El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01
Bedtime Story For The Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGLY AND KATY DIDN'T
UNCLE WIGGuY AND
-l.,-------------- By HOWARD r. GARIs.u-----n

eeDCES Grandfather Goosey Gander
l. like cherry pie9' asked Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muslrat lady
housekeeper as she watched Uncle
Wiggny Longears. the rabbit gentle
man. twinkle his pink nose one day.
Does he like cherry pie2 Well I
should rather guess he did" spoke
The bunny, emphatic-like and unmis.
taxable.
That's good" went on Nurse Jane.
Here is a nice one I have just baked
that you can take to him.
"Ahem- Yes. that's very nice. But
what about me- asked Uncle Wig
silly Don't sou want 10 know wheth-
er or not like ,herry piez"
"Oh, 7 know you like IT," said Nurse
Jane, with smile that made her tail
so WlgEle-waggle- I've made so
many for you that I know you like
them. so I didn't ask wasn't quite
sure about Grandpa Goosey. However.
have pie tor you also, and you may
nave a piece as soon as you take
Grandpa Goosey's over TO him.
eOh. joy,T exclaimed the bunny rab-
bit gentleman, -Tu take the cherry
PIE 10 my friend the goose right
So putting the pie in his tan silk
nal where the sun would not melt il,
Uncle WiEEily started off over the
fields and through the woods 10 the
house Of Grandfather Goosey Gander.
Dir. Longears had not gone very far
before all at once, he heard voice
SAYING
~Oh. dear, How hungry I am. oh.
il seems as III ] hadn't eaten in year
and day Oh, what shall I do
-Ha. Hum. That sounds like trou-
ble. thought the bunny, as he
scr0otched down behind a burdock
leaf Vow II that isn't some one who
would like 10 bite souse off my ears
70 eat. III help them If I can"
50 he peeked out. and, seeing kind
Ereen bug walking on fence, the
bunny sad;
Excuse me. but did hear you say
you were hungry
Very hungry, indeed" answered
me green bug
What would you say 20 a piece or
cherry piee' went on Mr.. Longears-
I'd say How'd do Pleased to meet
you Come again. answered the
Then get ready to say IT," spoke
Uncle WiEgily. with a laugh. that
made his pink nose twinkle as bright
as the moon on a frosty night i
have here cherry pie" went on the
rabbit n taking IL 10 Grandpa
Goosey f4auder, but I'm sure he'd want
sou 10 have a piece Here. III break
you off some and he did, and the
green bug ate It and she was very
Llau uL-
Some day Z hope can repay your
kindness she said TO the bunny gen
tleman as he hoped away
Uncle NJ lgEllE was almost at Grand
pa tzOoseTs house when. all OF a sud
den. out from behind a stump popped
the bad old sEillery-sc alligator. I
with the double 5oiuted tail
Sassafras tea and lollypop loopst"
cried the gator This time think I
have surely caught you. Uncle Wig
gily-"
wen. perhans you have" spoke the
bunny, sadly like, but at the same
Then he took off his tall silk hat. TO
try 20 think OF a way TO escape from
the alligator. and all OF a sudden. out
pumped the soft cherry pie. with a
piece out Of IT, and "squash-squish.' Il
zen right in the face Of the alligator. 4
worse than moving picture. Oh, who
threw q custard at me-
out in the woods a voice said
KATY didn't Katy didn't,
II u-dn say she did-' hOWied the .
Eator, thrashinE around with his tail I
I'd trying 70 hit Uncle Wiggily. only .
because OF the pie In his eye the bad T
animal couldn't see the bunny "But &
VINO threw that pie at me2'
Katy didn' q Katy didn't" again I
the voice cried
say, if you say that again TIl-Tu I
give You fipflap with my taT-" 4
cried the alligator. Il am going TO
see who you are, anyhow. calling D
Katy didn't all the time
Then he ran into the W0ds as mad ]