El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-20
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGiLY AND THE PLATTER.
INWARD z. GARIN=

Then of course vel 60" said the
rabbit gentleman, as he looked al the
invitation. which was written on Whlte
birch bark. with burned stick tof .
And that night Uncle Wiggily and
Nurse Jane got ready TO 90 10 the part
which the little fox boy was goins 70
give As the rabbit gentleman i-- OF
mis- fur Overcoat tfOr IL was cold t-Ousn
il was almost spring. Nurse Jane saw
him take from the pantry the targest
wooden platter in the hollow stump
bungalow
What in the world are you going 70
do with that?' the muskTat lazy
wanted TO know. You aren't going 10
give any polite table essons tonight
you know. This IS q party
i know it," laughed Uncle NlSGiiy,
and his pink nose twinklcd faster man
ever. But this platter Wi. come IN
very useful at the party Just the same .
How" asked Nurse Jane, sort o.
wondering like.
why. when they want TO play that
game Of spin the Platter they can use
this big one Uncle WiSgily said, and
he held IN the large one. almost as tan
as himself .,
oh, you dear. foolish bunny rabbit
laughed the muskrat lady That plat
ter is far too big TO play the y me- WIN.
Il would trip and tangle UP all the ami
nal children"
IAN the more fun" laughed Uncle
Wiggily- That's why I'm taking Il.
When I spin this platter in the middle
Of the floor and Sammie Littletall. or
Jennie Chipmunk, tries TO get noId OF
IL before il stops spinning therein be
q jolly time
"Oh. you are a queer rabbit" said
Nurse Jane. smiling.
So off she and the bunny went 10 the
fox boys party II had been showing,
but now had stOpped- and the moon was
shining from clear sky.
Murray Here's Uncle NiSglly.
cried Mr. Sharpnose the FOX gentle
man. as he oDened the door and let
Nurse Jane and the bunny rabbit in 70
the party. And all the animal bows
and girls cried: "Hurrayr as loudly
as they could. and clapped their paws
And then such fun as they had lneE
played games and ate popcorn. candy.
7eanutS and cake. Then they played
more games. until some one said:
lets sDin the platter.
I'll get one" said Mrs. Sharpnose
and she brought in one not much lar ger
tha7 b~ea kfaSt plate-
oh that VIII never do laughed
Uncle WigEily III bring in q right
proper platter aud I'm he brought the
hie wooden one he had taken from his
hollow stuunu BUNGALOW. but which he
had left outside when he went in 10 the
@Oh, what a big platter.' cried every
.'Snrh n fine gene as you can have
with that" cried AIR. Sharpuose. Such
q game"
And. indeed. the animal children did
have fun spinning Uncle Wiggily's
1t was 50 large that It took Sammie
I.ittletail. Johnnie Bushvtail and Jackie
Bow Wow. ail three OF them. to start Il
s0iuning ard IL took SUSIE IittletsiL.
Alice and Lulu Wibblewobble. Jillie
L0HEral ana Jennie Chipmuuk TO stop
IL from going round.
But for all that. the animal children
2.
wooden platter for their game The
party was going on as merrily as 4
and organ when. all OF sudden.
ueaky- Eeky, the little cousin mouse,
who was eating a popcorn bali. began
10 choke \ bit Of corn had gone down
her wrong, or sunday, throat on. how
she cOughed and stranEiedl
Pat her on the back. Give her some
water TO drink Hold her by her heels
with her hesd TO the floor cried the
animal ladies' But all this did no
good. and poor Squeaky-Eeky was al
most choksd 10 death when Uncle
cried out.
Here, Give her to me-
w here are you going TO take herr
asked Ms. L0ngtaH the mouse lady.
To Dr. P7ssum,' answered the
bunny gentleman.
But he IS q long. long way from
here. and before you can get Sdueafzy--
Ieky TO him she'll be choked.7 said
Mrs Sharpuose
Not the way m going" cried Uncle
Wisgily- Il am going TO coast down
The snowy hill from here to Dr.. Pos
sums house 50 he can quickly cure
But there are To sledsi" said Mrs
-Teddy-s is broken and"
ri use my big wooden platter"
,rieu the bunny uncle. -Squea ky Eek
ana I can ride down hill on that Il,
we'll as on a sled"
Taking the little cousin mouse. still
Coughing and choking. with him. Uncle
" iggily sat down on the wooden plat
er al the top Of the hill. Johnnie and
5illie Bushytaii, the squirrels. gave
lin push.
Down the hill slid Uncle TTfgelv and
80 uea ky Eeky on the platter. Whizz.
about a second they were If Dr
'ossum s, and he soon took the piece.
u popcorn ball out Of the throat of
he little cousin mouse and She was
N We'll
Then Uncle WisgiIy went back 10
ne party with her. and they all had
ctS Of fun. But il was a good thing
ie took the big platter. and if The
'uppy COG doesn't take the dolls hair
1hbon TO make bow for his collar
III tell you next about Uncle WfggiIv
nd the sDring.-Copvrieh 1917 nv
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