The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
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sBEDIIME' STORY
UNCLE WIGGILY FINDS OUT.
Copyright, 1873 by Mcclure Newspa.
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BY HOWARD r. GARlS.
What's the matter. Uncle Wiggily?'
asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the
muskrat lady housekeeper. one morning
as she noticed that the bunny rabbit
gentleman wasn't starting out from his
hollow stump bungalow, as he almost
always did, with his red, white and
blue striped rheumatism crutch.
What is the matter? Aren't you going
to look for an adventure today?"
No" slowly answered Mr.. Longears,
as he shook his pink, twinkling nose to
and fro. I'm not going out at all any
more-ever!"
why not?" squeaked Miss Fuzzy
WuZzy, as she tied her whiskers up in a
soft knot so they wouldn't get under
Why not?"
Because I'm afraid" said the bunny.
Just think what happened to me the
last two times | was out. l saw Jollie
Longtail, the mousie boy, and he and
heard a big noise like thunder, and
saw a flash of light, and 1 nearly fell
over backward.
Then, the next day, I picked up a
carrot | saw in the snow, and all OF a
sudden, l thought l was shot. There
was a big flash of light and a boom
bang noise! No, indeed I'm not going
We'll, maybe it will be just as we'll"
said Nurse Jane. only please don't
get in my way when I'm sweeping and
busting the bungalow"
Uncle Wiggily said he wouldn't, so he
remained around, going from one room
to another as Nurse Jane worked, and
he didn't have a good time at all. He
was always having to move, and he
missed hopping over the fields and
through the woods to look for an ad-
venture.
But still it's better than almost get
t;v,r -ANf nrl enAfnu a ronI1Cih how hn
scared to DEATH" thought Uncle Wig
gily, (which are the things that hap
pened to him in the last two stories, II
you will kindly remember.
So the day passed and Mr.. Longears
didn't go out in the woods and fields,
and when evening came he was very
All Of a sudden there came a rata
tat-tat knock on the front door of the
hollow stump bungalow just as Uncle
Wiggily and Nurse Jane finished sup
per.
and some corn meal HASH" cried the
muskrat lady. II hope that isn't the
skillery scalery alligator with the
double jointed tail!'
Nonsense! How could it be-" asked
Uncle Wiggily. IT'S more likely my
friend, Mr., Whitewash, the Polar bear,
out walking with a SNOWFALL. III let
But it wasn't Mr., Whitewash at all;
1t was Sammie Littletail, the rabbit
boy.
"Oh, Uncle wiggily'" cried sammle.
will you come to the store with
Jollie Longtail, the mousie boy, and
to go alone, so l asked Jollie to 20
with me. But now he's afraid, and so
we're both afraid. on account of the
dark, and if you'll come-
"Of course I'll come" laughed Uncle
Wiggily. But you shouldn't be afraid
in the dark. 1t can't hurt you. Now
Wen go to the store together It's
So off they started, the bunny uncle
and the rabbit and mousie boys. On
the way they talked about the queer
thing that had happened to Jollie and
how Uncle ,Wiggily thought he was.
shot. And all of a sudden they passed
a place where a real man was show
ing some real moving pictures to some
real children. The door was open. the
place was dark inside, except where
the pictures were shown on a white
screen. and Uncle Wiggily and Sammie
and Jollie stopped to look in, as nc
And the first thing they saw was
a picture Of a little mouse, running
along and stopping to pick up grains
of corn. One kernel was fast to a
string, and as the mouse pulled on it
there was a sudden fash as Of light
ming.
why! Why" squeaked Jollie.
That's just what happened to me-.
Before Sammie or Uncle Wiggily
could speak another picture was shown
the screen. This showed a bunny
who was eating a carrot which he
found under the snow, and as he nib
bled it there came a flash and the rab-
bit ran away.
Why. that was you" cried sammie
80 it was" said Uncle Wiggily.
That's a moving picture of one of my
adventures! 1 wonder how it hap
pened?"
Then. as they listened, they heard the
man in the theater say:
Those are some pictures | took, chill
drHn, of animals in the woods. | took
them by flashlight. | fastened some
grains Of corn and a carrot to strings
and when the mouse and the rabbit ate
the bait they pulled the strings, set
off the fla shlights and took their
pictures, so I could show them to you
here Just as you now have seen them"
Then all the children said: "Hurray.''
and the bunny and the rabbit and
mousie hoped along. Uncle Wiggily
had found out what happened. He had
just had his picture taken and so had
Jollie. 1t wasn't a trap at all. Then
they went to the store and hurried
the boys some hot popcorn balls. And
If the baby carriage doesn't take the
pussycat's paper doll toe near the fire
so she burns her toes, I'll tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily and the shelf.