El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-18
Bedtime Story for the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY AND THE POT OF JAM.


What have you had to eat today?''
went on Uncle Wiggily.
'Eat2 Nothing at ALI I can't eat
I'm too sickr' quacked Grandpa
! Goosey Gander. DIR. Postum tried to
| get me to eat some cornmeal mush.
with snail sauce sprinkled over II, but
I couldn't"
Uncle Wiggily looked at the sick
! goose. Then the bunny twinkled his
pink nose like a strawberry on the
end Of rubber ball, and he said:
7 think 1 know what will make
you well and also make you want
to eat. saw some in Nurse James
what is IT. I can't eat anything"
said Grandpa Goosey, Indifferent
like.
You must wait until come back
and see II you can't eat what I bring
you" spoke the bunny, and away he
Il did not take him long to get to
his hollow stump bungalow. Nurse
Jane was out. but Uncle Wiggily had
q key. and straight to the cupboard
he went, opening the door.
"a nice lot OF jam is what Grandpa
Goosey wants." the bunny said to
himself 'Tll bring him a pot Of the
strashuckleoo JAM That will
Just suit him"
And indeed it ought, for stras-
huckleooseberry jam is made from
strawberries. raspberrieS. huckieber-
ries anr gooseberries. the last being
especially good for ducks and geese
Uncle Wiggily lifted down the pot
OF strashuckleoOseber Jam. and was
just tuc1ing II under his paw to go
back TO Grandpa GoOsey's house
when, all Of a sudden. into the bun
galow popped the bad old Skeezicks.
"Ah hal Now for MY picket souse
eff your earsr' cried the Skeezicks.
n~ k1 4 IN
time and I am hungry for somei"
"Oh, please don't take any off my
earsr begged Uncle Wiggily.
Yes. shall, tool" barked the Skee-
wouldn't you Just as leave have
pot Of jam?" asked the bunny.
iii have bothi" grunted the Skee-
Kicks. what kind Of jam is this"
and he snatched ths pot Of it away
from the bunny.
That is strashuckleooseberry
JAM" said Mr.. Longears. IF you will
"Tn not let you gor" cried the
Skeezicks. I'll put some Of the
strashuckIeoosebe berry jam on your
ear souse and have a good meal All
ha!''
But just then something queer
happeaed- There was little OF the
jam on the outside Of the pot. and
this stuck TO the paw Of the Skee-
Kicks Then the pot OF jam slippR
from his hold. crashed to the floor
and broke. the jam spreading all over.
The SkeeZieks tried to jump out of
the way, but he slipped. and down
he sat right in the puddle Of sticky
ashuckleooseberry jam. And the 1
jam was so sticky the Skeezicks /
couldn't get mp again He tried and 4
tried, but could not.
ooh, please help me upi' begged I
the Skeezicks Of Uncle Wiggily. But
the bunny knew better than 10 do
this. and so the bad creature had to [
stay stuck fast TO the floor in the
pantry with the sticky strashuckle-
ooseberry Jam until the policeman dog
rame and took him away.
Then Uncle Wiggily. not afraid any
more, took more jam to Grandpa
Goosey, who was soon all well again.
Thus you see everything came out
al right, and Nurse Jane didn't mind
)ne broken jam pot. So il the carpet
sweeper doesn't brush all the blue
-0ses off the wall paper to make a
bouquet for the goldfish. I'll tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily and the
,rozen welL-Copyrigh 1917, by Nc
1lure Newspaper Syndicate.