El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-17
Bedtime Story for the Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE BIG DRIFT
.,--,ur-ru-,By HOWARD r. GARIS. u,ur,,u,ruu,iurlsn

/ bungalow. rne drlIJ WIS 50 big Jnal
the top of it was over his head, even
above his long ears, and If he had
tried to wade through 1t he would
have been lost like the little red ant
who tried to play hide and 90 seek
in the Washtub.
Uncle Wiggily began digging a
hole in the side Of the drift TO make
his tunnel. The bottom, top and
sides would be Of snow-pure, white
snoW-sO the tunnel would not be at
all dark and gloomy like those
through which the railroad trains
puff and loot their way
"A snow tunnel is lots Of fun"
thought Uncle Wiggily, as he dug his
way into the big drift OF white
fakes
1t was still showing, though not so
hard as when Nurse Jane had called
Uncle Wiggily. But once he had
shoveled his way inside the tunnel
the bunny rabbit gentleman did not
mind it so much, as no snow could
shower down on him, and the white
walls and the roof kept off the cold
wind.
I'll soon have the tunnel through
the drift out to the front gate"
thought Mr.. Longears. Then can
get the milk bottles the COW gentle
man left. Pm glad 1 don't have his
wouldn't like to shovel tunnels"
On and on dug the bunny rabbit,
and soon he had his tunnel all the
way out to the gate He reached up
and got the milk bottles, which were
partly frozen, little tall hats" Of
solid, icy milk sticking out OF the
tops.
Here you are, Nurse Janet" called
Uncle Wiggily, as he walked with
the bottles through the tunnel dug
under the big drift. Here is the
milk"
What are you going to do next?"
asked the muskrat lady, as she saw
the bunny start back toward the
drift again.
"Oh, I'm going to smooth out the
walls Of my tunnel" he said. Some
of the animal boys and girls may want
to play in It this afternoon, and III
make the walls so they won't be so
rough. 1 dug il in a hurry to get the
milk, but now I'll make it better"
So Mr.. Longears went into his tun-
mel, and he was thinking what a nice
one It was, and he was smoothing the
walls when, all OF a sudden, a voice
cried:
"Ah, hal Now you can't get aWayi"
And there was the bad brown bear
who had been fooled on the dull
skates Uncle Wiggily had given him.
Now I have you'll" cried the bear,
and he reached out his paw with the
claws on the end Of it to grab the
bunny rabbit gentleman The bear
had been passing along the street
when he saw the opening to Uncle
Wiggily's tunnel, and he crawled In
to see what he could find. And he
found the bunny, I'm sorry to say
Now I'll get some sOuse off your
ears" cried the bear, and he stretched
out his paw, but he made a mistake
and hit the soft snow roof of the
tunnel hard whaek.
Now the snow tunnel would have
been all right except for that, but as
son as the bear hit the roof. down
part OF it fell, caving right in on him
and burying him under the snow.
But Uncle Wiggily was for enough
back so no snow fell on him, ana then
he ran farther back into his bunga-
low, leaving the bear in the caved-iu
tunnel, where he had to dig himself
out. And back he went TO his den,
very much disappointed indeed
But Uncle Niggily dug another
new part, where the tunnel had been
broken by the bear. and the animal
children had lots Of fun under the
big drift after all
So, il the bottle Of ketchup doesn't
turn pale when it sees the red beet
Jump into the potato salad, as II
plays tag with the oyste. I'll tell
you next about Uncle Wiggily and
Nurse James pudding.-(Copyright,
1917. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-
cateD