El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-04

d them" for Nurse James sometimes
| walked upright on her two hind feet,
as Uncle Wiggily did. ana again.
/ when she was in a hurry. she'd walk
on her four legs. so she had four
/ shoes. OF two pairs, every time she
| went out and with the price Of shoes
I going up as they are I'm glad don't
/ have to wear Iour
I Wen. Uncle Wiggily hoped on
I through the woods and over the fields
as he always did when he was look
! ing for an adventure, and, pretty
I soon, coming TO place where four
! trees grew together, making a sort
! of shady tent ne sat down to rest.
/ to sting his wooden cornstalk rheu-
matism crutch. but something else
I happened- The bunny uncle heard a
I sort Of breaking, cracking noise in
the bushes, and a sad voice said;
"Ah, there goes one Wheel
NY I hope that is no one hav-
I ing trouble with their automobile
wheels" thought Uncle Wiggily.
Then he heard the cracking sound
again. and the voice went on:
There goes another Wheel
Hal 1 wonder if they can be
pinwheels. and if this is the Fourth
OF July by mistake" thought M
Longears-
Then, as he sat up to look around
he heard another cracking noise, and
the voice said for the third time;
Alas Sadness and woel There
20 the two hind wheels. Now all
four are busted and how I'm ever
going to get home with this load I
don't know"
'AIyI NV This is troubler thought
Uncle Wiggily- I must help who
ever it is
Up he jumped and there. behind a
mulberry bush. the bunny rabbit saw
Buddy, the guinea pig boy, and in
Of RudHrr
gOn filled with groceries-there was
a sack OF flour, some potatoes, sugar
butter. lard. crackers. bread and
don't know what else. But, worst of
all, was the four broken wheels of the
How did it happen?" asked Uncle
Wiggily-
I guess the grocery man put too
much on my wagon, answered
Buddy. 4 go to the store for my
mother every week. like this, and
bring home the things she wants.
But my wagon must be getting old,
for, Just now, first one wheel busted.
then another and, then the two hind
ones both together"
Yes said Uncle Wiggily- 81
heard them I'm sorry for you. Buddy
I'll help you Let's see II we can't
mend the wagon wheels"
So the rabbit gentleman and the
guinea pig boy tried to mend the
DEOAEA express M1EOn NMEE4S- 4AtA
tried tying them together with bits
of grass and wild grapevine, and even
strips Of bark from the birch tree I
But. though the wheels would hold
together a little while, as soon as 4
Buddy tried to pull the wagonful of 4
mended wheels and down everything 4
would fall again
'Hai This will never do" said IN
Gle Wiggily. I guess Wen have to
carry the bundles. Buddy. and have
the blacksmith make new wheels Ia
ter"
But there were so many groceries
that Uncle Wiggily and Buddy would
have had TO come back and forth to
the woods many times with them. I'M
til the rabbit gentleman thought OF
something
Wait here until come back.
Buddy" said Uncle WiSgily, and off
he ran 70 the cobbler's shop He got
Nurse James four mended shoes, and
then with ribbon grass he tied one
express wagon
"If your wagon won't roll along on
wheels. Buddy" said Uncle Wiggily
with 2 laugh, well see what it viii
think legs or feet on wagon
would be a good change from wheels
But viii they gO?' asked the
guinea pig boy.
wen see, said Uncle W1Egiiy-
Nurse James shoes ought to be glad
10 trot themselves home to her and
your house is near my bungalow. so
they won't go far out Of their way"
And surely enough, no sooner were
the four shoes fastened on Buddy's
on each corner - than
they began to trot along by them
selves as nicely as you please.
And as they trotted along they car
ried the wagon and all the groceries
with them. so that Buddy got safely /
home with the things his mother
wanted from the store. no matter If
the wheels were broken
Then Uncle Wiggily took Nurse
James shoes to her, and she was glad
they had helped Buddy. and the next
day Buddy's father bought him a new
express wagon So il the Red Cross
nurse Will only be nice and let the
scissors dance with the needle and
thread. I'll tell you next about Uncle
Wiggily and Needles bouquet--COpy-
right. 1917, by Mcclure Newspaper
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