El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-02
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY AND THE PASTE POT.
By HOWARD X. GARIS.

make = kite with cornstarch pudding
oh, deari" exclaimed Billie
oh. dear" said Johnnie.
Then they both said together like
twins. only of course they weren L:
Let's go ask Uncle Wiggily."
That's what all the animal children
did when they had trouble So over
to the seashell bungalow where the
rabbit gentleman lived with Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. his nuskrat lady
housekeeper. they went
oh, Uncle Wiggily- called Bilhe-
Can you help US make a kite?
We don't seem TO get the paste
right added Johnnie
'Ha" cried Uncle Wiggily. i KNOW
Just what 10 da- Leave il TO me
have a new pot fpaste 7 bought 10
make a scrap book. ia use some CT
that on Your kite
So Uncle Wiggily took ths paper,
strings and sticks the squirrel boys
gave him. and telling them 10 run OH
and play, and come back IN aDouI an
hour. when he would have the kite
made for them the old rabbit gentle
man started TO work.
With scissors. paste pot, string,
sticks and whatever else you have 10
use TO make kites. he worked away,
cutting, measuring, pasting and so on
But something seemed to be wrong
The paper all twisted up. the strings
tangled and At the last minute. Uncle
spilled on the floor and he reli down
And, as he fell. lot Of taste spread
itself all over him. and rs he rolled
and twisted and tried TO set up AGAIN,
and fell down once more he was 50
tangled in paper paste, string and
sticks that he looked just like flying
machine that has been 10 picnic and
played every game from baseball 10
hide the slipper.
oh. dear" exclaimed Uncle Wiggily.
as he stood IN and looked at himself
in a glass u am terrible sight
look like kite or 4 balloon. l can't
quite tell which Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzv would never know me I must
80 jump in the bath tub al once Billie
and Johnnie can't have any kites today
I guess I'll give them some pennies SO
they can buy a kite Al the three and
four cent store
So the bunny uncle rolled over on The
floor once more, trying 10 rub off
some of the paper paste. strings ana
sticks. but he only became the more
mixed up And all at once he heard
knock at the door Of his bungalow and
= voice called:
rs Uncle Wiggily Longears here"
Yes. come right in, IL you please,
said the rabbit gentleman
He heard footsteps coming in, but he
could not see very well because piece
Of red paper was pasted over one eye
and a square of blue over the other.
asked FOR Uncle Wiggily LongearS, not
the waste paper basket"
7 am Uncle Wiggily,' was the an
s~er from the rabbit gentleman who
vas ali mixed up with the kite he had
tried TO make for Billie and Johnnie.
Well. You don't look like him. was
the answer 7 was told a rabbit gen
tleman lived here. but you look ike
ished playing with it I can hardly be-
lievs you are the bunny uncle"
ooh. yes I am cried Uncle Wiggify-
II I could only get rid OF this sticky
paste and paper and string I'd soon
show you who am But who are you,
pray tell7-
why. I am the monkey doodle gen
tleman sent from the store 10 bring |
you some new garden hose SO you can
sprinkle water on the flowers for Nurse |
Jane" answered the voice But ex-
cuse me for saying so. I can't leave the /
hose with you You're not Uncle Wig
gily At all 1 was told he lived here.
but you look Hke-wen. OF course. 1
ever You are-but you look like rag
bag turned inside out"
oh. but indeed ! am Uncle Wiggily."
was the answer And you say you
have a garden hose for me- II you
have please fasten Il on the faucet
and then sprinkle some water on me
That will wash away the paper and
paste and sticks, and you can easily
see who I am"
Very well. I'll do that" said the
monkey doodle. So he brought in the I
hose from the wagon and made il fast |
to the kitchen faucet Then Uncle I
Wiggily stood out on the lawn.
"WhizZ, Whish" went the water !
through the hose First paste was
washed from Uncle Wiggily- Then the /
paper melted away, then the sticks and |
string. Finally the rabbit gentleman /
all wet and sloppy. it is true, but |
dressed in his fur. as he ought to be, /
stood there
Yes. you are Uncle wiggily." said !
the monkey doodle Excuse me fo-
not believing you. Here is your hose"
And I am glad you brought It." said
the bunny. Otherwise even Nurse
Jane might not have known me all
pasted up as I was" Then he dried
himself off. gave the squirrel boys
some money to buy kites at the three
and four cent store and he and Nurse
Jane went to the moving pictures.
Never again viii try TO use paste
in the hot weather" said the ounny
geutleman.-Copyrigh 1916, by Nc
Clure Newspaper Syndicate