The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-08-02

ldsn. hshsa9s voice 1fyine:
oh Voc Al ma Oh, sadness OR
nnhappinessss 1h what tronbLAi III
sHa 4 might nave known iJs. saids
Uncle Wtggtly, tMinkling HIS pink moss,
No one do 4 aaet here thnnsIshaSe "a
help some one Of trouble. hut
like itiS IEwonderx0r@wh0m shall have
the pleasure az being helpful sow
so he looked around and taeresheSsaw
poor bllebird caught ,in q tnngle III
Wild Erepe vines. The bird hadSSfloNn
the vines, looking for $50
thing 10 eat andit legs andSwings were
all caught fast.
Ha No wonder YOU are sads!'' Kind
lyssaidSUncle Wiggily.sIt is no fun ia
be tangled this way. Just keep quiet
and I'll set YOU free
Then, using his red. white a blue
barber pole striped srheumatiSmTcrutch,
Uncle Wiggily poked aside the wild
grape vines and set the bluebird free.
oh. thank your. chirped the pretty
creature as 1t spread its wings to fly
q favor.
4 to that. spoke Uncle wiggiiy.
with q low and polite bow, II did o
set Q free SO that you could help ME
q did 1t because I could not E to see
suffer,
Well, we'll see what happens sang
the bird, and soon it was lost to sight
high insthe air.
Uncle Wiggily rested awhile longer
on the NOISY log and then he travelled
on. He had no gone verymnch FAR
ther before lie came to q little Kennel
mousse, where Mrs. Bow Wow, the dog
lady, lived. She was standing in the
door as Uncle Wiggily came long and
p looked rather sad.
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Bow Vow" asked the bunny gentle
.oh. it's Jackie. answered the dog
lady.
What has he been doing 2, asked Mr.
Eongears. Has he been digging up
mas he runa away again and Joined the
circus as he n Petite once did some
time ago?s ssS
Neither one answered Mrs. Bow
Wow with a sigh. Poor Jackie la
rather i'll and peevish. He is not So
very sick, but everything frets him and
Or. Postum says he will not get better
until he is happier"
Why is he unhappy" asked I acls
.Wiggily.
Well, just now he is unhappy be.
cause the sky is covered with clouds
and isn't blue and pretty" saidsthe&do
lady. "Jackieswould like to see it nice
iSofAS4 LA y LIZ 80 -
afraid.
Tn afraid so, too" spoke the bunny
still, We cannot have blue sky always.
We u take our share Of clouds. Bur
III come in and sec if / can't cheer up
Jackie
The rabbit gentleman tried, but the
little PUPPY dog did mot smile, even
When Uncle Wiggily twilaklcd his pink
nose, like frosting on a strswbtr ry
shortcake.
i want to see blue sky and have tho
clouds go away" whined Jackie. I'm
but I can't make the sky blue,s said
Uncle Wiggily. mo one can do that.
You must not fret
But Jackie did fret and when DR..
Postum came the animal doctor shoois
his head and whispered:
Unless Jackie gets his wish md sees
blue sky, he may b. very i'll.
times when animal children are i'll, as-
pecially puppy dogs, they get
better until they stop fretting.n
We'll, / don't see how Lean make the
sky blue when it is covered with
clouds" spoke Uncle Wiggily. Neither
+ Q any one'selse, except n of the
kind winds, can blow away the clouds,
Perhaps not blow away the Clouds
said a little voice outside the window
where Uncle Wiggily was sitting. But
we can cover up the clouds for a time
and make it look as though the blue
sky We're there, if you want as to-
How can you?" asked the bunny.
Very easily. Watch was the an
swer. And then up flew the bluebird
whom Uncle Wiggily had saved from
the tangled grape vine. And, calling to
hundreds of other ~bluebirds. they all
flew high in the air. Their blue wings
spread out under the clouds, hiding
them from sight, and when Jackie
looked he saw only a big sheetsef pretty
blue and he thought it was the blue
sky.
Nov I am happy" he said, and he
fell asleep, 500 to awaken all better,
and not a bit fretful. So, after all, the
bluebfrd did a favor for Uncle Wiggily
Jackie, O see, n brought hap
piness.
And if h cherry tree doesn't go e
.ln'the apple orchard and forget to. come
back at pie time, I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggi1y and the yellow bird.