El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-13
Bedtime Story for the Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND The CLOSET

dish closet some more, and even
stepped inside Il. for Il was large
I enough, and as yet Mrs CiuckcIuck
hadn't filled II with kitchen things
Yes, I certainly must have one,
said Nurse Jane.
Make you a dish eloset-' exclaimed
the bunny. when Nurse Jane told him
about Mrs. CIuckcluck's that night.
why, Of course I will 1t viii give
me the greatest pleasure"
/ So the next day Uncle Wiggily got
out his hammer and saw and plane
and nails and tack puller and cork
screw and other things-whatever you
need to make dish closet-and he
began
First. he ordered a big packing box
from the % and % cent store, as those
at the five and eight cent were too
small Then. when it came he took Il
out in the back yard Of the hollow
stump bungalow and began TO make
He put on doors. and he put IN
shelves and drawers, and a place for
the eggbeater and the nutmeg crater
and all, so that Uncle Wiggtly was
very busy, hammering and saving and
whistling, and now and then hlt1ins
his thumb and popping II into MS
mouth so he wouldn't have 20 talk, and
then something else happened
About this time the sl1ilery- scalery
alligator was walking along the road.
sort Of hurrying, because IL was cold
and frosty, and he met the Pipsisewah.
Hello" said the PipsiseWah TO the
skilIery- scalery alligator, with the
humps on his tail Where are you
going"
ITO get something to eatr said the
gator. shivery like
How would you like some nice, hot
souse2" asked the Pipsisewah, with
sly wink Of his left eve
Fine said the gator. But can't
get any"
yes you can" said the Pipsisewah,
4 Just went past Uncle Wiggily's hol-
low stump bungalow He's out in the
yard making an airships or an auto
mobile or something. Now 1 cant
catch him alone. as he IS too sly for
ne But If you and I go at him to
gether-
.'Ha, Say no more, Wen do It."
cried the gator.
So, the two bad animals slyly start
ed down the road toward Uncle Wig
giiy's bungalow. But the bunny rabbit,
who was making Nurse James dish
closet out in the yard, saw them COM
ing. The closet was almost finished
Uncle Wiggily quickly stepped inside,
pulled the doors shut after him ana
waited.
Along came the skllery-scalery ALL
gator and the Pipsisewah- They looked
an around but they couldn't see the
bunny.
Il thought you said he was here
and that I could have some hot souse-"
said the gator. displeased like.
Well Uncle Wiggily was here. but
he must have run away and hid in
his bungalow. and we don't dare go
in after him, or Nurse Jane VIII hit
US with the rolling pin,' said the
Pipsisewah- "Oh. dearl He's fooled Us
again" and he was terribly put out
and 81 was the gator. But there was
no help for Il. They couldn't get In
Gle Wiggilv- And when they went
away. out the bunny came from Nurse
James dish closet, and finished put
ting in the last nails. And how he
laughed at the bad animals that didn't
get himl Hal Hat Hal
So the closet was finished and
Nurse Jane liked II very much And II
the gas stove doesn't act so meanly
toward the rice pudding that Il won't
let the poor thing go TO sleep IN the
oven, III tell you next about Uncle
WiEgily and the ashes--COpyrigh
1918. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate