El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-26
Bedtin1e Story for the LittIe
UNCLE WIGGILY AND The TN SWORD
II HOW aRn q GARIs. ---.-------.----...---

some cranberry sauce tnou5hL Incls
Wiggily. i seem 10 have run into a
So he looked through the bushes
and there he saw Johnnie and Biliie
Bushytail. the squirrel boys, anu
Curly and Floppy TWistytail, the pig
gle boys. playing. soldiers y .5 a an
NAL chaps were all dressed up IN SOL
der suits which they had gotten 1or
Christmas. and Billie, the squirrel
boy, was the captain leading IneIn-
and waving a sword over MS mead
Hello Uncle WiggilT-" called Bill
lie ae ne saw Mr.. Longears peeking
through the bushes We're playing
soldier. Come on play with US anu
have some fun
THANK you. I'm sorry. but
can't" said Uncle Wiggily- some
other time ] may m on my way
now. TO see Grandfather Goosey Can
der"
Then Mr.. Longears waved goodbye
TO the soldier boy animals; ana thsy
marched away through the WOODS
The bunny rabbit gentleman followed
more slowly. leaning on his red. white
and blue striped rheumatism crutch.
for he was suffering some pain anc
An u a sudden. as Uncle Wiggily
walked along he saw something
bright and shining lying on the snow
in front Of him He picked Il up and
saw that It was a sword
Billie Bushytail was playing soldier
with" thought the bunny He must
have dropped il as he marched along,
and then he forgot about IT. III keep
il with me until I see him again
And then and there in the woods all
alone. where no one could see him,
Uncle WigEily waved the toy TN
sword over his head and softly cried
as his pink nose twinkled- Charge
on the enemy Come on. soldiers
l. - q
boy again 10 have toy sword, such
as I used 10 play with thought the
Then he went on and on through
the woods, on his way 10 see Grand
father Goosey Gander, carrying BIZ
lies toy sword with him
Uncle Wiggily had not gone much
farther before. all at once, as he came
20 a big mulberry bush all covered
with snow. he heard a voice call:
Hold on. therei You've gone Tar
enough. Stop right where you are
Who asked Uncle Wiggily, sur
prised ike. Who is TO stop
You" was the answer. I've been
I think. though it's a little late. that
I viii have some sOuse for my Christ
fas dinner. I've been waiting for
some ever since yesterday
and then. out from under the bush,
jumped the bad old Pipsisewah.
sOh. deart- thought Uncle WiEgily.
what shall 7 do2 How can / stoi.
the Pipsisewah from taking souse off
my cars2'
And then. all at once. he remeul-
bered the tin toy sword he had picked
up Drawing Biilie's Christmas sword
from the pocket OF his fur coat Uncle
Wiggily waved the shiny thing over
his head and cried
Come on. soldiersi Charge on the
enemy Pipsisewah, Ready Forward.
march,"
The Pipsisewah looked for a sec
oud at the shiny sword. and then not
even guessing that Il was only tin
and would bend as easily as hair
pin. the bad animal cried
"Oh. don't sword me, Don't sword
me- I'll be good.' and away he ran
as fast as anything, taking his tail
with him and not hurting the bunny
at all Then M Longears was glad
he had found the tin sword. which he
afterward gave back 20 Billie And
the bunny and Grandpa Goosey Can
der had a nice Christmas talk to
gether And II the kitchen sink does
not try TO 20 up stairs and get its
legs all tangled in the lace curtains.
III tell you next about Uncle Wig
gily and the wooden gun--(Copy-
right. 1915. by Mcclure Newspaper
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