The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
Bedtime Stories
Uncle Wiggily and LnIu's Tooth.
BIZ HOWARD n. oARIs


the hollow stump bungalow Of Uncle
Wiggily Longears, the rabbit gentle
man.
I'll see who it is wants you," spoke
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat
lady housekeeper. wait a moment"
So she listened at the telephone and
then she said:
yourself, Uncle Wiggily. I can't make
head or tail of what they're saying.
Come hereH'
So Uncle Wiggily listened and he
heard some one say:
''Oh, please will you come over right
away, and bring your pincers with
you? Hurry
"Pincers? Bring my pincers? And
hurry! Why, what do you mean? Who
are you?" asked the bunny.
"Oh, this is Jimmie Wibblewobble,
the duck boy, speaking" came thru
the telephone, land my mother wants
you to come to our house and bring
your pincers or nippers."
rs there somebody who needs to be
pinched or nipped?" the rabbit gen
tleman wanted to know.
Yes, it's Lulu's TOOTH said Jim
mic. TT aches her very much, but
she won't let Dr. Postum, or mamma
or papa, pull it, and maybe if you
were to come with your pincers-
"Ah, hal 1 see!" cried Uncle Wig
right over"
He could give a jolly laugh, you see,
as his tooth didn't ache. But, of course,
he felt sorry for Lulu, for a toothache
is no fun.
But I'll stop it for her if I can"
said the bunny rabbit, and he got his
nippers from his tool box. The nip
pers were really made for cutting wire,
or pulling nails out of a board but
they would pull out tooth if you
needed to do that, which 1 hope
doesn't happen to you this week.
I'm be back as soon as 1 cam"
Uncle Wiggily said to Nurse Jane, as
he hurried out OF his hollow stump
bungalow. Soon he was at the Wib-
blewobble duck house, and Jimmie let
him in.
Don't say anything about having
brought your nippers, Uncle Wiggily,''
whispered the duck boy. 1--WE don't
want Lulu to know you're going to pull!
her TOOTH
I'll not say a word" promised the
bunny uncle, and he hid his pincers
up his sleeve as he went in the duck
pen house. Once inside he could hear
the duck girl crying:
ouch! oh, dearI Oh. how it
hurts."
Then let Doctor Postum pull it
out" said Mrs. wibblewobble
"Oh, no. Never 1 can't bear to
have it pulled" and Lulu hid her yell
low bill under her wing, her tooth
being inside her hill, you know.
"Oh. here's Uncle Wiggily." said
Alice, who was Lulu's sister. Let him
see Doctor Postum pull out your
tooth"
Nope! 1 don't want to-" and Lulu
never raised her head.
1T won't hurt you Bit said Doc
tor Possum,- cor at least it will only
hurt teeny, weeny second and not
half as long as your tooth will ache if
you don't have it pulled
mo! Nor said Lulu, peevish like.
moi"
you try. Uncle Wiggily," said Mrs.
Wibblewobble, in a whisper.
Uncle Wiggily tried his best to get
Lulu to let him pull her tooth, but she
would not. She just kept her head
and bill, with the aching tooth in it,
under her wing, and tho Uncle Wig
gily laughed at her, and made jokes
and was as jolly as a lOllypop, Lulu
wouldn't let him get near her bill TO
pull the tooth.
Then the bunny uncle rabbit
thought of something else. He whis-
pered to Jimmie, who laughed and ran
to his bedroom. Pretty,soon the duck
boy came out with something black,
and Uncle Wiggily and DR.. Postum
whispered together a little in 9 corner
and smiled between themselves.
Now" said Uncle Wiggily in loud
voice, sort of twinkling his pink nose
at the others, and nodding at Lulu, 81
am going to do a funny trick. 1 am
going to pull some teeth. and there
will not be so much as a squeak when
do it,"
You're not going to pull mine"
mumbled Lulu, her yellow bill still
under her wing.
"Ha! You just watch me-" cried
the bunny uncle, making believe he
was circus man doing a trick. Keep
your eyes on me, ladies and gentle
men, went on Uncle Wiggily, his pink
nose twinkling so fast that it looked
| just like a moving picture when the
film breaks. az will now pull one,
two and three teeth and with that
he held up the black thing, which was
Jimmie Wibbiewobble' rubber comb,
and with his nipper-pincers Uncle
Wiggily- pulled three teeth out of the
comb. one after the other.
"Therei What do you think of
that?" cried the rabbit gentleman.
"And the comb never said Booi' Did
| it Lulu 90
And Lulu, the duck girl. was so sur
prised at what Uncle Wiggily did, pull
! ing out the combs teeth, that she
opened her yellow bill real wide, to
have a good laugh, forgetting for the
moment about her own aching tooth.
As soon as Uncle Wiggily saw Lulu's
| bill open he quickly called to DR.. Pos
sum.
Ready now, Pull" And before
/ Lulu could close her bill again, DR.
/ Possum reached in with button hook
and pulled out the aching tooth, and
/ it never hurt Lulu any more after that
/ ouch! OH" she said just for a sec
! ond when Dr. Postum pulled, but it
was because she was surprised, not
because she was hurt. /
/ So you see. after all, pulling the
combs teeth was good thing, though
none of them really ached, and the
comb never minded it at all And
after that Lulu was real jolly.
And if the doctor doesn't have to
put some plaster on the wall to take
the pain out of the window shade,
so it can fly up to the ceiling, I'll tell
oil