The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-14
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BEDTINE' STORY
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE ASHES.
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Ohce upon a time, not so very long
ago, when Uncle Wiggily Longears, the
sunny rabbit gentleman, was out walk
Mg In the woods, looking for an ad-
"enture, he Heard someone call:
HI! Look out there! Hi! Stand
o&it OF Ule way or you might get hurt!"
Gnqle Wiggily gave one jump inc hid
uHder a pile OF leaves. not far from a
Snow bank, for it was cold and would
so4n be Christmas.
MY goodness me sakes alive and
some hot carrot s~hortcake," thought
Inc bunny, as he hid under the leaves.
nope this isn't a hunter, or a moving
picture man after me-"
Then he heard another voice say,
Hey there! What you want? Are
tail?"
Yes, l am" answered the first voice.
Come on out and have some fun!
tlere a SNOWFALL! III throw it at you,
out lock out it doesn't hit you"
Something fell with a thud to the
ground, and, looking out from under his
pile OF leaves. Uncle Wiggily saw a
round Write ball. Then he saw Johnnie
BushytaH. the squirrel boy, in his gray
he saw Iackie Bow Wow, the puppy
dog, boy. 1t was Johnnie's calling to
Jackie to get out of the way that had
frightened Uncle Wiggily, but of course
there really was nc need for that.
They wouldn't have hurt him.
Come oEt n play said the SOUR
rel to the puppy dog boy.
to sift the ashes
What's that l heard you say you had
to dor asked Uncle Wiggily, as he
hoped out from under the leaves.
IO %hy SAINT you go to play with
Because have to sift the ashes"
70 do 1t every week, and this is the
day. You see," he went on, 80 much
good coal comes down through our
stoNe mat my Iather makes me sift
the ashes, We ought to save coal,
you know"
That's right" agreed Uncle Wiggily.
susie and Lulu and Alice saved my
old coat by putting red. white and blue
patches on 1t, and I can wear it over
AGAIN. II you sift the good coal out
OF the ashes you can burn it over
again.
Now I'll tell you what I'll do,
Jackie, You along and play snow
ball with Johnnie. I'll sift your ashes
Tor you and learn how It's done. Then
ashes g. for 4Sse Nurse q 5a my O II win and ss sift
anything"
"Hurray!" barked Jackie, though
whether he said that because he was
glad Uncle Wiggily didn't want to
dog boy was glad because someone else
was going to sift ashes for him, !
really can't say.
Anyhow Uncle Wiggily hoped along
to the kennel house where the puppy
dog boy lived, and out in the yard he
saw a dusty barrel with a pile of ashes,
another pile OF partly burned coal and
a sitter or sieve.
Now I'll sift ashes!" said the bunny.
and he began. The dust Of the ashes
flew all over him, but he didn't mind
that. as ne was wearing his second
patches on, that had once scared away |
the Pipsisewah and the fox Only now
you couldn't see the patches on ac- |
count Of the dust of ashes.
The bunny was sitting away, get
ting q lot of good coal out of the ashes.
ave this way at his own hollow stump |
1 ungalow, when he bought himself a
IA opened.
sisewah made up his mind he'd have
,ne more try at getting some souse off
ind e Wiggily's ears, He had followed |
bunny from the hollow stump
ounA low, and hid behind a bush when
Mr.. ongears was talking to Johnnie |
u Ckie, BuL lne ,flpSlSeWah Qldnt |
rear u hat was said,
Then when Uncle Wiggily started off |
lgain he Pipsisewah followed. lie
vas YEA Y hungry for souse, and soon
ne came to where Uncle Wiggily was
IA hes.
But Ne bunny gentleman was 80
y 18th the white dust, and his |
laws vera so black from picking over
he eindt VA, that the Pipsisewah didn't |
Snow hin b, and couldn't see the red, |
antt Niue patches on the rabbits
,oat.
EXCUSE nnc, Mr., Ashman," said the
to the bunny, but do you
Mr. Loltgears around here? IL
he CO me this way, n I'd like
% meet htnP'
"Ha! UncAN Awhggily? No, I don't see
said IN e, bunny himself, and, not
a hooking glass, OF course, he
see aApNone but the Pipsisewah. |
We'll. IsgueAs l missed him." said
he bad amin VI. I'll have to go on
,unting!'' Antl away he ran, not even
lreaming that he was talking to Uncle
Niggiiy, all CO, Mred with ashes.
well, It's a ipnod thing / learned to
ave coal this Nw'y,' said Uncle Wig
yily, as the Pips Asewah disappeared In
he woods. mo ' I'm going to get a
sieve Of my OWN And If the scrub
,ing brush doesrAt rub all the red
paint off the dolls nose when 1t washes
Ter face for the loRypop party, I'll tell
you next about UnGe Wiggily and the
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