El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-12


or number class, to recite."
'sOh. dearI" thought Peetie Bow Wow
the little puppy dog boy, sort of SILVER
ing in his seat. I'm in that class, but
7 hone she doesn't cali on me. for
don't know my lesson"
However, Peetie, as well as the other
animal boys and girls, had to stand VI
near the blackboard TO tell how many
lOilv pops you can buy for five cents
when they cost two for penny or
something like that. Such is arithme-
tic or number work.
zPeetie hoped the lad ymouse teacher
would not call on him to answer any
questions, but she did, and she smiled
at him, too, so he felt q little better.
Peetie hoped the lady mouse teacher
teacher, in the hollow stump school, IF
Won had a pound of sugar, some butter,
a little mOlasses and bottle OF va
nilla, what would that come to! You
may go to the blackboard and do that
example"
Poor Peetie did not want to go. He
did not know the answer, and the more
ne thought what it ought to be the less
he could remember. But he went
slowly to the board. his tail sort Of
dragging in the chalk dust on the floor,
and then he began to make some funny
marks
What are you dOing?" asked the
lady mouse.
4 m-DluD-Lfyin Io-BuS-Indke tne
-wub-answer to that-slump-exam
ple." said Peetie, and his mouth wig
gled waggled in a funny way.
''Peetie Bow Vow" cried the lady
mouse teacher. can I believe It? Are
you really doing it? oh. my! Are you
chewing gum in school, Peetie Bow
Vow"
"Oh, OH Ye-yes. lady mouse teacher.
I-flub-I am" sadly said Petite 7
forgot I had It in my mouth"
well, Of course you know II Isn't
nice to chew gum in school," went on
the teacher in the hollow stump. But
III forgive you this time, for you are
nervous, I guess. Put your gum away
and try to 90 that example"
So Peetie took his gum out OF his
mouth on his little front paw and tried
to find out what the sugar, molasSee,
butter and so on would come TO. But
he could not. and he was Just going
down TO the foot of the class when the
door Of the hollow stump school
opened and in came a bunny rabbit.
''Oh, it's Uncle Wiggily Longears"
cried all Of the animal boys and girls.
and the lady mouse teacher smiled and
did not say they must not talk in
school. for Uncle Wilggfly was a sort
of holiday.
Come IN. Uncle wiggiIy," invited
Miss Mouse. This is our arithmetic
class. I have Just given Peetie Bow
Wow an example to do" and the lady
mouse told the rabbit gentleman what
it was never, in her Kindness. saying
a word about Peetie's gum
'sHai That is a hard sort of exam
pie said the bunny uncle, wrinkling
up his pink, twinkling nose Still, If
we always had easy ones II would be
no fun. Let me see If I can guess the
answer"
So Uncle Wiggily sat down IN chair
near the blackboard where Peetie had
been standing, and Mr.. Longears tried
to think of the answer about the sugar,
molasses. butter and flavoring. At last
he cried.
u have it,
what is itg' asked Peetie. 'I never
could think OF it at all I was all
mixed up with sugar, molasses, vanilla
and so on"
TIL write the answer on the board"
said Uncle Wiggily.
He started 10 get up out Of the chair,
but somehow or other. he did not quite
do it. The chair seemed 10 rise 10
when he did.
mo, I guess 7 won't write the answer
on the board" said the bunny gentle
man. undecided-like, and setting back.
~Oh, please do" begged the lady
mouse teacher. I want all the chill
dren TO see it"
We'll. I'm do it, said Uncle Wig
gily. But III have to do II sitting
and himself too, over toward the board.
I suppose il is your rheumatism that
keeps you sitting down." said the lady
mouse teacher, casual like
''Well-er-not exactly" said Uncle
Wiggily. But perhaps I can write the
and he wrote "A pound Of candy
That's what the sugar, molasses, butter
and vanilla Make he said.
ooh, why didn't I think OF that?"
cried Petite. "I-Iguess it was be-
cause ehewed gum, OH he suddenly
whatever is the matter, asked the
lady mouse teacher. DO you see q
cat, Peetie?"
mol But I dropped my gum IN the
chair where Uncle Wiggily is, and II
guess he-sort of-sat on it"
Z know / did" laughed the bunny
uncle. I'm stuck FAST That's why 1
couldn't get up But never mind"
-'Oh. Peetie," sadly said the lady
mouse teacher. "oh. Peetie."
the janitor Of the hollow stump school,
and with a screwdriver he pried Uncle
Wiggily loose from the sticky gum, and
Peetie never chewed any gum in
school
Then Uncle Wfggily sent out and
bought lot of the same kind Of candy
told about in the number work exam
pie, and even the lady mouse teacher
and the janitor ate some, and the ami
nal boys and girls had all they wanted.
And If the paste-covered wallpaper
doesn't lie down on the kitchen floor
you next about Uncle Wiggily and the
singing mouse.-Copyright 1917, by
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
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Basement 30xso. 20S Texas St.-Adv.