El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-24

like baby's rattle trying to sneeze.
oh, you funny bunny uncle" laughe'
the muskrat lady u mean the appl
| turnOVerS must be bake by this time
as I put them in the oven a long Will,
J ago Yes, they are baked a lowell
1 brown" she called in from the kitchen
Now. Uncle WigSily.r she went OF
I when she came back to the parlor
| where the old rabbit gentleman wa.
/ thinking Of going out to look for al
| adventure, I want YOU to take some o.
these hot apple turnovers over L
! Grandfather Goosey Gander, if YOU vii
/ be so kind"
of course 7 viii. and with pleasure
! poilteIy answered the bunny. And per
( maps on my way. 1 may have an adven-
Oh. you are such a funny rabbit
man laughed Nurse Jane again Al
| ways looking for adventures"
Wei. they're lots of fun the bunny
said. and little later, with the hot
Drown, baked apple turnovers in bas-
ket, Uncle Wiggily was on his way TO
the house Of Grandfather Goosey Can
der. of whom he was very fond
On and on over the fields and through
the woods went the rabbit gentleman.
and he was thinking how glad GRANDMA
Toosey would be TO get the hot apple
turnovers. and he was wondering. Uncle
Wigglly was. whether he would have an
adEenture that day when. all of a sud
zen. behind a saSsafras tree. Mr. Long
ears heard some one crying
Ha- exclaimed Uncle Wiggilv.
standing still. making his pink nose
twinkle; standing his ears up straight
and looking all around Hal CRYING,
That's the way lots Of nv adventures
start I wonder If this is one?"
He looked carefully around. and, all
Al once, ne saw something bright red
shining through the trees
That can't be a red flower" thought
Uncle Wiggily. for flowers don't grow
IN these woods at this time of the year
Maybe its Jacko Kinkytail. the red
monkey boy Hello, Jackor' called the
bunny
oh. if you please. Pm not JacBo.~
came Ihe answer from the red thing.
and II was little girls voice She
turned around and came toward Uncle
Wiggily. and he saw that the red mart
was a red cloak and hood that covered
her from her head down to her shoe
W hy-why- began Uncle Wig
gily. you must be Little Red Riding
Hood. out OF the book
am, said the little girl all dressed
IN red. and she began crying again.
am Red Riding Hood. and this Is
the red cloak my mother made for ne
the book
Why" asked Uncle Wiggily
oh. because everything came out all
rign nj there. or at least most of it"
said Riding Hood. But now every (
tning has gone wrong I have lost the /
my grandmother. and my grandmother !
mas moved away. so I couldn't take 3
mem 10 her anyhow, and-Oh. every
ming Is al wrong. and I'm lost and
Ny, You certainly have a pile of 1
tr0uolesF spoke Uncle Wiggily with a ,
Jolly laugh But dry your tears. Your !
troubles will soon be over I'll fix 1
You are not lost any longer. for (
nave found YOU And here in this
basket have some hot apples turn
lNers- You may, II you Will take them /
annot find your grandmother. even
though found you But won't GRANDMA
Ioosey do as welle'
oh, YES. of course," said Red Hiding
tood- And now she laughed instead OF
,rled Any one will do. a grandma :
u a grandpa, as long as l have nv red
,Ioak and hat and the turnovers. !
hank you very much. dear Uncle Wig
slIS- II was sweet and good OF you. !
Now III trot along You have indeed
,ured all nv troubles"
Then, taking the basket Of hot ap-
lie turnovers on her arm. Red Ridine-
1000 set off through the woods. She
lad gone some little distance and was
ut Of sight. when. all OF a sudden
Incle Wiggily cried:
Bless my tall silk hat. 1 forgot
III about the wolf, The wolf is in the
ted Riding Hood story He'll oar IN
Grandpa Goosey's house first. and fhe1 (
mere VIII be trouble I can't fix Oh.
MS is quite too bad, Why didn't I
-nlnk 10 tel her 70 be careful about
ne wof2 Wen. I must hop on after !
ler and DO the best / can
Just as Uncle Wiggily was about TO
TOD on there sprang from the bushes
big wolf
Have you seen a little girl all
iressed in red?" asked the wolf Of the
bunny uncle
Yes. but I'm not going to tell YOU
where she is" answered Uncle Wig :
Why not?' asked the wolf. "P,easa
tldlnE Hood is I have found the an !
DE turRoyers she lost. and 1 know !
where her grandmother lives, oh. I see
"hat you mean" laughed the wolf. as
le iooked again at the bunny You're
fraid III hurt Red Riding Hood I
.ouldn mot for the world, The book
story had IL wrong about No an,
| good wolf not a bad one. and Ped
fiolng Hood and are great friends,''
Ihen III take you to her, said
jneie Wlggily- And he and the wolf
vent on to Grandpa Goosev's bouse
ma found Red Riding Hood there And
ne wolf was truly good. And after
5ranapa Goosey had eaten his turn
'Fers and thanked everybody the T,-olf
md Red Riding Hood went on iii,
ne otner turnovers to the little girls
,rahdmothers house and had lois Of
IN and the wolf barked like a pupDy
log just for fun. 'p'
SO everything came out right Won
ee, ana II the cherry pie doesn't throw
tones at the rice pudding and scare
ne sugar so that il hides in the salt
ellar. I'll tell you next of Uncle Wiz
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