The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-11

IlNe ana SIX cent store TOT mo ana Ret "
paper Of needles" said Nurse Jane. u
must mend some OF your socks and can't
10 IL without needle Now are you
sorry YOU promised before you knew
what ! was going Ia askf
Uncle WigElly made funny face ana
wrinkled up his pink. twinkling nose ~
that II looked like n saueezed rubber ball
playing Jack strsws
Never mind whether like II or not.
he snid I'm so there for you. Nurse
Jane and then, brave rabbit gentleman
that he was. off started Uncle Wiugily
for the nvo-and six cent store To get the
needles for Nurse Jane She could not
to do
but II there 10 one thing worse than
another that do not like TO DO II Is 10
70 to the five-nnd ulx cent store where
Thought Uncle Wlggiy They look At
my tall silk hat. at my red. white and
blue striped rheumatism crutch, At my
long ears and pink twinkling nose and
thsn they gisEle DO not like Gigg'nE
mousie girls. though other girls are very
nice
"stil a promise Ia a promise, 50 ! must
TO and get Nurse James needles, ] guess
| III put on my glasses. so Ill look old
and diEnited like. and then maybe they
won't giggle."
so Uncle WigEily, trying 10 look very
| redate. and like n school teacher giving
| his clHss an examination In how 10 make
the dishes keep from sliding off tho mul
iiplicstion table. went to tho fve-and-
six cent needle store.
And, surely enough, the mousie Eirl
clerks did giGEle, and the bunny gentle
man was 40 flerkostrated that no asked
| for n paper OF pins at first and a news
PAPER secondly and not until n mous'o
girl cried "Ouch!" when a kt,ie-cat girl
made believe scratch her with her claws,
! did the rabbit gentleman think OF what
,hs wantod-needl@s
! When tho mousis cried 'Ouch"' II re-
minded him OF some ono sticking thorn
| In n toy balloon. and that's how he re-
membcrcd needles
His ears grew very red and his pink
nose twinkled very fast when no was
waiting for his change. but at.last every
thing was all right and away he started
with the needles
Ny nut I'm Glad to get ou! of th.tI'
thought the bunny uncle rs worse
than going to the dentistsr
Through the woods and over the tINds
he hoped or his way back to the hollow
stump bungalow, and he had not gone
very far before ho heard n voice cpylnG
oh, dear! Such trouble as I'm In!
Oh. will no one help me7'
"Hal OF course. I'll hslp you'' crisd
1Unclo Wiggily In his most jolly voice.
help folks out Of ~"
with that he looked around and saw a
beautiful red butterfly caught In some
sticky gum on pine tree
Tho poor butterfly was flittering her
wings. trying to get loose. but her legs
were caught In the sticky stuff
There you Nre'" cried Uncle wisGily.
As with ono Of the needles from the
paper ho had bought In the ive-and six
cent store ho loosed the buttsrfly's lsGs.
without hurting her and act her free
"ob, how kind you srol" shs whispered,
Some day hope may help you. Thank
youw And she flew away before the
bunny could soy II did not matter, that
the pleasure was all his. o something
like that
We'll, Uncle wigsIly won, nm and on.
and pretty soon ne was almost a. his
hollow stump bungalow. and he wps wen
dering what Nurse Jane would have for
dinner-carrot rhortcske msyhc, or n
lettuce pis. or something like that, and
Uncle WiGgily was wondering why II was
that his socks wore int1 holes and whore
the holes went when Nurye Jane monde
them. and all things Ike thai. when. all
of a sudden. AZ ne put his hand IN Ms
pocket he cried:
"Oh. my. goodness me. ssker alive, md
, some horse radsh ice cream! I've lost
, the paper Of needless"
, He looked In NIL his rockets. and ever
In his tall silk hat but 4 was of NJ use
the needles were gone!
; II must have dropped them by tho pin,
tree when I took one out to he,p IN,
poor butterfly" thought 'hs bunny uncle
We'll. I must 70 right back md look
) Nurse Jane wants thoss needles yer.
. much"
so back no hoped TO the pine tree, bu
the paper OF needles was not 10 be found
Perhaps a taiit- bird picked them up {,
USE In sowing her nast.
"Oh, this "A too bad" cried T'lcle Wig
gily. ut 10 quito too bad"
What la" asked a voice. and II wal
the pine tree speaking.
'1 have lost Nurse james paper n
needles" said the bunny uncle. Il hnc
them hero when I was helping poor but
terfly, and now they're gone. JUS
can't bear 10 20 back N N. five aud
six cent store with the EisGiing mousi,
girl clerks and yet"
There 10 no need to-" said tho pin'
tree. II have more needles than | car
ever use. Take 40 many ~ you Ike
saw how kind YOU were to the butterfly
who was caught Gin my sticky gum
though II was not my fault. Now ! vii
do n kindness TO you"
Then the pine tree shook down 10
OF pine needles, and when Uncle wigvil,
took them 49mc Nurse Jane said Tho,
bunny did not have To 20 back TO IN,
store TO be giEgled at, And IL the pit
cushion doesn't tickle tho pepper casio
and make the bread 70 down IN the sal
cellar TO sneoie In tell you nsxt OF Unci,
: wigGily and the swing,