El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-05
BEDTIME STORY FOR THE little Owes
UNCLE wICGILY AND THE MOON MAN.
IGGILY AND THE MOON MAN.
BY HOWARD IL. GAKIs.


child. and we had many adventures
, there
Wen. ] suppose II you Pc going out
nothing VIII stop you sighed the
muskrat lady house keeper. ''Stil, i
hope nothing happens 10 YOU
L hope an adventure happens said
Uncle Wiggily, as he hoped off in the
darkness. over the fields and through
the woods
He had not gone very far before h
saw, by the light Of the stars. a funny
little man sitting on a log in the WoonS.
oh. DEAR" cried the little man. who
had on a tall, peaked hat IT'S of no
use. I'm lost and that's all there IS {"
1t. Oh dear!"
oh. don't be so sad" laughed Uncle
WiggiIy. in his Jolly voice. If your
lost perhaps I can set you on your wav
again What else is the matter. and
who are yOu2 Are You from the Arab
ian Nights2" asked Uncle WiggIy, Tor
the little man did look something like
the curious chaps with whom the
bunny uncle had had many adventure
You might call me a part Of the
Arabian Nights" answered the odd lii
tie fellow. 4 am the man in the
moon
The man in the noon cried Uncle
Wiggily, in surprise. why I thought
you came tumblins down TO inquire
the way 10 Norwich
7 did. once" said the little man.
but that was in the Mother Goose
book"
Then what are YOU doing down on
earth again" asked Uncle Wiggily-
Hush exclaimed the moon man
IT'S a great secret came down 10
look at a moving picture show You
see I'm so busy keeping the moonlight
lamps lighted that ] never get time 10
90 10 a show. This time / made up my
mind I'd take a few hours off.
But what about the light OF the
noon" asked Uncle Wigsily-
n Mace
supposed to be shining now" said the
little man. and no one knows whether
! am keeping the moon glowing or not
80 I lust slid down on one or my own
nnoonbeams. no one seeing me because
Of the clouds. and I walked on and on
trying TO find a moving picture snow
But ] became lost in the woods. and
now I don't know what I'm going u
do And the moon man seemed very
sad indeed
"Oh. don't worry about that" said
Uncle WiEEily. Il know where there
is moving picture show. 10 which
can take you"
DO you. indeed cried the moon
man. Then please do. But what about
me being lost2 I've got 10 get back TO
the moon TO light the lamp soon. or
not seeing the moon shining when II
ought TO, Will think something IS the
matter"
oh. we'll think about getting you
back TO the moon after you have seen
a moving picture show, said the
bunny uncle Then. knowing where
there was a place where nice movies
were shown for the animal folk. the
bunny took the moon man there
II was quite dark when they got =
the movie show, for picture was, even |
then. Pickering on the screen But |
Uncle Wiggily had little electric !
flashed that until he found a seat for
himself and the moon man
oh. this Is great cried the moon
man. as he watched the picture which /
was a funny one about Jimmie Wibbie-
wobble. the boy duck, chasing Billy |
WagtafL the goat boy. around to-
mato can in game Of tag
'-Ha, Ha-' laughed the moon man, !
and Uncle WigEily liked the picture. I
too. All the animal children were
there. from Sammie and Susie Little
tail, the rabbits, TO JackO and JUMBO ,
Kinkytail2 the funny monkey boys /
They all laughed at the funny pictures
"Oh. this Is fine show said the !
moon man 10 Uncle WiCgily, when II |
was all over Thank you so much for !
bringing me
bunny uncle. 1t was a pleasure to me. |
for had a night adventure and 1 can
tell Nurse Jane. my muskrat lady :
about it
But what about me getting back J
to the moon 70 light the lantern in IT,
asked the funny little man It's about
time. I think
s.Wait until introduce you to my I
little animal friends" said the bunny
uncle Maybe they can think OF way
OF getting you back TO the moon' II
can't"
Johnnie and Billie Bushytail the
SQUIRRELS. and Jollie and Jillis Long
tail. the mice. and all the other animal
children were glad TO meet the moon
man
They were glad he liked the movies.
and when Uncle Wigsily cried:
Who knows the best way FOR the
moon man TO get back TO his moon IN
a hurry2" Sammie LittletaiL the rabbit
boy. cried
rocbet-a big one, We can shoot that J
off now, even If il isn't the Fourth OF
July, and If the moon man hangs 10
the stick tail of the rocket he VIII be
taken to the sky in a fifty"
Fine cried Uncle Wiggily- SO the
moon man held TO the skyrocket,
Sammie touched a match to II and
s.TThizzt" away went the moon man, /
and he got to the moon just in time TO
light il up at the place where il ought |
TO shine.
So the bunny uncle had his adventure
after all. and if the hammer and nail !
don't 20 driving through the park IN /
I'll tell you next about J
Uncle Wiggily and the gold spinner !
Copyright. 1917, by Mcclure Newspa- |
per Syndicate