El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-27
Bedtime Story For The Little Ones
uNCLE WIGGmY AND TIE sHAVINGS.
Il W1GGlL4 AND IhE ShAh1AGo.
- ~ HnEIAHn q EaHI.


2 tors shave off the wood we want 10
tie them on our dolls heads. and
make believe they are curly hair
-Ha- That's a good idea-' said Jn-
girls. You have my permission 10 so
get the shavings-
But we don't want TO 80 alone" "
said Alice ITS lonesome there, but
IL you took us
sob. hol 7 see-- laughed the bunny
gentleman "Of course, III take you.
] Come along I won't let anything
I hurt you. and you can get all the
I shavings you want TO make curly hair
I for your dolls"
So. leaning on his red, white and
blue striped rheumatism crutch. and
I twinklnG his pink nose like lemon
squeezer, Uncle Niggly went with
I Lulu and Alice
The cnipmunk carpenters had all
gone away for the day from the new
hollow tree house they we're building
for Grandfather GOosey Gander, but
there were plenty of curly shavings
scattered about on the ground and on
the piles Of logs and boards soon
Lulu and Alice were gathering them
under their wings TO take home 10
their dolls.
Hate all the fun you WISH said
Uncle WiEgily- "Il sit here en- the
shade and see that nothing hap
pens"
But something did happen IL was
nice and soft where Uncle Wigglly
was sitting on a cushion Of moss,
and pretty soon - pretty soo-oon-
pretty oo-oo-oo-oo-oon. Uncle
MlgEily fell ast-1ast-aSleep
And when he was asleep, lying
down on the moss. Lulu said 20 her
sister duck
wouldn't It be funny If Uncle
Wiggily had curly hair.
-Oh. wouldn't it-' quacked Alice
Lets make him some while he's
asleep Hen never know IT,"
So carefully and softly they tucked
a lot OF chipmuuk carpenter snaTiugs
under the edge Of Uncle WigEily's
tall silk hat. until he looked as IL he
had light curly hair lize a blue-eyed
wax doll
Lulu and Alice were sitting on a
log. waiting for Uncle Wiggily to
awaken so he could take them home,
when. all Of q sudden. out from, be
hind mulberry pieplant there
jumped a big. old Skeezicks.
-Zim Zup-' cried the SkeezickE- /
This IS the time j have you. Uncle I
Niggily- This time you VIII surely ]
come with me off TO my den Ill I
curling hair and drag you through I
the wood. 7 VIII Zim Zup-'
The bad. old SkeeZiclSs made a grab I
for Uncle Niggilv. but instead OF I
-aL CAalA Nun uE llG pink wv lll1ll-A=- !
nose OF by his ears the uupl eaSanr ]
creature caught the bunny by the ]
curly carpenter shavinEs, thinking ]
they were hair. And, as the shaTings I
were not, and as they were not fast 1
10 Uncle WiEgily's head. being only 4
tucked in under his hat why those /
shaviuEs just came loose I'm the paw Z
lf The Skeeziczs. He was very much .
surprised
"Oh. my, What's this2 I've I
snatched Uncle WfggiIy baldheaded- /
oh. 7 never could bear a baldheaded I
-ab5it-' cried the Skeezicks.
And then. thinking he had actually
pulled of Uncle Wiggily's hair (1ut 4
really it was only the shavinEs). the
SkeezieEs turned back s0mersault /
md ran away. leaving the bunny safe.
Then ar LonEears took Lulu and 1
Alice home and they had lots of fun
iressinE their dolls I'D in the shaw
nEs And, II the apple pie doesn't
urn up its nose at the piece Of cheese
md so skating with the lemon dump
ing. III tell you next about Uncle
NiEEily and Biliie's gun Copyright.
91S. by Mcclure Newspaper Syudi-
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