El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-26
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGLY AND THE PUSHES
=By HOWARD x. CARTS

porch, looked at the bundle wrapped
in dried leaves. which he had brough
from the woods, and blinked both hi
; eyes. Then he said to himself:
Susie will be quite surprised Will
Z these, I'm sure. And, II she likes them
, III get some more tomorrow for tn
: other little animal girls
Then thinking how pleased his ittl'
ent, Uncle WiggiIy went into the hol
low stump bungalow to eat some D
the potato pies for lunch.
Toward evening. when Uncle WiggilI
came back TO his bungalow from haT'
ing been over to play game or Scotcf
checkers with Grandfather Goose5
Gander. the sky became cloudy and il
looked as though spring snow storm
was coming. and that night: attei
supper, when the bunny rabbit Wenl
10 bed. he looked out OF the window
and. surely enough, a few white tlakes
were sitting down, as Mother Goose
Sits down the feathers she pick from
her geese
All of a sudden. in the middle OF the
night, Uncle WiggIy awakened and
called out aloud:
"Oh. the poor pussies."
What poor pussies2" asked Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. who had gotten
up and put on her bath robe and slip
pers 10 shut her window, as the snow
was drifting in.
The poor pussies I brought home
swered Uncle Wiggily- 4 left them
out on the porch. Now It is cold and
showing. though I did not think It would do
that. and the poor pussies will freeze"
"Oh, how careless like OF you" cried
Nurse Jane And you never told me q
word Of what you had in that bundle OF
leaves Poor pussies. indeed They should
have had warm milk at once, but you never
told mel Quick. 20 and bring them IN. and
IN make them hot cstnip kitten tea at
once. That VIII stop them from getting
cold"
Uncle wiggily did not wait 10 listen 70
what Nurse Jane said Slipping on his batn
robe and fairly jumping into his slippers.
he hurried downstairs an out on the Dun
Il was dark there and the wind vas
blowing. while the snowflakes were sitting
about like cocoanut puffed off the top OF
a strawberry shortcake. and for = few min
utes Uncle Wiggily could not find what he
was looking for. As he felt about with his
paws for the bench he could hear inside the
and rafting about among the pots and paE1
on thu stove
7 wonder what shes doingf" thought
Uncle Wiggily. But. no matter, here are
the pUssies- I'll take them into the bunga-
low they won't freeze and die" And he
finally found the bundle he was looking
fcr As he Went in the bungalow with It
Nurse Jane cried:
'Oh, the poor things Bring them right
up to the fire snd warm them I want TO
toast their little tOotsie wootsies- Let me
give them some hot catnip tea On. what
shame they were out in the storm, Why,
what are you going to do2" she asked Uncle
Wiggily a. she saw the rabbit filling =
pitcher At the kitchen sink.
I'm going to put the pussies in water"
he said. casual like
What Not drown them. I hope" cried
Nurse Jane. "Oh. the poor things. How
cruel you are I can't bear 10 hear them
80 'mev-mew-' when you put them n
water"
We'll" exclaimed Uncle wiggily with q
laugh. you'll never hear these pussies NEW.
They are pussy willows I picked off a bush
in the woods today and brought home 50
Susie Littletal could see them all come out,
fuzzy like. when they put in water IN
a warm room The snow and cold would
have spoiled them Did you think they were
real pussies. Nurse Jane. that you made
catnip tea Tor them ,"
HUM Some folks think they are terri
bly, Emart," exclaimed the muskrat lady -
She went hack 10 bed. and the bunny
laughed again. And. II the thread doesn't
run through the eye Of the needle and tickle
Il SO II sneezes, I'll tell you next about Uncle
WiEgily and Nurse James purse.-Copyright
1917 By Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.