.. Longsars. II am
thinking which nsIt OF my crops OF
boanS potatoes, squash. pumpkins or
corn shall bring In the hollow stump
bungalow cellar TO keep all winter"
Why don't you bring In the potntoes
next ~ asked Nurse Jane They might
freeze
- think that's what IN do" went on
Uncle Wigplly. Then IN gather tho
believe n was n gun and soaring the fox
Next. I'll pick the string beans. which
were 30 brave as TO tie up the bad alll.
gator that caught me oh. have u fine
lot of vegetablesl'
The vegetables felt very happy on
hearing this, and II you don't believe
that vegetables have feelings. just cut
n pumpkin vine In two and SEQ how
sorrowfully II shrivsls up.
4 SO Uncle Wisslly began to gather his
betatoes. and by night he had the bin
his cellar almost fun. The rabbit goh-
llNmnn worked so hard that day. and
sns was 80 tired that niGht--snd 50 was
Eurse Jane-thst they forgot to lock the
bungalow doors and windows.
Now. the sly old fox had never given
up trying 10 catch Uncle wisgily. even
though the bad creature had failed many
times And this night. sneakinG around
the bungalow, and seeing . window open,
In he crawled
Now | shall sc, Uncle wssilyr' snick.
cred tho fox 10 himself
Up to the old rabbit Gentleman's room
crept the ally creature, and In the dark
he saw the bunny rabbit sentlnmAn's pink
nosc twnkling In bed.
Now Ia my chance TO get himr
thought the fox SO, with a club he car.
ned, he aimed = blow at Uncle Wlgsily'
nose, thinking TO stun the bunny 40 hs
could the more easily carry the rabbit of
TO the dan.
But Just then Uncle wissily dreamed
he Was giving u big jump over u pond
In II race With johnnie Bushytail the
hoy squirrel. and In his sleep, Uncle
Wsgily drew up his legs ana straight.
ened them out again very quickly, &c
quickly, In fart. that he csugh, the for
under the LEFT ear ami Kicked him rlgh,
out Of tho open window, Uncle WlgEily
did
Rut the 10, dropped his club and down
II fell. "kcr- bunko" right on Uncle Wig
kll1 y UlNk. lNlnhllnE nose
rOuchl Oh. my I'm hurt Oh Nurse
jane" cried the bunny rrbblt
From her room Nurse Jane came run.
ming In
on wlssyr she cried 'whs, 4. tn,
natter"
Il don't know" h. Rnsworsd But
am badly hurt think II was the bur.
sRr fox You had better 80 for Doctor
possun
Poor Uncle wissily was badly hurt. but
for that matter 80 was the FOR Away
he limprd from the hollow stump hungh.
low saying to himself.
We'll II must have been n muls that
klcked me- out ~ tho window did not
know Uncle wlEsily had muls oh
Wovn
Away snenkcd tho FOX, but this did not
DO Uncle Wigvily any good lie Wal
hurt on HE Pink twinkllns nose
And | must have Doctor rossum." he
snid
'l'd like to &C., him for you said Nurse
Jane. nut am afraid TO po all alone In
the dark night
Take my su,omoblls, said Uncle wig
Eily
Nurse Jane went out TO s-, the auto.
mobile but there wns no gnsolue In the
tank and she could not run H.
Then take my nlrHhip,' said Uncle
Wipgily. whose twinhllng nose hut, him
very much The telephone wire broke
when tho fox fell ~ II"
And the toy circus balloons that made
the rabbit sentlemsn's sitshlp float above
the clouds were Rll broken. too, ~ Nutr,
Jane could not take the altrhip
oh dear" exclaimed the muskra'
lady
What " the matter" asked vote.
/ In the garden, near whcr. tho alrshlp
was kept
"Oh. tnrle Wlsrlly's nose H. bpeksr
| Inrd I want to 40 after Doctor pn.ruin
but / cant, ~ the automobile and All