The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-16

brcad from the ground. But the bread
though II was not S large as half a
slice would he to one OF YOU children,
MAS to the yellow bird quite too large to
lift and fly nway with
OunSaS AnS ;,,i. Sh DO van, !, 20 much 70, y ny
ONLY, cant ny away with It."
Allow mo 70 holp YOU" said Uncle
wiEKily most kindly And then. putting
the chunk Of bread inside his tall silk
hat. the rabbit gentleman carried II to
NE yellow birds nest and she fed her
You are very kind, Uncle wiggily"
said the yellow bird and any time |
can 40 YOU or any OF your friends u
Pray. do not mention t." spoke the
bunny uncle diffident-like and undem-
| onstrattve.
i was not long after this that Uncle
Wisyily. sttll keeping on through tho
!" woIS1I s,, suddenly felt The rain beginning
And. oh, dear me. and soms rubber
balls cried the bunny rabbit, Il haven /
any umbrella Well, IT'S a warm sum.
Iher rain. and | guess 1t won't hurt my
rheumatism much"
so he hoped on, keeping away from
Inc drops ne best he could by going along
under trees when, all nj once, he heard
lot OF voices "a Wing:
on dear! Isn't II too bad7"
NOW our picnic In all spoiled"
What did II have to 20 and rain for
now ! wonder. Oh, dear"
Take look out. Lulu. do, and see
thrre's bit Of sunshine anywhere -
spoke voice which Uncle WiEgily knew
70 De that OF Jiuie Longtsll. the mouse
And guess she was speaking to Lulu
Uncle Wissiiy. "Luiu wouldn't you'll t"Tuf"i mtnd
getting her feat thers wet But n Ia loo
bad It's raining II the animal boys and
slrls want TO have = picnic"
ANA this In Just what they did want to
nave A LOT OF them. from Samme and
and billie Wagteil. the goats, had
started out to eat, their lunch in tho
but just think. Uncle wigsily!"
Dlested Mamie. IT had TO 90 and rain
ana spoil sver,y,thips Do you scee any
Not . BIZ, Not even n smltch"
on. dear sighed Mamie "Our pic
mic IL spoiled by the rain | don't see
what good It is,anyhow."
on the rain Is ,very,good, even. though
fallen on top Of his tall silk hat, az the
drops fall on porch roof Without
the rain nothing would grow on the farm
or IN the garden. We need rain"
but not for picncs In tho woods" said
susie. Oh! n we could only see a little
sunshine itfwould not be no bad. Can [
you make the sun shine, Uncle Wigsily7"
I'm sorry, but can't, said the bunny
rabbit. rabbit. tTinklIng his pink nose. "stilf.
Just then Jillie Longtail. the mouse
oh; see som. sunshin.l ] 20. some
sunshine" and she pointed with her III e
tle paw up toward the sky. Surely
enough. there did seem 10 be- a streak
on yellow sunshin which came nearer
and nearer. But II still rsined.
Nearer and closer came tho yeilowness.
and then. instead OF being sunshine, tho
animal boys and girls saw that II was
me wings OF hundreds OF yellow birds
we cannot make II stop raining" said
yellow bird. the one whom Uncle Wig
siIy had helped, but we can nutter our
wings and make II lcok like sunshine,
even II the wet drops do fall. And you
children surely don't mind a littls sum
mer rain, chirped on the yellow bird.
We don't Tor we oil our feathers az the
Wlbblewobble ducks do. and the water
runs or our backs. But n any Of you
beads. like a yellow silk Chinese UNI
nielia. and keep OF ms much OF the wet.
ness as we can"
oh. YOU don't need TO do that" said
susie we don't mind little rain"
wibblewobble. the boy duck "and 1 wou
can walk under my winss AZ II they were
And wen pretend the yellow birds
are sunshine. said Jollic Longtail, the
boy mouse. SO the animal children did
the yellow birds as sunshlnA overhead
ana never was there nicer time IN mi,
world, and everybody WAS happy
| 80 you see, rain doesn't always spoI
everything. and II the overshoes don :,
shovel wants to wear them 10 th,S moyIns 3
pictures I'll tell you next about UncIs
Wiggily and the hlackbirds.