El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-24
Bedtime Story for the Little Ones
UNCLE WTG6ILY AND IACKIES SHOVEL
UNLLL WIGbILI AND JACkIEo odUNEL.
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, him at any moment now But did you
want TO see me for anything
Yes" answered the puppy dog boy
q wanted to ask you II you wouldn
let me shovel the snow of your side
walk. I have a new shovel, and
there's lots OF snow to toss away
May shovel it for your
You may" said Uncle Wiggily.
land III not only thank you. but I'll
pay you. besides. I'll give you two
hot soup bones and a puppy biscuit.
''Finel" barked Jackie.
"Fd have shoveled the walk my
self" said the bunny rabbit gentle
man, "bCt Nurse Jane has been so
/ i'll. and I have been waiting SO long
( for DR.. Postum, that I havnt had
time"
"Oh. III clean off the snow for you
Z in jiffy with my new snow shovel y
said the puppy dog boy. L ike to
So while Uncle Wigg1y sat by tue
window. waiting for Dr.. Possum, WITH
/ his pink, tWinkiing nose pressed
I against the pane so he could see out
I better, Jackie began shovelinS the
snow
Very many white flakes had fallen,
/ but they were light and fluffy, and it
was not hard work for the little
puppy dog boy to toss the INTO one
I 1A4E eAA-G -A-eA- Va ~f--N-E " -GG- -
walk
Inside the hollow stump bungalow
Uncle Wiggily still kept watch for
the doctor and asked. every now and
then, whether Nurse Jane wanted
anything
Thank you, no, Wiggy!" said the
muskrat lady in a sad and dole1ul
voice I don't want anything except
to get better. Oh. when viii Or.
Possum come and make me well2'
Pretty soon" said Uncle Wigg:ly
cheerfuIIy. "Youu be all right in
little while"
Maybe # had drink Of hot car
rot tea. with tn-niD sugar in 1t. d
feel better" said ;Ec muskrat lady
"Tu make it." caid Uncle Wiggily.
So he made the fot carrot teT and
carried it up 20 the i'll muskrat lady,
but just as she was drinking It she
cried:
''Oh. 7 have the sudden epizootic
very bad Don't Wait any longer Tor
Dr.. Postum. Please go get him right
away: Run after HIM"
II WIZ" ssii S;ncle Higgily.
twinklinE his pix rose as East as he
could. Quickly putting on his fur
coat, he ran out OF the hollow stump
BUNGALOW to hasten for the doctor.
But when he got outside he found
so much snow on the sidewalks,
which had not yet been cleaned off,
that he knew It would take him a
long while to get to DR.. Postum s
office and have him come quickly
back to Nurse Jane.
"Oh, wha- shall I dog" cried the
bunny. 4 am in such rush, but !
can't wade through all that snow!
''If you had 2 sled you could slide
down hill from your bungalow TO
Wfbblewobble. the duck. who was
shoveling the snow from his own
sidewalk across the street.
ALAS. I have no sled" sad Uncle
Wiggily. Il am too old for that
But if I had one. could. as you say,
slide right down the hill on II and
tell DR.. Postum to hurry. Ny tele-
phone IS broken or I could call him
on that. But I have no sled"
and my sister Alice has mine"
said Jimmie the duck. Quick,
Jacket" he called to the PUPPY dog
Run home and get your sled for
Uncle Wiggily to coast to Dr. Pos
''That will be too late, Nurse Jane
may die" cried the bunny.
'Hai Then I know what to do"
barked the little puppy dog My big,
as good as a sled. Uncle Wiggily- Sit
on that, and hold the handle out in
front On that you can coast down
the snowy hill to DR.. Possum's"
"Oh. so I cant" cried the rabbit
gentleman. And so he did SITTING on
Jaclzie's shovel away coasted the
bunny to DR.. Possum. who came up
the hill in a hurry If his auto and
soon cured Nurse lane all well.
So it's a good thing Jackie shoveled
the snow off the bunny's walk, and
If the peach shortcake doesn't grow
so long that it reachfE across the
table. and takes all the sugar out OF
the salt cellar, III tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and Peetie's boots
Copyright. 1918, by Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.