The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-09

Unclo Wlggllv ana the Mustnelon'
Copyright 1917. hy Mcclure Newspaper
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ktv INCLE wlGGlLY, Oh, Uncle wig
Yily! called some voices out In
front Of the rabbits hollow
stump bungalow one day.
"Yeb! What is it2' asked Mr.. Long.
cHrs
MAY we play soldier down In your
gnrden?' asked Johnnie Bushytnil, one
Of the squirrel boys. who with his
brother Billie, and also with snmmie
Lltiletall, the rabbit. and Jackie and
Petite Bow Wow. the puppy dogs wanted
to have some fun.
PLAY soldier In my garden" repeated
Uncle Wlggily why. yes. sure"
with whoOps and shouts Of delight
down into Uncle Wiggilys garden the
ANIMAL boys ran. Pretty soon Nurse
Jane Fuzzy WuzZy, the mustrat lhdy
housekeeper for the rabbit gentleman,
said TO tnce Wiggily.
Hadn't you better take a walk down
to the garden and SEQ what those boys
are doing They are making great
deal u noise"
They're having II great deal Of FUN
! expect suid Uncle Niggily, with u
laugh 4Iut | viii 10 see what they arc
doing
SO down into tho garden went the bun
ny himself, ana he thought perhaps he
might have an adventure.
Az he drew near thr place where the
animal boys were playln Uncle Wlgglly
heard such shouts RH
Hurry Shoot again"
Fire on the enemy
Don't haul down the flag No sur
rendrrw
give 'em another round OF cannon
balls and wen win the victory Ilurruy'
MY, those chaps are certainly having
n good time" said Uncle Wiggily-tO him
self with ~ smile that twinkled his plnh
nose. "l wonder what they're doing|
So he peekcd around the corner Of q
shock NJ corn, and there he saw that
johnnie, Hllio and the others had mad,
a fort Of dirt, On top NJ the dirst forl
was what looked like n big, black can,
non
II wonder WHERE they VOt that" sHiC
the bunny uncle rabbit, curious like
lie looked again and he saw that th'
cannon was a piece of old stove pipe. u
vns black. and the round hole I'm q
looked lust like n mouth ~ "A big gun
81 wonder what they are shooting fo
cannon balls thought Mr. l.ongears L
himself must stay aud watch"
lie did not have long tu walt
Bang" cried SHmmlc liltlctnll MAX
Ing believe he was the powder In th'
stove pipe cannon Bang hung
out popped something round aud green
falling on the ground and rolling towar'
Uncle WlTgiy.
"Oh. my goodness me. sales alive nm,
some horse rudlsh lollypops cried tn
bunny rabbit gentleman Those hoy
are using my best muskmnlons for can
non balls pus, stop that,
"lli, hoys'~ he called Please don
use my muskmcluns that way They ar
not for cannon balls
"Oh we only used u few, Uncle Wig
Hily. said Sammlc, tho rabbit. And
anyhow, they're the awful green one
ami maybe It won't hurt them.
Uncle Wlgaily wns just going 10 Tel
the animal bows they must get sOmc,hin
else TO shoot In their stove pipe cRnuo
when al uf sudden, tho rabbit gentle
man heard II rushiug sound behind hin
aud n voice cried
An, hp' At hst ! have HIM II
cant get away nov 2ns
tnclu Niggily turned I'm Tim" 10 see IN
. slilpry prnlcrv alligator coming nt hir
from behind Tho hunny was i1at goin
TO run, hu, even then he could not hay
gotten away.
suddenly Jackie Bow WOW ,rled
lie down. Uncle Nlggil. Lie dow
on your face, and we'll rhgot cpuno
balls right over yonr back at the bad AN
gator lc down
Down rupped the bunny rabbit N
lwo puppy Sng bows put hard, gree
muylmclOu I'm their end ~ the stoyepir
cannon Johnnie and Hlllic, the ~
8uulfrcl yuaps, showed tho melon out ,
tho front end with long utitks
"BanE' HunE Bnns' cricd sammis
"Ecr. .ulunlt" went the cannon b0
melon. ~ II hit the alligator On his nos
"Oh. lm shot I'm KILLED by a cnnut
ball cried The gator ns he ran awp
nut hr VAS morr scared than hurt '
dii NOT know lt was onb y muslunelu
instead ~ rcnl cannon h1ll ArNhu'
be- went uNJN
"Wru you bows saved nav ne sn
l'uc'u WWE.s Go the animal chaps
guess I don't mind II Won pl' snllI
| gi. more " wN green melons
thu. Tad lots uf fuu
Aud n the horseshoe nHl doesn't go
sleep inside the surr, bowl md mako
hole ap tho muiasses LEAH. pii III I,
on next about Uncle Wlgg0y and 4
, walermelona