The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20
Bedtime Stories
Uncle Wiggily and the Cook.
BY HOWARD r. GARIs


well, Mr.. Longears, shall have to
leave you all alone today" said Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat lady
houSekeeper, as she gave Uncle Wig
gily, the bunny rabbit gentleman, his
breakfast in the hollow stump bunga-
low one morning.
Leave me all alone-how does that
happen?" asked Uncle Wiggily, sort
of sad and sorrowful like. do you
mean you are going to leave me for
good?"
"Oh, no; I'm just going to be busy
all day sewing mosquito shirts for the
animal boy soldiers who are going off
to war. Since you taught them how to
shoot their talcum powder guns at the
bad biting bugs, Sammie Littletail,
your rabbit nephew, and Johnnie and
Billie Bushytail, the squirrels; Jackie
and all the other Woodland chaps
have been bothered with the mos
quitoes.'
"They made war enough on me"
said Uncle Wiggily.
And, since they could not catch
you, they are starting war against
your friends" went on Nurse Jane,
so / am making mosquito shirts for
the animal boys. I'll be away sewing
all day, and you'll have to get your
own lunch, L III dlTdlQ
I'm not afraid" laughed brave
Uncle Wiggily. IF L could get away
from the bad. biting mosquitoes, /
guess L can get my own lunch Be-
sides, maybe Alice from Wonderland
will come along and help me-
Maybe" spoke Nurse Jane. Then
the muskrat lady, tying her tail up
in a pink-blue hair ribbon, scurried
off, while Uncle Wiggily hoped over
the fields and thru the woods, look
ing for an adventure.
But adventures, or things that hap
pen to you. seemed to be scarce that
day, and it was noontime before the
bunny gentleman hardly knew it.
Welt" he exclaimed. I'm getting
hungry, and, as l didn't bring any
cherry pie with me, I'll have to skip
along to my hollow stump bungalow
for something to eat"
Nurse Jane had left some things on
the table for the bunny gentleman to
eat for his lunch There were cold
carrot sandwiches, cold cabbage tarts,
cold turnip ELECTROMAGNETIC are
like turnovers only different-and
cold lettuce pancakes
But it seems to me- said Uncle
Wiggily sit seems to me that l would
like something not l think III make
a soup of all these things as / saw
the cook doing when 1 went thru the
funny little door and met Alice in
Wonderland in the kitchen of the
Duchess"
So. getting large soup kettle, Uncle
Wiggily put into 1t the cold carrot
sandwiches, the cold lettuce pancakes,
the cold cabbage tarts and so on
Then he built a fire in the stove
For" said he, "if those things are
good cold they are better hot. shall
have a fine hot lunch
Then Uncle Wiggily sat down to
wait for the things to cook. and every
once in a while he would look at the
kettle on the stove and say:
Eyes. 1 shall have fine, hot
lunch"
And then. all of a sudden, after the
bunny rabbit gentleman had said this
about e-and-ten-cent-store times a
voice cried:
Indeed you will have hot lunch."
and into the kitchen of the hollow
stump bungalow came the red hot
lamingo bird. eager to burn the rab-
bit gentleman.
"Oh," exclaimed Uncle Wiggily.
Il don't seem to know you very
we'll"
You'll know me better after a
bit" said the red na1ningo bird clash
ing its beak like pair of tailor
shears. I'm the bird that Alice from
Wonderland used for a croquet NAL
let when she played with the Queen
of Hearts,
"Oh. now 1 know" said the bunny.
Wont you have lunch with me?" he
asked, trying to be polite. I'm hav-