El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-12


as an elephants. he could cure them,
and make their noses the right size by
just letting them eat a slice of this
pear. and he took nice yellow one
/ from his pocket
But, as he wouldn't stay 10 listen"
I went on the dwarf. III leave the pear
4 on this stump for him, with a note tell
ing him what 1t is for. II D. gets his
friends into trouble with big noses he
can come here. get the pear and cure
Z them"
! Then the dwarf put the pear on the
: stump, with a little letter telling how
! II could undo the work of tine magic
! apple and away hoped the little man
{ through the woods.
'.Ha, Here is where / have a chance
Z 10 help. said Uncle Wiggily. I'll take
this pear to the King myself and tell
MN how It works. in case any OF his
( friends. instead Of the giant, eat the
, magic apple by mistake"
80 the bunny gentleman put the pear
I IN his pocket and away he travelled
through the woods.
I wonder what adventure 7 shall
have today thought the bunny gen
tleman as he hoped along He was
just thinking he was 10 have no sd-
venture at all that day, when. all OF
a sudden, a little man. all dressed in
silver and gold, red and blue. with
spingles and spangles all over him,
rushed up and cried;
on are you a DOCTOR
No, am not" answered Uncle
I u Il
called Dr.. Postum"
Can he cure long noses?" asked the
Iunny man. who looked Just as II he
had come from the Arabian Nights,
so fancy was his dress
i don't know that he can cure long
noses said Uncle Wiggily. but he
can put slippery elm on 4 sore throat
and make everything slip down easy
like and careful"
The King. my master. does not want
such doctor as that" cried the fanci-
fuiiy-dressed man Listen and ! will
tell you \ little while ago. the Prin-
cess, the Kings daughter, found an |
apple in the woods and ate it. All at |
once her nose began 10 grow. L grew
bigger and bigger, just as the nose OF !
the maid who was in the garden hang
ing out the clothes began TO bleed ,
when the blackbirds picked it Worse !
than red red rose Il bled.'
Why did the little princess. d1ugh- /
ter Of the King, eat the apple so her
nose grew biC?" asked Uncle Wiggily-
"Oh. her father, the King. threw the !
magical apple over into the yard Of the9
giant next door. hoping the big man
would eat the apple. and his nose would
grow so large that he could not bother
US any more.
But something went wrong, and it's !
the princess who has the long nose"
said the Eolden-dressed man. and IL
anyone can cure her he Will get =
thousand pieces Of gold
i had rather have c. thousand pieces
or golden carrot made into a pie by
Wiggily.
You shall have them" cried the
golden man. Only come with ne to
the Kings palace"
50 Uncle Wiggily went, thinking Of
The magical pear II his pocket. and !
when he anne 10 the golden. silver and
room Of the little princess
there he saw sad sight. Her nose
had grown so long that il stuck out OF
the window, down on the lawn and
running across that 1t went into q
cow pasture.
And, oh, dear" cried the little prin-
,ess, every time COW steps on my
nose il hurts awful
7 should think Il would cried
-ncle WigsIly. But here. eat some
Il this pear and you viii soon be bet
er- for Il IS just like q story I read
p book Eat the pearl
And II IS good You did" said the q
AluS- Give my little princess some =
.llSek-y, for an elephants nose on a
little girl IS not nice And indeed, c
he princess did look too funny for ?
nything.
Uncle Wiggily gave her taste OF 5
he pear. though il was hard work for 7
he princess TO bite IL on account Of h
er long nose But, no sooner had the
title princess chewsd some OF the :
ear than her nose began to shrink.
Z got so small that il only hung out
Z the window. Then il shrunk to the
rindow sill Then II grew shorter
till until it was only hanging on the
-oor- And then IL ehrunk right back -
J place. and to its own size
''Oh, thank you so much. Uncle Wig !
ilyi" cried the King. You shall have
lything in the world I can give you"
Then throw away what is left Of the i,
iagic apple" said the bunny. for II is
OF good, even for a giant. TO have such Z
big nose that the COWS step on it." el
And the King said he would. and he n
d, and he and the giant became good n
lends, and there was no need OF "
akinS the giants nose big. So the L
tile princess was cured and everybody te
as happy. and the rabbit gentleman ~.
Id all the carrots he could eat -.
If the Jam tarts don't all turn into -
locOlate cookies so the cook has to p,
Ike a mince pie for the dolls break : -
ST. III tell YOU next about Uncle -
iggiiy and the pig lady.-(Copyright ~
II. by Mcclure NeWspaper Syndicate.) =