El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-21
Bedtime Story For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND SUSIES DOPE


pinching balloon, that was coming
q after him.
WHATS the matter, SUSIE" asked
7 Uncle WiEEily.
'Oh. LOTS answered the little rab-
f bit girl. q want a skipping or jump
Ing rope, ana 4 can't get one
"Why not?' asked Uncle Wiggily.
Because 7 am saving up all my
pennies TO buy thrift stamps 70 help
win the war went on Susie. "Of
. course I don't mind that" she added,
FOR 7 want to do my Bit But it's hard
not TO have jumping rope ] had one
but It wore out and now 7 can't have
any fun"
rs thar why you called to. me?'
asked the bunny
Yes answered susie 'I thought
maybe YOU had a jumping rope. or that
could take a piece OF Nurse James
clothes line
Uncle Wiggily sadly shook his head.
'.Im afraid you couldn't do that he
remarked I'm on my way now TO set
some soap so Nurse Jane can wash the
clothes. and 1 know she'll want TO
hang them out And 7 haven't q Jump
ing rope with me-
"Oh, dear" sighed susie. Il want a
jumping rope awful bad. But Pm not
going TO take any Of my war savings
stamps money 10 get t.. But-oh,
cear-' and tears came into her eyes.
That's right-' said Uncle WiEEilv-
BE brave girl and give up some
thing, II you have TO, to help win the
war. But as Tor jumping rope, IL
would do you no harm to get one, II
YOU only could without taking your
stamp money
"Oh, If I only couldr' cried Susie,
clapping her paws. and making her
pink nose twinkle almost like Uncle
Wiggly's.
Come with me-" said the bunny
gentleman. eve viii take a walk
And viii We find jumping roper"
asked Susie
II don't know said Uncle WiEgily.
be almost as good
So off through the woods started
Uncle Miggily. leading Susie by the
paw, and pretty soon they came 20 a
little green dinghy dell near a spring
of bubhly water, and they heard some
voices saying;
Vow it's my turn 90 jump.
"Oh- please don't turn so fast.'
Give me three sloW-pepper,
"Oh. yCu tripped. Now it's my turn"
"Why. that sounds just like a jump
ing rope game" said Susie in a wills
per TO Uncle Wiggily-
Hush, Wen take a look and see
who IL is spoke the bunny. And when
he and susie peeked through the BUSH
es there on the grass they saw some
Black-EEed susan flowers Jumping
rope. And what DO YOU suppose the
rope they used was made of Why. 4
piece of long, slender wild grape
vine. 90 be sure.
-0h, Uncle WigEily,' cried Susie,
clapping her paws. IF the Susans can
jump that kind of a rope so can IT,
Indeed you can said the biggest
Black-Eved Susan Take all the wild
Erape vine rope you want and il
doesn't cost even q penny And when
one piece wears out come and get
more. This is all the jumping rope We
flowers ever have
Thank YOU" said Susie. "TL take
some, and then I won't have 20 spend
any Of my war stamps money
I'VE must all learn 20 DO without
things and have things a bit different
in the war" said Uncle Wiggily, as he
guaWed off q piece Of grape vine for
Susie 20 jump
Then the little rabbit girl was hap
py-both because she had q rope and
because she hadn't spent her stamp
mQney-aud If the rubber band stops
@ play tag with the hand organ mon
key, and doesn't pinch the tail OF the
letter Q III tell you next about Uncle
Niggly and Johnuie's Elass-Copy-
right 1918, by Mcclure Newspaper
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