El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-22

twist and away he went
Ho- EOr q fine adventure" cried
the bunny uncle, jolly like
The ground over which the auto ran
was hard, 1cr il was stll frozen a Bit
50 IL made good road over which
Uncle Nigeily could ride Through the
woods and over the fields OF Woodland
he Travelled, until all OF q sudden. he
heard voice right By his front wheels
crying:
"Oh. how cold and still I an, Ouch.
1 can hardly move Oh. what shall I
90. ! came out too soon, I guessi"
Hai That sounds ike trouble" ex-
claimed the rabbit gentleman, quickly
stopping his machine. i must see II
] can help"
He looked down O. tie ground and
saw olss. old-fashioned mud turtle
gentleman, barely able to crawl along.
" nat IS the natter asked Uncle
Wigglys kindly.
Lots is the matter. Oh, dearr" an
sWered the mud turtle gentleman. "Y on
s5s ali winter have been asleep IN ny
warm bed Of mud, At the bottom OF the
duck polC- But l heard today that L
vas spring. so 1 came up 70 get some
thing 10 eat"
1t IS sprlngt7 cried Uncle Wiggily.
March p, you know, the little birds
begin to sing. and all that sort o.
NO matter" said the mud turtle.
shivering- II il is spring 1 am very
cold. And when get cold I become so
stiff I can hardly move. II is not so
bad later in the day, when the sun is
Up. but noE-oh, how cold and stir
l ann
III soon warm your cried Uncle
Wlggily- So he picked up the big mud
turtle gentleman, the bunny did. and
put him under the fur robes in the
automobile. where the heat from the
radiator soon thawed him out
Now / am all right, / can travel
a while. The sun is high in the sky
now and ] shall be warm enough until
night and then III crawl back in the
mud Please put me down Uncle Wig
gily. and thank you very much for
helping ne. II ever I can do you 2
favor I will"
Pray do not mention it." said Uncle
WIgglly, bashful like and shy. Then
ne put the turtle down on the road, for,
being used 10 g slow walk, the fast mo-
ton Of the automobile made the mud
gentleman seasick.
Uncle Wiggily rode on and on. look
ing for an adventure. but he could not
seem to find any, and he was thinking
OF going TO call on Mother Goose. or
SINE Of his Arabian Nights friends
when, all at once. his automobile began
10 go slower and slower. and finally II
stopped, though the engine kept OF
puff-puffins-
Hello. here, What's the matter.
What has hsppened'' asked the bunny
uncle OF himself. He looked over tn
side Of the car and saw right away
what was the trouble.
- m stuck in the mud.' cried Uncle
Wiggily. That's what's happened
I'm stuck in the mudr'
And he was. The warm sun had
softened the frozen ground, melting the
ice that was in II, so that the road was
now woozy-oOzy mud instead of being
hard And the wheels OF Uncle Wig
giiys automobile were deep in he soft
Sometimes. in the spring. YOU 20 70
school and hardly need your rubbers.
put when you come home the ground
IL so soft that your rubbers stick in Il
and come off Don't you remember
oh, dear What shall I dO2" cried
the bunny He tried TO make his auto
engine go faster. 20 get out OF the
mud, but he could not. And be dare
not step out in the mud himself for
rear OF sinking IN away UP 10 his pink,
twinkling nose.
"Oh. 1 ought TO have help cried the
bunny. Help Help" he cried
And mere II is" answered q jolly
voice, and there was the mud turtle
gentleman Il see what the matter IS"
he said You need something firm and
hard. like paving stones. for your auto
y heels to run on 81 as to get out OF
the mud. and not sink in. Waltz You
shall nave it
Then the mud turtle gentleman
there came crawling along fourteen
million seven hundred and eighteen
thousand nine trillion and six mud fur
ties They planted themselves in the
muddy road like cObblest~nes and as
their shells were had and thick Uncle
could run his soft rubber tired
aOlOgna sausage tires over their backs
without hurting them
And he did so So that is how the
rabbit gentleman got STICK in the mud
and ran his auto oUt again. over the
backs Of the mud turtles. They were
as thick in the muddy road as peas in
2 pie
Then the bunny thanked the turtles
for helping him out Z his trouble and
soon he was safe at his bungalow
again. ate MS first SD ing ride. And
Il the canary bird doesn't pick all the
raIsins out Of the hUckir be ~ budding
I II tell you next about Uncle Wiggily
and The black acknowledgement 1917,
by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate