Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-07-06
JUNGLE w,cclLY AND THE BABY.

stood In the mlo01o ol sno WvO~o eAN
looked around. II don't seem to be go
ing tn have any adventures today at all,
wonder what's the matter?'
Something was wrong. that 10 GER
The bunny uncle had been hopping
along all the morning, and = OF a
afternoon, and not q single
had he found. Almost nos haMa ~. st tims
thing happened 10 MN. ous s"is 'AAo
was different.
He had not met Alice from Wonder
land nor any Of her queer relations.
and Uncle wiggily had not seen any OF
his animal boy or girl friends. so the
rabbit gentleman was eglnnin 10 1eei
Then all of a sudden, before you
could count 1000, 900 (%providing you
had time and wanted to), Uncle Wiggily
saw. fluttering. from q tree. what ne
thought was a flag.
That's queer" he said to himsel1.
only not loud. II wonder II any OF my
MOSQUITO enemies have made a camp
there under the trees. and are flying
the flag before they come to bite me!
I'll go closer and see."
Uncle Wiggily was very brave. YOU
know, even il he only had his red, white
and blue striped rheumatism crutch IN
stead of the talcum powder popguh maj
shot bean-bag bullets. So up he went
to where he thought he saw the m0s-
quito enemy's flag fluttering, and my
goodness me sakes alive n some
chocolate cake ginger snaps! IL wasn't
the mosquito flag at all, which shows
that we ought never to be afraid until
we are sure what a tIlluS lS-dAu So1As0-
times not then.
why, it's a lady's veil!" cried Uncle
wiegily as he looked at h fluttertng
thing. And, as he said that someone.
who was sitting on an old log. turned
around, and-there was the Wonder
land Duchess herself-the queer, stout
lady who looked like a barrel of flour
very rich you know!
"Oh. hello, Uncle Wiggily!" called the
Duchess who is a sort of princess
grown up. I'm glad to see you. II
nave a friend Of your here with met"
cDo you mean Alice?" asked the
mo. this time it's the baby" n
swered the Duchess, and then Uncle.
Wiggily saw that she had a live baby
in her arms upside down. I mean the
baby was upside down. not the arms of
the Duchess, though perhaps it wouA
Bless met" cried Uncle Wiggily.
THAT'S no way to hold the child
ooh. indeed!" said the Duchess, sort
of shifting proud like. '"Then IL you
know so much about holding babies,
take this one. I have to go make q
rice DUOOlnS, anu O0lOIS OnClS WIZ.
gily could stop her she tossed the baby
to him as If it were a ball and ran away,
CRYING:
ding?"
"Oh, my!" Uncle Wiggily started to
say, but that was all he had time for.
as he had to catch baby, which he mar
aged to do right sideup. This was .
good thing. I think.
you poor little dear!" cried the bum
ny uncle as he smoOthed out the baby's,
clothes and looked around for a nurs-
ing bottle or a rattle box. And. as he
was doing this, and while the baby was
opened to cry with when it found itself
skedaddlfng through he air-while this
was going on, On one gave q loud
laugh, n Uncle Wiggily, looking
around In surprise. saw Alice from
Wonderland.
see you, but what is there to laugh at? %
'The-the baby!" said Alice. sort OF
choking like, for h was trying to talk
n laugh at h same time.
Why should you laugh at q poor
baby, whom no one seems to nov how
to care for?" asked Uncle Wiggily.
"Oh! But look what it's turning in-
tot" said Alice pointing.
The bunny uncle looked at what he
held in his arm. 1t was weighing,
twisting n squirming in such a fun
ny way, squee-geeing its dress all up[
around its face that for a moment
Uncle Wiggily could not get a good!
look, but. when he did, he cried:
my goodness me sakes alive and,
some bacon gravy! It's a little pig!"
And so it was! AS he held 1t the baby
had turned into a tiny pig. with a fun
ny nose and half-shut eyes.
Bless my rheumatism crutch!" cried
Uncle WISELY. What made it do
that?"
because It's that way in the book,
where I came FROM" said Alice. You
read and you'll see that the baby which,
the Duchess gives me to hold turns
into a little pig"
"But she gave it to me to hold!" cried
Uncle Wiggily.
Alice. "As long 40 it's q pig It doesn't
matter"
put read me hum sue dud!", cried
the bunny. II don't want to be carry
ing around a little pig. OF course I
like pigs. and I'm very fond Of my
friends Curley and sausaky Twlstytail.
And, Just a. Uuncle Wisely said thu.
who should cone along but q bad old
skillery-scalery hump-talled alltga0H
walking on his hind egg, with his two
front claws stretched out In front Of
him.
had promised "a. be good, but who had
not kept his word. "Ah. he! At last ]
have caught you. Uncle Wiggily. and
Wonderland Alice, toOiss. :
He wa just going to grab them when
he little baby pig. who had been sQuirm-
ing very hard All tne While. finally
ZEN to the ground. and then. running
ri1ht hetween the log1S OF the allfentoel