Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-23
UNCLE WtGGtLY AND THE
OANDELlCNS.

DANDELloNs.
"Oh. Uncle Wigsily. you're coming,
aren't you" cried Susie Litt}etail, the
Fabblt girl, rs she hoped up the front
porch of the bunny gentlcman's hollow
stump bungalow n morning.
Coming where. Susie?' asked Mr..
Longears.
TO my party" answered Susie.
Here's an invitation all written out
for you On a white lettuce leaf, and
when you've finished reading it you
may eat it. Then You'll be sure to re-
member to Gomez
"Oh, I'd be sure 20 remember to come
Uncle Wiggily with "A laugh. AT the
same time I'm obliged to you for ask
ing me-" And, to make sure he would
not forget to remember, the bunny
uncle did eat the lettuce.
Susie Littletail was going to have a
grand party. 1t VAS for her birthday.
and there was to be cabbage, lettuce
!ollypops and peanut pudding.
All The animal boys and girls, from
johnnie and Billie BuShytail, the squir-
"els. to .Jacko and JUMBO Kinkytail.
the monkeys, We're to come, and, of
course. so were Uncle Wigeily, Grandpa
Goosey Gander. and some of the older
animal foik, including DIR. Possum.
I'll be ready with peppermint and
p~aresoric. i'm case he children eat too
many cocOcOanut macaroon cones"
laughed DIR. Postum.
And ERE going TO have real music
oy the Cricket and katy-did land didn't
band" said Susie to Uncle Wieyily.
And therein be dancing"
II wouldn't miss it for this world
and part of another" said the bunny
uncle. happy like.
Well, the day of the party came at
last and Uncls Wiggily got out his blue
coat, with the pine tree cone buttons
the tailor bird had sewed on for him.
He was going to wear that.
But it isn't time to go yet" said
Nurse Jane, as she saw Uncle Wiggily
Eprucing w.
II know he answered. II lust want
to see If there are any wrinkles in my
blue coat"
But there were one, I'm glad to say.
Whlle Uncle Wlgglly was out walking
ne went past a place where many tall
dandelion flowers had gone to seed.
Their long, hollow stems were sticking
up, with a ball of fluffy white on top.
and the wind blew some of the fuzzy
seeds on Uncle Wiggily's blue coat.
"Ha! IN have to go home and get
said.
And when Nurse lane had brushed
off the fluffy dandelion seeds it was
tlme to go to the Littletail stump house.
where the party was to be given.
Many of the animal boys and girls
were already there. So was Grandpa
gily were talking about the parties and
straw sleigh rides they used to go to
When they were young, when, all Of I:
sudden Susie Littletail, with tears in
her pink eyes came up to Uncle Wig
gily.
Why Susie! What is the matter9,
asked the bunny. Did the ice cream
turn sour?"
Worse than that" answered Susie
The Cricket and Katy-did-and-didn'
band can't come to play music, and
what is a party without music, I'd like
to know? What?'
What indeed? Q" asked Uncle Wiggily
Then he thought for a minute and said:
Now. Susie, don't you fret. You ~
right on with the other parts of your
party, and when it comes time for the
"Oh, will it, really. Uncle Wiggily? q
cried the little rabbit girl. clapping he
paws in delight.
Surely" said the bunny uncle
Then when Susie hurried off to vel
come the party guests Uncle Wiggil.
said something to Grandpa Goosey an
they hurried off in the darkness. They
We're. gone for some time, and Susi,
was getting anxious about the music
when, all of a sudden it started.
"Toot! Toot! Tootite-toot-toot!'
went a lot of horns, and they playe,
the incest dancing tune you can i'm
agine. so hat no ones feet or paw,
could keep still, but every one had 1,
wiggle.
What lovely music!" they all cried
who is making it. Susie?"
Uncle Wiggily." answered the littl,
rabbit girl and so the bunny uncle was
with the help of Grandpa Goosey. The,
had had picked a lot of the big, Ion,
hollow dandelion stems. making then
Of different lengths. and when the.
blew on them. one after another, i
sounded just like footing horns, an,
made beautiful tunes.
So Susie had music for her part,
after all, o see, and there was a mos
delightful time. And if the croque
ball doesn't roll over and go to slee1
in the pansy bed where the hammocl
can't play puss in the corner with il
I'll tell you next about Uncle Wiggil,
and the cat bird.
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