Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-07
un.,. w,aeiIy and tho RE. Cakes.

Unsis Wiaeily and the Rice Cakes. \
Nurse Jane. have we my rice in b
BUNGALOW? ?" asked Uncle WiEgily Long
ears, the rabbit gentleman. OF his musk
at lady ~housekeeper one morning. |
Rice" repeated Miss Fuzzy Wuz2y.
is there going to be a wedding" and
She switched her tail round the hollow
stump real excited like.
No" said Uncle Wiggily with a
laugh. What I want of rice is for the
soldiers to eat"
"The soldiers to eat?' asked Nurse
'ane. What soldiers?"
Why, YOU know that l am studying
70 be a soldier since the mosquito war
began went on the bunny rabbit gem
ueman, AN Sa1nmie Littletail. the rab-
pit boy; Johnnie n Billie Rushytail
the SQUIRRELS; Jackie and Peeue Bow
WOW, the puppy ~dogs-they are all
studying with me in my tent, just out
hoe the hollow stump bungalow.
We need things to eat that will keep
well, like corn, rice and oatmeal, and I
vas thinking of cooking come rice
sakes for a change. You know Tn h
soldier cook, but l have no rice, SO I
thought maybe you had"
Not enough for you hungry soldiers
20 eat!" laughed Nurse Jane" So if you
hre going out today you lrar better get
some at the store"
l Will, SAID Uncle Wlggily. HOW
DO o cook rice ~
Well. first you take the dry, hard
Wnlte rice Kernels" answered the musk
rat lady. land put them to soak in a
cup. or bowl of water. And when the
kernels nave softened up, you boil them
IN q little hot water with a pinch Of
salt"
why do you pinch the salt ?" asked
Uncle Wiggily. making his pink nose
twinkle like a banana peeling. "Is it
naughtyY"
No, indeed!" laughed the muskrat
iahy. Its just to give it a little
flavor"
So leaving Sammie Littletail. the rab-
DIT boy, on guard in front of the tent
near the bungalow, Uncle Wiggty went
to h store for the rice. He was in
such a hurry to get back to cook it
that he never stopped to rave an adven-
ture. But just you wait and see what
happened to him.
Now Sammie," said the bunny as he
reached the tent, I'VE have the rice,
and we will put it to o in cold
water before we boil it with the pinched
salt, which isn't naughty, as you might
think"
Nurse Jane has zone over to Mrs.
Wfbblewobble's house to help the duck
lady sew red flannel caps for bald
headed ROSTERS, SO you go in the bum
galow and get a pan in which l can
put the rice to soak"
Sammie brought out a large dishpan
and asked if that would be large
enough.
II guess So" answered Uncle Wig
Eily, uncertain like. I'VE want plenty
of rice cakes-we soldiers debut I
think that will be enough to start
with
He had bought at the store a big bag
of rice, and this he now emptied into
the dishpan and poured water over the
top.
Nov come on outside sammie,"
said Uncle Wiggily to his rabbit
nephew. "and we will practice with our
~beanshooters while waiting for the rice
to soak. Then when it has done enough
swimming in the water I'll make the
cakes for the other animal boy SOL
diers so We'll all be strong to fight mos
quitoes."
Good" cried Sammie, and after the
rice was left to sleep and soak in the
water the bunny boy and old gentleman
shot at a mark with the bean shooters.
Wait until I go in the tent and get
some more beans" said Sammie after
q while, when they had shot away all
they had brought out with them.
Into the white tent went Sammie,
and, no sooner had the flap, or front
door, closed after him than he cried:
oh. Uncle Wiggily. come quickly!
The rice is ~eScaping!"
ILoSdpIIlS . SLlouGCO AadpldlA 1UIH.
ears, as he liked to be called. What
DO you mean?"
Il mean it is running away, out Of
the pan. over the tent floor and every
where" Sammie answered. ooh, look!"
Uncle Wiggily hurried in and looked.
Surely enough thep pam, that had at first
only been partly full of rice water,
was now trimming, running over full,
and the rice seemed to keep on COM
ing, like a pepper full Of corn over a
hot fire.
What makes 3t?" asked Sammie. az
the rice in the middle Of the pan
seemed to bob up as though a circus
elephant were underneath, trying to
turn a peppersault.
Il don't know nswered Uncle Wig
gily. II guess some enemy mosquitoes
are under the ban trying to get our
And my! You should nave seen that
rice boil up and bubble over and run
out of the pan n down on the ground.
we must not let it waste!" cried
Uncle Wiggfly. Quick, Sammie, into
the bungalow with you, and get all the
pots. pans, pals, milk bottles and
flower pots you can, in which to catch
this rice! Quick!"
Sammie did, and he and the bunny
Uncle filed about forty-leven things
with the rice. including a washtub.
The whole soldier tent was filled with
rice.
What made so much of itg' asked
Uncle Wiggily of Nurse lane when the
muskrat lady came back from Mrs.
Wibblewobble's. Il didn't buy this
much dried rice at the store
course mott" laughed Nurse Jane.
Il should have told you that rice
swells up very much in water, and thai
you only need about a cupful to make
a big pudding. Oh, Wiggy! What a
lot of rice! Oh, my"
But 1t was not wasted, for the bunny
uncle man made enough rice cakes
for the whole animal army, and all
the woodland folk besides. So every
thing came out all rice-I mean all
Highland il the postrnan doesn't come
too late to eat breakfast with us, so
he can't help the egg stick fast on
the pan. I'll tell you X about Uncle
Wiggily and the apple dyinplings.
bers on harp and violin. They nave a
musical act Of unusual merit, and 1t
is a bit different too.
Christie and Griffin, styled as '"The
Boys From Virginia are versatile
chaps with al ambitious line Of chat
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