El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-19

eeIUHERE are you going now
w Uncle wiggily?" asked Nurse
Jane Fuzzy. the muskrat lady house
keeper. as she saw the bunny rabbit
gentleman hopping down the front
steps of his hollow stump bungalow
one morning.
You would never guess; so VIII
tell you" he replied.
DO tell" begged Nurse Jane.
I am going to get a new pair Of
shoes" said the bunny. Tt Is com
ing on to the winter soon. and ny
old shoes are pretty well worn I
need new ones so I'm going to take
a hop. skip and a jump and buy a
pair. Also I may have an adven-
ture-"
Z hope you have a nice one" said
Nurse Jane.
Thank you. spoke Mr.. Longears,
as he hoped away. It did not take
him a great while TO get to the store
where a COW gentleman made leather
shoes for the animal folk. who lived
in Woodland near the Orange Ice
Mountain.
"A new pair Of shoes? Certainly,
Uncle wiggily." said the COW gentle
man Just let me see what size you
wear"
The bunny rabbit tried on one
pair Of shoes after another. and fl
naIly he saw some very shiny ones
in the window
That's what I want" he said.
Those shoes will match my tall.
/ shiny silk hat"
"Oh. but my dear Uncle Wiggily."
| said the COW gentleman, those are
/ patent leather shoes They are very
! expensive this time OF year. Be
sides, they are not your size They
are too small, and the only pair
/ have"
still. I want them" said Uncle
/ Wiggily. for once in his life acting
rather foolish They are so shiny,
and they are expensive, still III go
without something else and get
| them"
But with all that they're too
! smallf' said the COW gentleman
That won't natter spoke Uncle
Wiggily. III put them right on. and
wear them as I hop around looking
/ for an adventure That will break
them in, as they say. stretch them
| and make them large enough for me.
/ I'll take those new shoes"
And nothing the COW gentleman
could say would make Uncle Wiggily
/ change his mind. So he changed his
I shoes. taking off the old ones and
a bit tight. aren't they?" asked
the COW gentleman. as Uncle Wiggily
stood up in the new shoes.
"Yes-yes-yes. 4 little" he an
swered. trying not to scrootch too
much But I can wear them"
Then Uncle Wiggily walked out OF
the shop, carrying his old shoes in a
bundle and wearing the new ones.
l But he had not gone very far
before his paws began to hurt him
! dreadfully. The new shoes pinched
and squeezed and made his feet ache,
and he had to walk slower and slower
until finally he had to sit down. He
couldn't hop another step.
We'll, I certainly was very foolish
Just for a bit OF pride. to get a pair
OF shoes too small for me-" said Uncle
Wiggily. I'll put on my old shoes
and take the new ones back to get
a larger pair"
So he put his old shoes back on
/ and OH how good they felt Then
he was about to wrap up the new
pinching ones. when. all OF a sudden
out from the bushes jumped a bad
old Plopper. Now a Plopper Is like
! a Skudgeamaroon. only worse. He
has very small feet and is very proud
Of them. The Plopper saw Uncle
| Wiggily sitting on a log and cried.
All. hai I have caught you"
Yes. so you have" sadly said the
{ bunny. for he did not have time to run
away But what are you going tc
do with me-"
Take you off to my den" an