El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-30
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nd ldL 5tLlQS as EHClEl some
one were sort Of peeved and in trou-
bic" said Uncle Wiggily 10 himself.
I must see who II is, and If I can
help them" for you know Mr.. Long
ears, as / call him when l want TO
be stiff and formal like, was al
ways trying to help some one.
So the bunny rabbit gentleman
peeked over the top Of the log, and.
on the other side he saw Mamie
/ Wagtail, the little goat girl, paint
ing q picture or at least Mamie
was trying 70 paint one.
Now It may seem queer to you 10
speak Of a goat girl drawing pic
D ture. but I do assure you Il car be
done. Mamie had a little tin box Of
/ paints such as she and the other
animsl girls used in the hollow
stump school, where they were
taught by the mouse lady And, for
q brush, Mamie had tied a piece
I Of her hair ribbon around the little
I bunch Of Whiskers that grew On her
chin, and this made q very proper
brush, indeed.
Mamie would dip her chin brush
. IN the water Of the spring at which
Uncle Wiggily's automobile had taken
a drink. and then Mamie would rub
her whiskers on some red, green. yell
l low or pink paint-whsteyer color
she wanted TO use Then she would
rub her whiskery paint brush OF a
niece OF white paper she had fas-
tened to q tree with sticky pine gum.
and in this way she could really
paint a pretty picture.
AT least that's what Tn trying to
do" said Mamie when Uncle Wiggily
looked over the top OF the log and
asked her what was the trouble Put.
oh. dear." cried Mamie, Il can't make
l. come right
1 whats wrong" asked Uncle Wig
Z looking the nfPTFTra which
/ was partly finished. 1T seems 10 me
\ to be very nice, indeed"
"Oh, but IL isn't at ALL said Mamie.
I've made the tree pink, instead OF
brown. and the SKY IS black instead
I Of being blue, and the leaves and
grass are purple when they should
I be greer.
You see she went on, my chin
I whisker brush is so short and ! can't
see what color I'm dipping il In, and
II get everything wrong The lady
mouse teacher told me 70 take my
paper II the woods, ana paint what L
saw. but this picture looks ike a sun
sci turned upside down All the col
ors are wrong Oh, dear; What shall
dc?"
q wonder II I could help" said IN
Gle Wiggily. So ne made . brush Of
bunch OF grass tied on a stick. and
he tried to make Nannie'S painting
better. but the old gentleman rabbit
had forgotten his spectacleS and he
made the grass blue. the sky green
and the trees pink, spotted with Jolly
pop color.
rs it any better, MANNER asked
the bunny.
"Well. a little, 7 guess" said the
Z goat girl. not wanting TO make Uncle
Wiggily feel badly But i isn't just
right yet. Oh. dear, There's 70 use
Of ne trying 20 paint. III never be
& a. q re n j
dishes and sew buttons on Billie's
coat"
Well. that's 2 very good thing to
do" said Uncle Wiggiiy. Not all o.
US can sew on buttons, and that's just
as needful as painting. But take your
paints and come with me. Maybe wen
find some use Tor your pretty cOlors
after all No matter r you do get
the wrong ones on the sky and trees.
they are bright and jolly, and that's
something"
So the rabbit gentleman took Nan
in his automobile, and pretty soon
they came 70 a little house in the
woods.
Oh. it vas q very rough and shabby
old house indeed. sort OF DARK brown
and moidy. and II gave one the fidg-
cts 10 look AZ It, and the doodle-oodle-
Who lives therey' asked Uncle
Wiggily OF a busy little bee lady, who
was gathering honey
"Oh. an old fox man, as cross a.
two sticks and a scuttle OF coal" was
the answer. Hes cross and mean
and always unhappy"
'-No wonderi Living IN such col
ored house" said the bunny gentle
man. Quick, Nannie." he called. Y
have a plan. TAKE your box OF
paints ana splash them on his house.
Use your brightest co.'s pink,
green. yellow, red, blue purple, white
and spotted Daub all your colored
paints all over this dull, drab, brown
house"
So Mamie did this painting the
chimney . bright red, the shutters
blue. the porch pink. the back steps
green. and 50 on. until she had used
Up all the paints in her box And
when the house was finished il looked
I like two bright sunsets stirred into
one with a scramble egg beater-
And then. along came the cross
old fox man. sort OF grumblinG and
growing and saying
What's the use OF living, can't
dance, my teeth are almost gone and
2 can't chew gum, nobody loves me
and
Just then he caught sight OF HE
z pink. green, blue. yellow, red and pur-
pie house. The sun shone on II
7 brayeiy and brightly, and reflected
T from there or the face Of the fox IN
. I'll he just had TO smile. though he
didn't want 20. and he cried
Oh joy Some good fairy must
have made ny house over for me.
Vow I feel so happy Whoop:" And
he danced fox trot then and there
"See, your paint did some good at
tar all, Mamie" said Uncle Wiggily.
where he and the goat girl were hid
den behind the bushes. waiting 10 see
what would happen. You have made
the fox happy
I'm glad said Mamie, and the
next day she learned in the hollow
stump school TO paint q fine picture
Of a rose. So this teaches US If We
can't do one thing we should try to
do another And II the dining room
table doesn't stand on its head and
. make the red cross kidney beans
jump down In the salt cellar, I'll tell
you next about Uncle Wiggily and
the old goose
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