Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-07-06
UNCLE WyeeILv AND THE
AATTER-

"Oh, Uncle Wiggily!" called Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat lady
housekeeper. as Mr.. Longears. the rab-
bit gentleman. started to hop out Of his
hollow stump bungalow one morning.
ooh, Uncle Wiggily!"
! "Well. what is it," asked the bunny
with a polite bow. do you wan any
thing from the store?'
Some carrot coffee. if you please"
answered the muskrat lady. when
! you finish your walk. and have had a
nice adventure, bring home some cof-
| fee"
"lll do it," promised Uncle Wiggily,
and then, as he hoped along, over the
fields and through the woods, he
thought perhaps he had better buy the
carrot coffee first.
"For." said he to himself. Il might
; have such Il funny adventure that I'd
forget all abou h Nurse Jane told
me-"
Now o just wait and see what hap
pens. II YOU please.
1t did not take the bunny long to get
the coffee. the monkey doodle gentle
man who kept the store wrapping it up
for him in a paper that had been
twisted AROUND a lollypop candy.
It's a bit sticky and sweet said the
Of the lollypop paper, but that will
stop the coffee from falling out"
'Fine!" laughed Uncle Wiggily, and
then he hoped on to ook for an adj
venture. He had not gone very far
before when. all of a sudden, he heard
q voice saying:
We'll, l don't know what to do about
it. that's all! never saw such trouble!
The idea of wanting me to get ready
for it this time of day"
fla! Troubled" thought Uncle Wig
gily. This is where l come in. What
is it you can't get ready for this time
of day, and who are you?" asked the
bunny, for he saw no one.
oh. it's you is it?" called q voice.
and out from under a mulberry bush
stepped a little with such a large
hat that it covered him from head to
foot.
"Oh, excuse me-" said Uncle Wiggily.
"You are"
THE Halter! Exactly! You nave
guessed it." said the little man, opening
q window which was cut in the side of
his a The window was just opposite
his face. which was inside SO he could
look out at the bunny gentleman.
I'm the Halter. from Alice in Won
derland,' " went on the little man. The
bunny hadn't really guessed IT. though
he might if he had had time.
And is the troubled" asked
Uncle Wiggily.
"Oh. I've just been ordered by the
Queen of Hearts to get up a tea party
right away for Alice, who is expected
any minute" went on the Halter. And
here it Is 10 o'clock in the morning,
and the teas at S, and I haven even
started"
You have lots of time" said Uncle
Wiggily. Hours and hours"
Yes. but I haven't the teal" cried The
Halter. Don't mind me. but I'm as
madLas mad ass lollypops. and
said. sort Of grinding his teeth. This
grinding made Uncle Wiggily think Of
h coffee in his peck cts. So, holding
out the package. he said:
Il don't suppose this would do, would
it?"
"What?" asked the Halter.
It's Coffee" e on the bunny,
THE very thing!" cried the Halter.
who was now smiling. TT will be just
the thing for the S o'clock tea. Wei!
and opening two little doors. lower
down in his big hat, he stuck his arms
through them and began brushing off
a broad stump near Uncle wiggily.
This stump will do for a table," said
the Halter. This is great, Uncle Wig
gily! Well have tea for Alice after ali.
and make things happen as they do In
the book. Don't mind me saying I was
as mad as %lollypops. I have to be mad
make believe. you know-or things
wouldn't come out right"
Il see." said Uncle Wiggily. remem-
boring that it was quite stylish to be
AS mad as a hatter.' though he never
before knew What it meant. "But you
see, my dear sir" the rabbit went on,
Il have coffee, and not tea;
1T doesn't, matter" said the Halter.
III boil 1T in a cocoanut shell, and it
will do her very well" and with that
he took out. from somewhere inside his
hat. half a c%ocoanut shell. This he set
on top of the stump on a little three
legged stool, and built a fire under it.
But you need water to make coffee
1 mean tea," said Uncle Wiggily.
Il have it," cried the Halter. and.
picking up an umbrella plant w
near by. he squeezed some water from
1t into the cocoanut shell kettle.
Uncle Wiggily poured some Of the
ground coffee into the umbrella water
bunny exclaimed:
But we have no sugar."
We'll sweeten it with the paper that
came off the lollypOps," aid the Halter.
tearing off q bit OF 1t and tossing in
into h ~tea-coffee.
"Wha Q milk" asked Uncle
Wiggily. Alice may wan cream in
her coffee-I mean tea"
Here we are!" cried the Halter.
With that he picked a leaf from a
milkweed plant growing near the flat
stump n squeezed out some drops of
milk into q CUP he made from q Jack.
in-the-pulpit flower.
"Now we're all ready for s o'clock
teal" cried the Halter. and just then
along came Alice from Wonderland.
with the March Hare. and they sat
Wiggily, who happened to have a piece
Af cherry nia in his nOcket so fhax had