El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-30
Bedtime Story For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY IN THE ATTIC.
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aIITELL. and how do you feel today
w Uncle Wiggily?" asked Nurse
Jane Fuzzy wuzzy, the muskrat lady
housekeeper OF the bunny rabbit gen
tleman one morning.
why, TO tell you the truth, don't
feel so very strong" he answered
with a twinkle Of his pink nose. as
he thought Of how she had caught
him the other day and made him clean
the cellar. 4 feel so weak" went on
the bunny, that II I had to life
soap bubble I'd have to wait until it
broke in half. and pick up one piece
firse. I'm very weak today"
That's good" said Nurse. Jane.
with a laugh I want you to take a
rest. and sit around. and was afraid
you'd get out the NOV shovel and
make believe it was winter and begin
to shovel leaves off the sidewalk.
Don't worry. I'm not going to ask
YOU to clean a cellar today. All
want you TO do is 10 sit up in the at
tic and watch some strings Of dried
apples"
watch some strings Of dried ap-
ples2 Why in the world do you want
me to do that?" asked the bunny, in
surprise.
so they won't blow away" was
Nurse James answer. You see. we
must be saving Of things to eat on ac-
count of the war, and 1 have dried
some apples so we may have sauce
and pies this winter. 1 cut the apples
into slices, strung them on strings as
the children string beads, and then
a. IF p in
I opened the windows. so there
would be plenty Of air to dry the
apples, but I thought some Of them
might blow away. As long as you feel
weak il will do you good to sit up in
the attic and watch the apples"
TIL do it," said the bunny
On top of his hollow stump bunga-
low was a cute little attic, and soon
Uncle Wiggily was sitting in this,
watching the hung up strings Of ap-
pies drying They seemed TO be all
right, so he began 10 glance around
to see what else he might look at
Up in the attic kere old trunks. old
boxes, bits OF broken clocks, chairs
without any arms or legs, until It is a
wonder how the poor things got along
so crippled. And over in one corner
was q spinning wheel that Nurse Jane
used to whlrl around and spin yarn
so she could knit socks for Uncle
Wiggily. But that was years ago.
Now she bought the yarn already
spun
Hum, I guess the apples are all
right" said Uncle Wiggily. as he
watched the strings dangling to and
fro, like the pendulum of a clock.
III just make believe I'm young
again and I'll whirl the spinning
wheel around, as Sammie and Susie
Littletail. the rabbit children, do
when they come up here to play on
rainy days"
So. making sure no one saw him, |
Uncle Wiggily began to make the !
spinning wheel go around and around /
as fast as anything. It was just like |
a merry go-round. and he was wish /
ing some OF the animal children were I
there TO have a ride. when. all OF q /
sudden. in one OF the open attic win /
dows came crawling the bad old 1
alligator with the !
humps on his tail.
"Oh, so you're up here: are your"
asked the gator OF Mr.. Longears. Il
thought you were down cellar"
"Oh. no." answered the bunny. Il
was cleaning the cellar yesterday. Now
am watching that the dried apples
don't blow away. But what do you
want?" he asked. hoping the gator
would say Nothing"
4 want you!" cried the bad crea-
lure. and I'm going to get you. too"
over toward Uncle Wiggily he
Hoped. and he alE1ost had caught
he bunny uncle by his ears. when, all
II a sudden, the alligator's tail caught
n the fast whirring spinning wheel.
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