El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-04
Bedtime Story For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND JIMMIES QUACK


cried Uncle Wiggfly. making his pink
nose twinkle Just as II Nurse Jane
FUZZY WuzZy had sprinkled sugar on
it But YOU are in SAD state, JlmIIllel
Suppose YOU come for a ride IN my
automobile Tt is getting TO be spring
now and the roads are drying up
Wen 20 for a ride and see II We can
have an adventure"
'rWeL. III come II you want me to-
answered the duck boy, and he did noL
speak very happily But i m sure II
bring you bad luck
sNonsensicalnessl" laughed the bun
ny uncle You come with me, ana
wen see what happens
So off started the bunny rabbit gen
tIeman and Jimmie Wibblewobble, the
bow duck. in the automobile. that had
bologna sausages for tires, and when
Uncle WiEgily wanted TO 80 very rast
ne sprinkled pepper on them
over the fields and through the
woods rode the bunny and Jimmie, and
do You 1s feeI any happier now,
Jlmmie2''
NO" answered the duck boy. 7
don't cant see what use am N
this world. 7 can only swim ana Quach-
What good is Quacktng
wen, swimming is OF some use,
said Uncle WiEgily- Il remember once
the foot in a piece Of string when she
was after spicy, green cress, ana sns
would have drowned, with her head
held under water, II you hadn't swan
out TO her
"Of course it is" said the bunny.
ssATavbe you can 80 down to Asbury
Grove this summer and be iiIe guard
on the beach, and get tanned ike a
hot cross bun -,-..---,,,. -,-r-..s
But what good is quacklng asked
Jimmie the duck
Il don't know, Maybe weu Ilnu out
pretty soon" said Uncle Wiggily-
So he rode on in his auto with jim
ME. and pretty soon out OF the WOODS
behind them jumped a bad old Trump
Dump. The Flump-Dump had a ions
hatpin in his hand, and with the nat
min he punched a hole in the rubber
bulb Of the hOnk-hOnk norm q Uncls
VVfgEilv's auto. All the air came o1l
Of the rubber part, and when Uncle
TVigriIv wanted to squeeze il, TO make
| q. noise so no one would get IN me
wav Of his car, and be hurt, he coulon
make q bit Of sound.
And when the Flump-Dump had
/ punctured the horn he called 10 the
] had fox who was hiding nearby
ssNov's your chancei I've made
Uncle WfgEily's auto horn so it won Z
bIOv- and make a noise YOU run Y4I
Z IN front OF him, and when ne tries 70
blow the horn 10 call policeman cog
I IL won't make a sound and you can
] carry him off to your den
aTll do ftT' said the fox ne ran
around ahead Of the auto and jumped
out in front, waving his paws
Look outt' cried Uncle Mlselty-
Z you'll get run over Oh, Jimmie,
{ there's a fox. Blow the auto horn Tor
/ a policema dog.
The duck boy tried to blow the horn
! br1t "he. couldn't because II had hole
Z in ii. and then Jimmie, quick as
! flash, opened his yellow beak ana ne
aouaelzl ouacki ouackity-quaek-
! ouackl" louder than any auto morn
/ that was ever made.
Here I comet" barked the ponce
{ man dog. who heard Jimmie quack
] And I'd he rushed and arrested the Io2
7 and the F1ump-Dump also
Il thought you said your quack was
I no good, Jimmie" spoke Uncle wig
IL didn't think It vas" said the
] WfbbIewobbls chap. TIL know better
after this. And so, II the pickle 10Th
/ doesn't tickle the orange spoon Wner
I they go down in tho salt cellar aIIel
] breakfast. III tell you next about IN
Gle Wiggily and Needless claws
/ Copyright, 1918, by Mcclure NeWspa-
I per Syndicate.
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