The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-30
Bedtime Stories
Uncle wiggiIy and the Puppy.
By HOWARD r.. GARIs

Uncle WiggiIy and the Puppy.
"Oh, Uncle Wiggily! oh. Uncle
Wiggilyl Oh, Uncle Wiggily!" called
Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow, the two
doggie boys, as they ran barking up
to the hollow stump bungalow one
morning.
well, Welt What's the matter
now?" asked Uncle wiggily Longears.
the rabbit gentleman, as he came out
on the porch.
"Oh, we've got baby over at our
house," cried Jackie.
Come and see it.' parked Peetie.
"A baby? At your house?' exclaim-
ed Uncle Wiggily.
We'll. a little puppy dog" said
Jackie. That's the same to us as
real baby is to real persons.">
ITO be sure" agreed the bunny
uncle. "rn come over and see the
new baby puppy" and putting on hA
tall silk hat, and taking down his red
Iwhite-and-blue striped barber pole
rheumatism crutch from the electric
light. Mr.. Longears started away over
the fields to the kennel house, where
the Bow Wow dog family lived.
There's the new baby puppy" cried
Jackie, as he poked away the stray
from the bed where something VIZ
moving about.
"I-wny, bless my spectacles-I can
hardly see himi" said Uncle Wiggily,
taking off his glasses to polish them.
for he thought maybe he had splashed
some carrot oatmeal on them at
breakfast and that they were clouded
over.
Hes so small, that's why you can't
see him." spoke Peetie. But he'll
| soon grow big like US, Uncle Wiggily.
Let us hope So" spoke the bunny
uncle. Hes so small now I'd be
afraid of stepping on him if 1 lived
here
Hes got awful cute eyes," said Pee
tie. They aren't open yet, but 1 can
pull 'em apart a little bit to show you
they're going to be blue color, l
guess" and Peetie began opening the
shut eyes of his LITTLE baby brother
puppy Of course, the puppy whined
and Mrs. Bow Wow called:
Now, what are you boys doing to
that baby?"
Nothing, ma" answered Jackie
| Were jest pokin open his eyes SO
Uncle Wiggily can see EN-" answered
Peetie.
.'Oh. you dogSie boys" cried Mrs,
Bow Wow you mustn't do that!
I'm glad Uncle Wiggily came to see
our baby, but now you run out and
play, Peete and Jackie, while l Visit
with Mr.. LongearS.
So the doggie boys ran out to play
with Johnnie and Billie Bushytail the
Squirrels, and Mrs. Bow Wow told
Uncle Wiggily what 2 nice baby Wuff
Wuff was Wuff Wuff was the new
iPuppy's name.
Pm sure he'll grow up to be a fine
!dog," said the bunny. Just then the
telephone bell in the kennel house
rang. and when Mrs. Bow Wow an
swered she said' after listening
awhile:
"Oh, dear! This is your friend
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy talking to
me. She wants me to come over 10
show ner how to make a strawberry
l.ongcake as there is a lot OF company
looming for supper A slaortcake won't
be large enough"
Are you going to my hollow stump
bungalow asked Uncle Wiggily.
''Fd like to, only Z! can't leave BABY
Wuff Wuff' said Mrs. Bow Wow. -.
"Oh, I'll stay and take care of him.
Isaid the bunny uncle. II think l can
do it, and it may be an adventure Tor
me- Trot along, Mrs. Bow Wow. =.
srVery well, | will. If Wuff Wutr
gets hungry, just give him some mix
from this bottle" and she handed a
nursing one to Uncle Wiggily- 80
Mrs. Bow Wow went over to help
Nurse Jane, the muskrat lady mousse
keeper, make the longcake. and the
bunny man stayed with the puppy
Uncle Wiggily sat in the kennel
house. while the little doggie nestled
in the straw. The bunny rabbit was
|
could be that were coming to MS
bungalow, when, all of sudden, there
was a noise outside the kennel, ana
big voice cried:
Now / know you're IN there' On-
Gle Wiggily, for 1 saw you hop In
with Jackie and Peetie. And 1 know
they're gone for 1 saw them go out
And ] know Mrs. Bow Wow is out 30
YOU'RE there all alone and I'm going
10 get ycui" And Uncle Wiggily saw
Ill alligator
standing outside the door.
"Oh mv!" thought the bunny rabbit
gentleman He'll surely get me this
time. for he can knock the kennel
double ointed tail But maybe, If ]
keep real still, he will think I'm
gone"
So Uncle wiggily Struggled down in
the straw with the baby puppy, but
the alligator cried:
"Oh. / know you're there, and I'm
coming to get you!"
"Oh, if only this puppy was big
strong dog, like Nero!" thought I'm
Gle Wiggily, he could save me from
the alligator" Just then the puppy
began to whine, and the bunny rab-
lob, don't do that, Wuff Wuffl
Don't whine, and make a noise. or the
alligator will get you, too"
But the puppy baby still whined. for
he was hungry. Uncle Wiggily pick
ed up bottle and put the end Of IL in
Wuff Wuff's mouth.
Here, drink that said the bunny.
'sThen YOU won't be hungry" The
puppy baby did SO. and then some
thing very strange happened. The lit
tie puppy suddenly began growing
very large. First he was the size OF
Jackie or Peetie. Then he was this
size of Mr. Bow Wow. and then he
swelled up until he WIS as big as a
horse, and haG 20 get out of the KEN
mel house for fear of bursting off the
roof.
And when the alligator saw the
great big puppy dog. like the one In
Alice of Wonderland. suddenly stand