El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-19

. 81 IN-LA N-II--A D. can you spar 3
T y me few minutes some time to
day." asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
the muszrat lady housekeeper. Of MI
. Longears. the rabbit gentleman. as he
/ stepped on the front porch OF his hol-
I low stamp bungalow after breakfast
AS many as sou ike" answered
the bunny rabbit gentleman. sort Of
+ Ike a clock. and he didn't twinkle his
D pink nose a blt because it was toe
warm. what do you want me 10 do
F for youe' he asked
"Oh, Just take some molasscs cake
. with raisins u over TO your friend
Grandfather Goosey Gauder.' went on
some. ard III put 30 in the basket SO
you can carry il over without splitting
That viii be fine cried Uncle
! WisEily. Bring out your cake bas-
I ket JAMIE
So Nurse Jane went in the hollow
stump bungalow and out into the
kitchen and. as she opened the door.
Uncle WiEEilv ceutainly twiukled his
pink nose then. hot or no hot, for he
smeIIed the most delicious and
5aa- AlaA h-AAa. 20 aaNAaaaH H.aaH AAaa
Wei. IL that's moIasses cake with
raisins i'm IT," he said. "Graudfatner
Goosey Gauder can't have some any
too soon and can't. either. Iu have
a bite before I take the cake basket
over 20 my friend.
Uncle WiEEilg went out into the
kitchen himself 90 see 81 10 was really
the m7lasses cake that smelled so
good. and it was Nurse Jane was
ra.a "H ".ga g go
and she save Uncle WiEgly bit for
himself
Then the bunny uncle. with the cake
basket on Dis paw. started 90 hop over
the fields and through the woods TO
the house Of Grandfather Goosey Can
der
The day was warm. Uncle WiEgily
had eaten a good meal. and. as he
often did. he felt sleepy when he cot in
The shady woods
-Tu Just lie down and take nap"
he said. There IS no hurry about the
cake basket"
So. finding a nice. soft. green messy
log FOR a bed Uncle Wigcily SEE the
basket OF molasses cake down beside
IT, stretched out. pulled some big bur
dock plant leaves over him for a quilt
and went fast-f-a-s-t 20 sleep
And as he slept. along through the
woods came-No. now don't guess too
soon, This wasn't the sl1ilerv-sc
cry alligator nor yet the fuzzy fox To
was Sammie and Susie Littletal, the
rabbit children
oh. lock at Uncle NiEgily asleep
said Sammie TO Susie
eyes. and see the nice cake basket
beside him. said Susie Co Sammie.
ITS 100 bad 20 leave that there"
why. YOU wouldn't eat IT, would
you2' asked Sammie. sort OF surprised
@
and I'm hungry for molasses cake"
said the rabbit boy. But still
"Of course we wouldn't take 10.
Sammie,' said Susie But III we leave
IL here. and Uncle Wiggily keeps on
sleeping, some bad animals may come
and take the cake. basket and ALL"
What had we better do- asked
sammie.
Wen take gu. tile cake and hide
it, spoke susie. I'm its place Wen
put a sand cake. with stones for rail-
sins But when Uncle WicCilv wakes
up wen give him hack his real cake"
So che rabbit children made a cake
OF brown sand. which looked like
molass7s one. and they put 30 I'm the
basket iu place Of the real molasses
cake. which they took out. The real
cake they mid iu thu bushes. and hen
they waited cor Inel3 WigElly 10
wake u7.
ana an OF q Hu4lE.l--Nes. flIE IS
the place for i--uiruE came the bad
old Mandy Fancy who WAS very fond
Of cake. And he was fond OF souse.
too. for he cried;
ron. no, This time 7 have vou. Tu-
Gle WiEEilv. AS soon as eat this
nolasses cake. III bite a lot OF souse
off your ears"
"oh. please don't." begged the
bunny.
Yes. 7 shall" said the Mandy Pam
By. But first, III eat the molasses|
cake-7
Then he took a big bite Of what was
iu the cake basket. thinking it was
molasses cake. but you know what @
was-only sand and stones that looked
like a cake
'Oh. louypop, mushrooms and court
plaster cried the Mandy Pamby. as
he felt his mouth full Of sand II
guess 7 made mistake.' and away he
ran. not bothering Uncle Wiggily att
all Then the rabbit children took the
real cake out OF the bushes and put
20 I'm the basket. and the bunny uncle
was glad they saved % for him. and
they went TO Grandpa Goosey's with
him and each had nice piece OF
Nurse james mOlasses cake from the
basket