El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-22
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE MOCK-TURTLE.
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: glasses Uncle Wiggily saw that the
larger part was made OF half
| round stone In front OF that was
part Of a broken rubber ball, and
sticking out at the four corner places
were four pieces Of wood, like little
Of an old leather boot
my! I wonder what In the world
/ this can beg" said Uncle Wiggily,
surprised like.
Maybe it's something from Alice
| in Wonderland spoke Squeaky-
/ Eeky, the cousin mouse
You are right am" exclaimed
/ q voice. I am the MOck-Turtle and
1 have Just gotten out Of the soup
oh, I'm so glad to meet you,
I to see what a real mock turtle looked
like, ever since 1 read the book
s'Humr' Frunted the queer creature
There's no such thing as a real mock
turtle any more than there is a
make believe toothache-"
4 hope you never have that" said
Squeaky-Eeky, politely.
Thank you, 1 don't care for any,"
answered the Mock-Turtle, Just as if
the little cousin mouse had passed
the cakes. And then the turtle be-
gan TO sing:
Speak gently TO your tOOthache
drops,
ana 90 not let Lnem 1all-
And when you have the measle-
They'll scarcely hurt at all"
Mine did, said SQueaky-Eeky
wondering If this was what Alice
would answered. But the Mock
Turtle kept right on with:
Once a tramp was seated on
A chair made out OF cheese.
He ate the legs and then he fell
Down with a terrible sneeze-"
That isn't right" said Squeaky-
Eei1y. IT'S a trap that was baited
with a piece Of cheese. and
-Hushi" suddenly exclaimed the
Mock-Turtle. Here he comesl'
''Who?" asked the little cousin
mouse DO you mean the tramp"
answer along came shuffling a big.
shaggy bear. At first Uncle Wig
gily and the little cousin mouse
thought perhaps it was Neddie or
Beckie Stubstail, one Of the good
bear children. but instead il was a
bad old tramp sort of a bear-the
kind that goes about taking honey
out of beehives-
'Ah. har' growled the bear. "A
rabbit and q mOusei That's fine for
me! shall have a good dinner, I'm
surew and he smacked his red tongue
against his teeth.
Where will you get your dinner"
asked Uncle Wiggily, curious like.
There is no restaurant or kitchen
around here" went on SQueaky-Eeky
Never you mind about that" cried
the bear. III attend TO you at des-
sert- Just now I want Uncle Wig
gily to come here and count how
many teeth 1 have" and he opened
his mouth real wide, that bear did.
oh, but I don't want to count
your teeth" said the poor bunny
gentleman, for well he knew what
the bears trick would be. The bear
wanted to bite Uncle Wiggily.
You must count my teeth
growled the shaggy creature, coming
close to Uncle Wiggily.
No, let me do iti' suddenly cried
the Mock-Turtle- I am good at
counting"
ference VINO does it." said the bear.
Then, going close over to where the
sat on the path. the bear
opened wide his mouth. And then,
Just as he would have done to the
rabbit gentleman, the bear made a
savage bite for the Mock-Turtle-
But you know what happened. In /
stead Of biting on something good. 4
like a lollypOp, the bear bit on the /
hard stone of which the top part OF |
Mock, or Make-Believe. Turtle was ]
made. ana the stone was so gritty \
and tough that the bears teeth all /
broke off, and then he couldn't bite I
even a jelly fish. o..
"Oh, VOW Oh. woe Is me-" cried
the bear. as he ran to see II he could
find a dentist to make him some false
teeth.
And he didn't hurt me a bit"
laughed the MOck-Turtle, of stone.
wood and leather. who was made that
way on purpose 10 fool bad bears and
such like. Il don't mind in the
least being bitten" said the pretend
turtle.
But you saved my life. and
iEgilv. 4 thank you" Then the
Mock-TurtIe crawled away and the
bunny and mousie girl had a fine
time together And il the milk
wagon doesn't go swimming with the
watering cart and make the ice
cream jump over the lollypop. I'll
tell you next about Uncle Wiggily
and the Lobster.-Copyrigh 1917, by
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
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