The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-28
Bedtime Stories
Uncle Wiggily and Nurse JaEe's Purse.
Uncle Wiggily Longears, the rabbit
BY HOWARD r. GAKIs

Uncle Wiggily and Nurse JaEe's Purse.
Uncle Wiggily Longears, the rabbit
gentleman, was going through the
woods one day, looking for an adven-
ture; now searching among the dried
leaves at the foot of the trees, and
again peeping up among the branches,
when, all of a sudden, he heard some
one singing song like this:
"Rock-a-bye birdie in the top tree,
You shall sleep sweet when the wind
bloweth free.
N'er shall you fall, for your cradle is
strong,
So sleep, little birdie, and list to my
song
'-Well, that's very nice, I'm sure,'
said Uncle Wiggily, looking up to see
where the song came from. And, as he
did so, he saw a little bird flutter and
fall from among the tree branches.
"Ha, This must never be-" cried
the bunny gentleman. THAT little
chap will be hurt if he hits the
ground, for it is a newly Matched out
little bird. What can l do? Ha!
have it! I'll let him fall on my back,
which is covered with fur and is SOFT
Quickly the bunny rabbit gentleman
hoped under the tree and when the
little bird almost reached the ground
it landed safely on the rabbits back,
which was like a feather bed. and so
birdie was not hurt at all.
"Oh, now kind and good of you!"
exclaimed the mother bird fluttering
down from the nest, which was a very
queer one. Il guess I rocked my
baby's cradle too hard. Come, birdie,
daddy and L will help you back into
the nest
Then the father bird, who was beau
tifulIy colored orange and black, came
to help the mother bird lift the little
bird back into the nest And they
both thanked Uncle Wiggily very
much. indeed.
what kind of birds are you?" ask
ed the bunny.
I'VE are Baltimore orioles" was the
answer of the bird father. I'VE came
up from the south a little early this
wear, and we have just finished build
ing a new nest. There it hangs, near
our old one" and the bird pointed with
his wing to another queerly shaped
nest in the tree.
It looked like bag, and hung by
four strings, or twisted vines, to the
tree branch. swaying in the wind. 1t
was almost like a pocket, or like the
slipper bag which little girls carry to
dances with them.
.tOh, what nice nestl" cried Uncle
Wiggily. And you have two of
them ?''
THAT other is one we built last
year." said the mother orio1e. 1T is
too small for us this year so 1 made
another. But I must weave it a little
deeper, SO the brides will not fall out.
We never can thank you enough. Uncle
Wiggily, for saving Tootsie from bad
fall You caught her just in time
Pray do not mention it,, begged
Uncle Wiggily, modest like.
II e. IL
ness" said Mrs. Oriole, land if ever we
can do you a favor we will
Uncle Wiggily hoped off before
they could thank him more, and on
and on he went thru the woods. look
ing for adventure But he did not
find any, and when he reached his hoI-
low stump bungalow he saw Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, his muskrat lady
housekeeper, just going to the store
for some things for supper.
"Iu be right back-that is, if I
don't lose the money" said the musk
rat lady. MY purse is so old that
often the pennies and five-cent pieces
drop out"
THAT'S too bad," said Uncle Wig
gily. '1-er-oh. no matter" he said
quickly. "Ill tell you when you come
back" The truth of the matter was
that just then he had an idea to get
Nurse Jane new purse, and he did
not want to speak about it, for he
| wanted to surprise her.
| So, while she went to the grocery.
Uncle Wiggily quickly hoped on to
the pocketbook store
"I'n get Nurse Jane the very finest
nurse my carrot money can buy" he
said. shell like that. and then she'll
never lose her pennies again.
| But alas, Likewise unhappiness.
When Uncle Wiggily reached the
purse store it was closed. I.e tried
/ to find another, but could not and the
| five-and-six-cent store, which was just
closing, had no purses of the kind the
| bunny wanted.
| "oh, dear. Isn't .s.is the worst