El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-05

wondering whether he would have an
adventure that day, and be was think
ing 50 much about this that he did not
see pair OF sharp, black eyes follow
ing him along. hidden by the bushes
that grew along the path through the
woods.
But the sharp. black eyes saw Uncle
WiSgily very well. and the eyes be
ionged 70 a bad old fox who was hun-
Erv Tor some Souse OF a RABBITS ears.
But the fox was very old. and his
teeth we're almost gone. so he knew
he couldn't do as some foxes would do
suddenly spring out OF the bushes
and grab Uncle WiggilT. He knew Mr..
Longears was big and strong for 4
rabbit and might get away.
4 I've got 70 sort OF play 2 trick On
him. said the fox. I know what I'll
DO. I'll follow along after him. When
he sits down 70 take a rest III sneak
Up and bite a hole in the paper bag.
have one tooth left good enough for
biting a hole through paper
When the bag has a hole IN Il the
I beeechnuts will drop out. and when
Uncle Wiggily sees the spilled nuts
he'll stoop over 10 pick them up. And
when he's doing this he won't see me.
and I can jump out OF bush behind
him, land on his back and get some
souse off his ears before he knows H."
So the bad old fox. with one tooth.
followed along, sneaking after Uncle
WiSgilv. and. surely enough, pretty
soon Mr.. Lougears felt tired and sat
down on z log 70 rest.
TIE almost fell asleep. thinking Of
how good the pudding would taste,
and then up sneaked the fox. and very
quietly he bit a hole in the paper bag
Then the fox drew back into the
bushes and waited
Pretty soon Uncle Wiggilv reused up
and was about 10 start off when he
heard rafting sound. and the paper
bag burst and out Of the hole ran all
the little three cornered beechnuts.
oh. dear me-" cried the bunny rah-
bit gentleman This is quite too badi
All the nuts are spilled and II viii
take me a long time 70 pick them up"
He was just going 10 stoop over 70
pick NJ the scattered nuts from among
the dried leaves, and the fox was Just
going 70 jump out on the bunny rabbit.
when, from tree over Uncle Wig
gily's head. a voice cried:
Look out, Uncle Wiggilyi Don't
pick Up the nuts or the old fox with
one tooth viii bite souse off your ears.
Leave the nuts alone. boiler Scat" al
the fox and wen pick the nuts up for
you later"
Uncle WigEily Strengthened I'D and
saw IN the tree, over his head, two
pretty striped chipmunks. which are
something Ike SQUIRRELS, only differ
ent- Then he saw the bad old fox,
and he hollered scat" at him as loud
y rs he could, and the fox said:
"Pshaw. Fooled again." and away he
ran.
Then the chipmunks. who had seen
what the fox was Soing 10 do, came
down. and helped Uncle Wiggily pick
ID the beechnuts. And each chip
munk had on either side OF its head a
sort OF pouch, or bag, and into these
they stuffed the beechuuts. and so car
ried them home for Uncle Wiggily.
who couldn't use the paper bag be-
cause IL was torn And Nurse Jane
gave the kind chipmunks some beech
nuts for themselves, and the rest she
made into pudding for herself and
Uncle Wiggily.
So this teaches us that IL IS a Eond
thing chipmurks have cheek pouches.
or bags, and II the red stripes dou't
all run off the stick OF peppermint
candy and Irvine themselves around
the table legs, I'll tell you next OF
Uncle Wiggilv and Jollie Longtail.-I
Copyright, 1915. by Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.