El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11

] breakfast. WiggyZ
'An ready" answered the rabbit
] gentleman, and when he had eaten
he and Nurse Jane started for the
woods with the lunch basket in
which, among other things. was some
cherry pie. Of which Uncle Wiggily
was very fond
Well. ! wish you could have been
al that pienici ! wish I could, my
self. but am only allowed to write
about it. However. L can tell you
/ that all the animal boy and girl
friends Of Uncle Wigcily were there,
from Sammie and Susie LittletaiI,
I the rabbits. to Neddie and Beckie
I Stubtail. the bear children. And Jol =
lie and Jillie Longtail, the mice. and
Squeaky- Eeky, the cousin mouse, were
also there
Come on, Uncle Wiggily, Play
tag with u.s." cried Johnnie and Billie
Bushytail the squirrels.
'No, come and play hide-and-go-
seek with u.s." called Mamie and
Billy WagtaiL the goats.
Watch me roll my hoop, and III
let you have a turn" growled Ned
die. the boy bear But he did not
growl at all cross-like. Growing
was his regular way OF speaking, you
know.
III take turns playing with all of
you said the bunny rabbit gentle
man. And he did. He rolled over
and over on the grass and soft leaves
Under the trees. He made little cups
from pieces of birch bark, and
brought some water to Aunt Flippity-
Flop. the crow lady, who was so ner-
vous that she was always falling
down and splitting herself
Then Uncle Wiggily talked with
Dr.. Possum and Grandfather Goosey
potatoes they would plant in their
kitchen gardens, and when Aunt Let
tie, the goat lady, and some Of her
friends came past and thought they
saw a snake and screamed, Uncle
Wiggily cried:
Don't be afraid. ladies, It is only
a crooked black stickr' And SO il
was. Then came time to eat the
lunches each one had brought in
basket, and there was so much cher
~ pie for Uncle Wiggily that he
could not eat IL all. so he gave some
to his little animal friends.
Come onH' cried Samnlie Little
tail TO some animal boys, after there
was no more TO eat. let's go down
to the bottom of the hill and sail
boats in the duck pondi'
That's what we'll dO-' cried John
ME and Billie Bushytail, the squir-
rels
They made boats OF bits OF bark.
with little sticks for masts. and
leaves for sails, the animal boys did,
across the pond and back again Ned
die Stubtail. the bear boy, who had
been rolling his hoop, left il at the
top OF the hill. where Uncle Wiggily
was sitting under the shade of a tree
with DR.. Postum.
Uncle Wiggsly," begged Nedddie.
I'm going down and make a big
boat SO myself can ride on It."
~Al right" answered the bunny
uncle. ~Fn watch your hoop, but don't
you fan in
@Oh. I can swim said Neddie. "and
you can play with my hoop If you
want TO. It's nice and big" and in
deed it was, being made OF a round,
flat piece Of wood as wide as a big
automobile tire
Well, the animal boys were playing
sail boats in the pond. and Uncle Wig
gily and Dr. Possum were talking
about the best way to cure rheuma-
tism when, all OF a sudden, Johnnie
Bushytail cried:
-Oh. Sammie Littletsil has fallen
in Sammie is in the duck pond"
Save him. somebody Save him. 1
cried Jackie Bow Wow
Dr. Possum started 70 run down the (
hill. but half way 10 the bottom he
stumbled and fell Grandfather
Goosey Gander started down TO pull /
Sammie out Of the water, but he 4
slipped on round stone near the I
TOP. and he couldn't go any farther.
You 20, Uncle Wiggilyi You 60.
cried all the animal ladies' Hurry
81 willi' said the bunny uncle, and !
off he started, but he could not run
very fast on account OF his rheuma-
tism.
Roll down in NY hoop, Roll down
in my hoop cried Neddie SIubtail-
Get inside my big, fiat, round hoop
and roll down hill, and you won't
be hurt a bitiH
Il will.' exclaimed Uncle Wiggily.
and he did He sort OF curled up in
side the hoop. and started rolling
down the hill over and over he
went, humping on stones and humps
of dirt. but not getting IN the least
hurt Soon he was at the bottom of
the hill, and then. holding out long
stick to Sammie, he easily pull the
rabbit boy from the water. none OF
the other animal chaps ever having
thought OF that
Sammie was all wet, but was not
hurt, and he was very glad the bum
ny uncle had pulled him out Of the
pond Then the picnic went on. and
every one had a good time. And if
the laundryman doesn't take the dog s
collar to make a necktie for the
pussy cats rag doll, I'll tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily and the hot sun
1917, by Mcclure News
uaner Syndicate