El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-06
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND HIS BOOTS.
NJ anvraRn - EARN

wagglng his ears, for he liked ric,
puu0Ing very much indeed
So Nurse Jane went 10 the three and
four cent store, while Uncle Wiggily
marched up and down IN front o. his
tent on guard, his talcum powder gun
which snot bean bag bullets, reauy I,
pop over any mosquitoes ne might see
And now, as 1 know you are won
dering what Nurse Jane wanted tC
buy al the store. III tell you 1t was
a pair OF boots for Uncle WISELY
Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy had seen big
bear soldier with boots on. and she
had said 10 herself
Why can't Uncle Wiggily have d
pair like them TO keep his feet warm
at night? He shall have them-Fu get
him a pair"
Now, you know what Nurse Jane
was going 10 get at the three and
four cent store. It did not take the
muskrat lady long to buy the boots
for Uncle Wiggily, but she spent al
the rest of the day getting a piece OF
lace with holes in it like a Swiss
cheese. so she did not get home until
supper time.
Here are your boots, Uncle Wig
gily," said the uuskrat lady house
keeper. I hope you viii like them.
"Of course shalli' cried the bunny
uncle tWinkling his pink nose in de-
light. He tried them on They fitted
him just right, and so loosely that he
could jump in and out Of them very
quickly, Just as a fireman can do be-
fore he slides down the brass pole TO
get ride on the hose wagon
"Pu wear the new boots tonight
when an on guard in my trench
ditch" said Uncle Wiggily. No mos
Quitoes can bite through them"
So aftef supper the bunny uncle
putting on his new boots, began 10
march up and down in the trench.
which was something like a tunrel
dug in front of his tent, only it had
no top on it
Now about this time the mosquitoes
were trying to think Of another way
to catch Uncle Wiggily. They had not
gotten his gun away from him, though
they tried as told you in the story
last night
But I have another plan" said d
bad mosquito who. had very funny
eyes that made you think OF moving
pictures You know Uncle Wiggily
caught lot OF our friends last night
and stuck them fast in the sticky gum
Eyes; what of it7'' asked the other
OF the biting bugs"
This" answered the queer-eyed
chap. We can get some of that same
sticky gum, spread it on the ground
in the bunny rabbits trench-ditch and
when he walks in II his feet Will Dc
caught fast Then We can take his gun
away and fly with him to the swamp"
''GoodP' cried all the others. Wen
do itI''
SO. as soon as it was dark they
gathered sticky-icky gum from the
pine tree, putting it on leaves so as
not to clutter up their legs and bills,
and this gum like the stuff on fly pa
per, the mosquitoes spread in Uncle
Wiggily's trench while he was in his
tent eating supper.
Wen have him when he comes
out" buZzed the mosquitoes
Pretty soon, with his pop gun, out
came the rabbit gentleman. He had on
the new boots Nurse lane had bought
for him, and very proud he was Of
them-not too proud, you understand.
but just proud enough.
I should like to see mosquito get
me noWi" cried the bunny uncle. as
he marched along very stiff and
like a rocking horse on pa
rade-
And just then. sorry as I am to have
to tell it, Uncle Wiggily stepped in the
sticky pine tree gum on the bottom
Of the trench.
oh" he cried. as he found he could
not move his paws oh, dearl What is
this?"
';Ha. Now is our chancel Come on"
cried the buzzing mosquitoes, I'VE
lave caught that rabbit noW-
Down they swarmed TO take Uncle
Wiggily's talcum powder gun away
from him. and carry him off TO their
swamp But did they get him2
They did not!
All Of a sudden. as soon as the bun
" rabbit gentleman found he was
taught fast in the pine tree gum, he
gave a great. big, extraordinary high
Jump, and right out of his new boots
ne leaped-
He left the boots standing fast in
The sticky-icky gum, and then, keep
ng clear Ct the tangle-stuff in his
bare paws (Which did not matter as
Qe night was warm) Uncle Wiggily
shot his popgun straight al the bad
'Bangi Bang" he fired the gun.
s1Oh, he's loosei The rabbit is loose
from the sticky stuff and he can chase
is" cried the mosquitoes. and then,
being very much afraid, away they
lew, leaving Uncle Wiggily and his
boots alone.
In the morning Nurse Jane creased
The boots with butter. and got them
loose from the sticky gum, which was
soon cleaned out Of the trench So the
rabbit gentleman was all right. And
4 the horse chestnut tree doesn't run
away with the fence post, and spill
the feathers out of the sofa cushion.
ri tell you next about Uncle Wiggily
and the queer perfume.-Copyrigh
1917, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-