El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-14
Bedtime Story For The Little Ones
UNCLE LULTs BILL.
UNCLE WIGGlLH AND LULU'S BIZ
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This is jolly" cried Uncle Wiggily.
I feel younger every minute" and he
jumped about in the drifts. tossed
snowballs up in the air, and slid along
on icy places when he could find them.
4 guess III go to the hollow stump
school. and see how the lady mouse
teacher and all the animal boys and
girls are getting on this morning"
said Uncle Wiggily to himself. as he
hoped over drift with a twinkle of
his pink nose which made It look like
an electric light on top of gas stove.
Up to the school went Uncle Wig
gily and he knocked on the door.
"Oh, maybe that's she now" he
heard the voice OF the lady mouse
teacher saying, and the door was
quickly opened.
NO it isn't she" said the lady mouse
teacher. and her voice was sad. It's
Uncle Wiggily Longears, but perhaps
he knows something about her"
About whom" asked the bunny
uncle in surprise. For whom did you
take me as I knocked?"'
'For Lulu WibbIewobbIe. the duck
girl" answered the lady mouse teach
er. she started to school with her
sister Alice and her brother Jimmie,
but she never reached here"
why. where did she go2" asked
Uncle Wiggily. Il saw her pass my
bungalow with the others, playing in
the snow"
Alice Wibbiewobble held up one
wing and fluttered It
Yes. Alice you may speak" said
the lady mouse teacher.
IF you please" said Alice, my sis
ter Lulu forgot her pencil When we
were nearly at school and she went
back after it"
But she never came to class" said
the lady mouse teacher. "Oh. deari
suppose she should be lost in snow
drift"
I'll go look for her" said brave
Uncle Wiggily-
So buttoning his fur coat tightly
around him and taking a good hold
OF his red, white and blue striped
rheumatism crutch. out started the
bunny rabbit gentleman into the
snow again. On and on he went. over
the fields and through the woods to-
ward Lulu's house. and pretty soon all
of a sudden, near a high fence Uncle
Wiggily heard a funny noise.
It was a sort Of a quicl1ing -quack-
ing noise, but il sounded faint and far
off. like when the coal shovel goes
down cellar after some ashes to put
on the slippery. icy sidewalk
Ny goodness mel sakes alive and
some trolley car lollypopsr exclaimed
Uncle Wiggily. Il hope that isn't the
EkeeZlchS OF the D0DA-1-D11-~- iii
waiting to catch me-.
So the bunny rabbit gentleman looked
carefully around the corner OF the
fence. and there he saw Lulu Wibble-
wobbIe. the duck girl, with her yellow
bill and part of her head buried in
deem snow bank. And she was quick
iug-ouacking and fluttering-fl
ing. trying TO get loose.
NV goodness me-" cried Uncle wig
giIy. what has happened 10 you
Lulu?"
Lulu tried TO speak but she couldn L
sfHar' I guess Il have to pull you
cut to hear what you are saying,
spoke Uncle Wiggfly. SO ne puiled the
dlclx girl out of the drift. and there
Ter bill was all stuck together with
snow. No wonder she couldn't taik!
But when Uncle Wiggily cleared me
snow off for her Lulu said;
Thank you, Uncle W1gglly. you
see after I went home and got II
dropped my pencil down in a snow
hank and when 7 reached my bill
down in to get it out I stuck last ana
Couldn't get loose. oh. I was SO
scared"
.sXVeII. you're all right now" said
the bunuv. and he took her to schoo!.
and the lady mouse teacher oiun
mark her late. So Mr. Longears heIpeo
7 .,TI,i vosi see, and If the plate Of ice
cream doesn't come and cudole up
Dewt to +he kitchen stove to get warm.
I'M ten you next about Uncle Wlgglly
and Jimmie's sled--Copyrlght 1870
by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate