The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-24
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EGSVNCLE WIGGILXE $
sBEDTINE STORY
UNCLE WIGGILY'S BIRTHDAY CAKE.

the bunny as he hoped off over IN,
folds and through the woods, looking
for adventures,
Then Nurse Jane started to bake the
cake, And II was r regular Victory
axe, too. There WAS only just enough
sugar in it so as not to waste any, but
so Nurse Jane might save all she could
for the soldiers, and there was Victory
flour In the cake, too, for Uncle Wig
gily and all his friends were 10
win tho war by doing all they could to
help,
SO. while Nurse Jane made the cake,
Uncle Wiggily hoped on and on, sort
OF wondering why the muskrat lady
was 80 anxious for him to come home
early, He never thought a thing about
his birthday.
Il hope | have an adventure before
l have to start back" said Mr.. Long
ears to himself, and. just then, over
IN in the woods he heard a voice cry
ing
'Oh, stop Please stop! You're biting
me all TO pieces, oh, You hurt me-"
We'll, Well. II ever / heard the sound
Of trouble that Is it" said Uncle Wig
gily quickly. i must see what l can do
TO help"
Then, MS brave az brave could be,
over he rushed into the woods, n he
saw a bad little fox, who was gnawing
with his sharp teeth at a fine pine tree
llldL ANDDu IN lne WOOuSt
1t was the pine tree crying; stop
IT, For If pine trees can sigh, which
! have often read of their doing. they
can also cry out and talk.
What are YOU biting the pine tree
for?' asked Uncle Wiggily OF the fox
boy.
Just for fun. to sharpen my teeth"
was the sauCy answer.
Please make him stop begged the
tree. "Therell be nothing left of me II
he keeps on. Look, he has gnawed a
lot Of slivers off me now, and IT was
true, for on the ground, under the tree
were some pine knots and long, thin
slivers Of the wood, filled with a sticky
gum, which all pine trees haNe
stop biting that tree AT once cried
Uncle WiggiIy to the bad fox boy. Get
away or In turn you into n Pipsise-
wah!'
Now that was the worst thing that
could happen to a fox boy, n as IN
Gle Wiggily looked very brave and
wasn't at all afraid Of the little fox
Though he would have been OF a big
one), the fox boy stopped gnawing the
pine tree and ran away.
'"rhank YOU" said the tree to Uncle
Wiggily, You saved my life. And you
ma as well take these gnawed-off pine
knots and splinters with you. They
light very easily, and burn quickly, so
they'll be good for Nurse Jane to start
the fire with. As long as ! have lost
them you may as wen have them
Thank YOU said Uncle Wiggily, so
he bundled up the pine sliVers and took
them back with him to his hollow stump
bungalow. And when he reached HON
he found Nurse Jane wringing her paws
and sadly saying:
"Oh, dear. Oh, how sad 1t Is. Look,
Uncle Wiggily. | made you a nice birth
day cake. but ! can't get a single can
die to put on it. They have all been sold
to the soldiers. Oh, your birthday cake
will be spoiled
Not at ALL" said the rabbit gentle
man. Look, | have some pine slivers
and knots that will burn even better
than candles. Wen stick them in the
acknowledgements and light Them.
And they did, and the slivers of pine
burned with a bright flame, better than
any candles, and the birthday cake was
Just fine! SO everything amt out all
right, you see; and If the canary bird
will let the poodle dog take its bath
tub to slide down the ironing board
hill, I'll tell you next about Uncle Wig
gily n the sugar,