The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-25
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BEDIIME STORY
BY HOWARD r. oARIs.
Copyright, 1918, by Mcclure Newspa.
per Syndicate.)

Once upon a time, when it was almost
Thanksgiving in Woodland by the Or
ange Ice Mountains, where lived Uncle
Wiggily Longears, the bunny rabbit
gentleman, Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy,
his muskrat lady housekyeeper, said:
Il think III make a minCe pie"
"Oh, joy!' cried Uncle Wiggily, who
heard her just as he was twinkling his
pink, twtnkling nose, and putting an
extra polish on his tall silk hat, before
he went out for a walk. DO make a
mince pie, Nurse Jane, and wen nave 1t
for Thanksgiving,
II Will" said the muskrat lady, but
you will have to 30 to the store and get
me some things l need to make the pie
with"
Right gladly will I go" exclaimed
the bunny uncle. What do you want?'
'oh, | want some ~raisins, Some cur
rants, a bit of citron, some apples, some
pears, q little lemon or two, some soft,
tender, juicy meat, sweet cider n some
other things"
ished writing down, on a bit of white
birch bark for paper, the things Nurse
Jane named, SAY, that is going to be
some pie!"
We'll, Thanksgiving but once
In November, and we should make 1t a
with a smile at the little verse she made
up all by her W self.
OFF through the woods hurried Uncle
Wiggtly, now hopping, now skipping
and row jumping. and, all of a sudden,
he met Floppy Twistytail, the little pig
gle boy.
Where are you going, Uncle Wig
gily?" asked Floppy.
~ am going to the store to get things
so Nurse Jane can make a mince pie for
Thanksgiving" answered the bunny
uncle.
What things do you nave to have to
make a mince pie?" the piggle boy
wanted to know.
So Uncle Wiggily, looking at what he
had written on the piece of white birch
bark, said:
Nurse Jane wants some %raisins,
pies, some pears, a little lemon or two,
some soft, tender, juicy meat, sweet
cider and some other things"
"Oh, that is going to be a most deli
cious Thanksgiving mince pie" ex-
claimed Floppy, hungry like;
sily, and then he hurried on to the store
and Floppy hurried on to school, and
the bad old Pipsisewah, who was hiding
IN the bushes, he hurried on to Uncle
Wiggily's hollow stump busgalow, the
bad old Pipsisewah did.
What's that? Didn't / tell you about
him before? Well. l meant to. Yes,
the bad old Pipsisewah was hiding in
the bushes, hoping to catch Uncle Wig
gily, n when he heard the bunny un-
Gle telling Floppy about the mince pie
the Pipsisewah' said to himself:
%Ah ha! Now Is my chance. I'll
hurry home ahead Of Mr.. Longears. I'll
hide under his front stoop and when
he comes along with his paws full OF
the mince pie bundles, I'll jump out at
him, holler boo! as loud as anything,
and then I'll bite souse off his ears.
That's what I'll do"
So, while Uncle Wiggily was getting
the things for the Thanksgiving minGe
pie, the Pipsisewah hid under the hol-
low stump bungalow front stoop.
Home came the bunny, smiling,
happy and contented because 1t was so
near Thanksgiving. His paws were full
OF bundles of things he had bought at
the store. AS he reached his front Stoop
Uncle Wiggily saw Nurse Jane waiting
for him, and, sort Of in fun, he asked
her;
~raisins, Miss Fuzzy WuZZy?"
Chop EN- upl Chop EN- up for the
mince pie" h answered.
And what are you going to do with
the citron?"
Chop it up! Chop it up for the mincs
pie"
And what are you going to do with
the apples?"
"%Chopgem up! Chop ,em up" she said.
Just then the bad old Pipsisewah
stuck out his head, and Uncle Wiggily
saw him, and before he KNEW what
he was doing the bunny asked Nurse
Jane: n
And what will you do with the bad
P~ipslsewah?"
"Chop him up! Chop him up" an
swered the muskrat lady, savage like.
"Oh, MOI Please don't! l don't want
to be made into a mince pie!" cried
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And, thinking something terrible would
happen him, away he ran, leaving the
bunny safe alone.
And Mr.. Longears was very glad, and
Nurse Jane made the mlnce pie, and If
the coconut doesn't fall out of the
apple dumping and bounce on the head
of the stairs, I'll tell you next about
Uncle WiggilM< and the turkey.