Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-22
Tales of the
Friendly Forest

Well. mere we are again. you and
|, reading about Billy Bunny and his
dear, kind Uncle Lucky. the old gen.
tleman rabbit with his Snowmobile.
And IL l remember right we left off
in the last story Just where they said
goodby to the Snowman with his new
lollypop eyes and big, red-painted
mouth. so we did, to be sure, but
now we've got something else TO
think about, for all OF a sudden, just
like that. the Snowmobile ran into a
telegraph pole and one OF the wires
fell down and got caught on the
steering wheel of the Snowmobile.
And then the two little rabbits heard
something. Yes. sir. II was tele-
gram from Aunt Columbia to Uncle
Sam, and this is the way II went:
Dear Sam-The only way to end
this war Is to win It! Get busy with
money and bullets, ships and guns,
and II YOU want me to go as Red
Cross nurse. III join, even though |
am almost as old az yon.
AUNT COLUMBIA"
We'll, IL that isn't fine old lady
cried lncie Lucky. "Ill take my hat
of to her" hut he couldn't for when
he tried tn lift up his old wedding
stoN cpipe nat the blue silk polkadot
handkerchief which was tied over II,
you know. wouldn't let him, so the
cd gentleman rabbit gave three
cheers and tiger and a bag OF ami
mai crackers instead,
And now" said Uncle Wiggily,
after he had untHngled the telegraph
wire, lets go down TO the Bunny
willie Gazette ard tell the editor
what I've heard SO of they went
and pretty soon they came to the
newspaper building and Uncle Lucky
and Billy Bunny went upstairs TO see
the editor, who was an old Gander
and loved to quaCk jokes about the
neighhors around RabbitviIle and
Goosepond.
Gracious me" ne exclaimed, and
he dipped his quill pen in the ink
and began to write down what Uncle
| Lucky nad told hun. And when he
| had finished he gave it to boy TO
take right down to the printer man
so that the news would come out
that evening in the Rabbitville Ca
zette." And after that Uncle Lucky
and Billy Bunny hoped down the
stairs and got into the Snowmobilc
and started off for the three and
one-Cent store.
hang up in the windows said the
old gentleman rabbit. And maybe
| IN get an Nmas tree II they have
big enough one" Well, when they
got to the store they looked all
around to find the holly rings with
big red ribbons, and Uncle Lucky
told the lady salesman, who was
pretty white cat, to put fourteen
dozen and three more in the back Of
the Snowmohile, And then he said,
where are Your Xmas trees SO
when Uncle Lucky had picked out
the biggest one he had that put in
the Snowmobile too, and then he
bought a lot Of tinsel and red balls
and little tin trunIpets and candies
and, oh, dear me You know, all
those pretty things which go on an
Xmas rec to make II look pretty.
And after that he and Billy Bunny
went home and put the Snowmobile
in the garage and the Nmas tree and
Wrcathcs in the house, and in the
next sto-y III tea you a secret. for
there are lots OF secrets before NmaS
day. YOU know.
Well soon as the two little rab-
hits hupped out OF the sleigh. the
Great Rar stretched out his paw
and shook hands with Uncle Lucky,
and the Little Bear shook paws with
Billy Bunny. and while all this was
going on, he Reindeer suddenly
started Off | don't know whether
/ thnv took fright AZ something or
'nG. hut, anyway. off they went,
down the Milk Way.