El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-01
Bedtime Story for the Little Ones


! and they'll play more tomorrow night
But tonight we'll be there
And what shall we do?7 asked the
I Pipsisewah. 4 don't feel like playing
any tricks. All want is something
to eat I'm hungry.
We'll. do as I tell you. and you'll
have some nice souse 10 eat, went on
the Blue Nosed Babboon- Tonight
well 20 out and hide near Uncle Wig
gily's hollow stump He is sure 70
/ come out, sooner or later. to see the
tricks that are played
And what good will that do US.
asked the Pipsisewah- I tell you l
don't like tricks-I want something 10
eat"
'.Hush, Wait a minute," gurgled
the Blue Nosed Babboon- When IN
Gle Wiggily runs out as Johnnie
Bushytail or Sammie Littletail rings
his bell. well grab him mean We II
grab Uncle Wiggily- Then I can pull
his pink. twinkling nose. and you can
get some souse off his ears!
Good" cried the Ptpsisewan-
though 1 call it rather bad myself
So the two unpleasant chaps. IN
their deep, dark. dismal, desert dun
geon. waited for night and the Hal
lowe'en tricks
And now. what was Uncle Wiggiiy
doing all this while? Well. he was
waiting for the Halloween tricks that
he knew his little animal boy and girl
friends would play on him, and Mr.
LonEears never thought at ali about
the bad Pipsisewah-
And. surely enough. when II was
dark, Johnnie Bushytail, the squirrel
boy. said to his brother Billie-
Lets go put a Halloween t!ctac
on Uncle WiEgily's window,
That's what well do" agreed Bill
lie. And when he hears it ticking
and lacking. he'll run out and well
laugh and il will be lots OF fun.
So the squirrel boys took some
string. a pin or two and a little nail
from an old piece OF board They
crept up softly and fastened the pin
and one end Of the string, with the
dangling nail, 10 Uncle Wiggily
Then Johnnie and Billie took the
other long end Of the string far out
in the bushes and hid When they
pulled the string, the dangling nail
went "tictac" on the bunny gentle
mans window glass, and he, hearing
#, cried
"Ha, More Halloween tricks. I
must go out and see what it is"
out rushed Uncle Wiggily. just as
the had Pipsisewah and the Blue
NOSed BabbOOn had thought ne WOulo-
and both the unpleasant chaps were
hiding and waiting for him
There he isr' cried the Babboon-
Grab him.
And save all the souse on his ears
for mel" said the Pipsisewah-
Both Of them rushed TO grab Uncle
WiggiIy from off the front stoop OF
his hollow stump bungalow. where he
had come out 10 see the Hallowe'e en-
trick. But first the Babboon tripped
and fell over the string Of the tictac.
and then the Pipsisewah fell They
both tumbled down together and rolled
over in the grass and weeds and
leaves and the Pipsisewah howled;
Fooled again, This is a Hallow-
cen trick on US, We can't get Uncle
Wiggilyl'
And neither they could. for he ran
in the house and shut the door when
he heard them fall. And Johnnie and
Billie ran away. too, so the Pipsise-
wah and the Babboon didn't get any
one. But there was lots Of Hallow-
cen fun, and II the spoonholder
doesn't squeeze the pickle fork so
tightly that It can't spell onions. III
tell you next about Uncle Wiggily
and the chalk letter.-Copyrigh 1913,
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
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