El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-09
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE w1eGILY The UGLY DUcKLNG.


! ever be q duck. which very much
doubt
Now. Mrs. Duck did not mean 10 be
unkind- but the ugly duckling heard
all that was said. and heard the other
| ducks and ducklings whispering about
J how funny he looked So when he was
/ strong enough, he made up his mind
| TO run away, that ugly ducklinE did
Mind you. I'm not saying he did
| right not for one minutel I'm sup
! posed to tell things exactly as they
| happen and I'm not to blame so
] hope you viii excuse me
Anyhow, the ugly ducklinE ran away.
| though. suppose, If ! said flew away
| II would be better He flew and he
| flew and he flew. until he came to an
| other country, not quite so far away,
and there he saw some big geese down
near a farmyard pond
| Perhaps 1 belong TO the geese said
the gully duckling- I will fly down
But the geese would have nothing to
| 90 with the ugly duckling. They
| turned up their beaks. ruffled up their
! feathers and waddled from side to side
I like fat pigs.
I guess I don't belong here" said
| the ugly duckling. Il will fly farther
! on
So he flew and he flew and he flew.
trying first one kind OF duck or goose
family to live with. after another. all
the while getting larger and stronger,
but never making friends anywhere.
where Uncle Wiggily Longears. the
rabbit gentleman, had his hollow stump
bungalow.
Uncle Wiggily was out walking in
the woods one day, hoping he would
have some sort of an adventure. when.
all of a sudden. he heard 4 great flut-
tering OF wings overhead. and down
through the trees and bushes crashed
a big bird
Ny goodness me sakes alive and
some sassafras lollypop ice cream cones
filled with marshmallOw candy" cried
the bunny gentleman in great surprise
Who are you, II you please. and did
you come from the Arabian Nights
said the big bird, except that it was
far-off country. But ! am called the /
ugly duckling."
Uncle Wiggily twinkied his pink 1
nose and twisted his left ear as he I
always did when he was thinking hard. |
Then he said:
You don't look like duck. but +,
you may be However, you're not ugly. 1
to my way of thinking But what |
seems TO be the trouble2"
Then the ugly duckling told how ne
did not look like the other ducks when ,
he was little. and how he had flown
from the far-off country TO get where
he belonged.
But I'm SURE don't belong here"
said the big bird Z see none OF my
kind here"
wait a bit" said Uncle wiggily
kindly You may belong to the Wib-
biewobble duck family So the rab-
bit gentleman took the big bird TO
the WibbleWobble pen, and, though :
Alice. Lulu and Jimmie, as well as Mr..
and Mrs Wibblewobble. were as polite
as they could be- still they said the !
stranger was no relation 10 them
Though you may stay as long as
you ike" said Mrs. Wibblewobble.
Thank you kindly" said the ugly !
iuekiing. looking. larger than ever. and
not at all homely. so Uncle Wiggily
and all the others thought. But I
want to be with my own relations"
said the stranger.
Wen. wen try TO find them for you
among my animal or bird friends said
the kind bunny rabbit. but the ugly
1uckling." as he still called himself
while he boarded for a few days at
the rabbit Sentlemans hollow stump
where
7 know what I'm going 10 do" said
Uncle Wiggily one day. when he had
looked all through the Arabian Nights
he ugly duckling-
What are you going to do2" asked !
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy.
Ask Dr.. Postum where the ugly
The animal doctor was called in.
having been away on a trip, and no
sooner had he seen the strange bird
han he cried
why. that is no duckIing. ugly or
what is it7' asked Uncle W1ggiIy.
curious like.
1T is a grand beautiful white swan.
hat Mrs Duck in the far-off country
latched out by mistake" said DR.. Pos
Ium. The ugly duckling is a swan,
md he belongs down at Asbury Park.
ocean Grove. Belmar. Spring Lake and
There he will find other
swans like himself and be happy
So Uncle Wiggily took the no more
Ugly duckling down to Asbury Park
n his airship, where there were other
wans on the lake. and there the big
White bird lived happily ever after
md he thanked Uncle Wiggily very
Kindly.
So. you see. after all. this is sort |
4 Arabian Nights story, for an ugly
Iuckling turned into a beautiful swan.
hough 4 man named Mr.. Anderson I
las told the tale much better than
ave here
And If the chocolate drop doesn't
all on the ice cream cone and get all
tuck up so II can't dance with the
title girl who wears the blue dress.
II tell you next about Uncle Wig
lily and the fortune seeker-Cop:-
light. 1917. by Mcclure Newspaper