Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-19
Uncle WiggiIy's Christmas.
BY Howard r. CARTS.

uncle WlGSlly was SITTING In the
parlor of his hollow stump bungalow.
Out in the kitchen was Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy, his muskrat lady house.
keeper. .
She certainly is going to get me up
a fine dinner for tomorrow, hat is If
smells go for anything said Uncle
Wiggly to himself, as he shifted.
roasted carrots, broiled turnips, frica-
seed cabbage and scrambled lettuce.
And then the bunny rabbit gentleman
felt so good and happy that he sang.
Twas the day before Christmas.
In the bungalow nug
The automobile was a-going 'chug-
chug!!'
The kitchen was filled up with smells
OF delight,
For lear old ST. Nicholas would be
there that night"
"Ha! Pretty good for you!" laughed
Nurse Jane, as she looked in from the
/ dining room, a dab of flour on the
down from her whiskers. "You seem
! quito happy. Uncle Wiggily.' she
said.
Il am" spoke the bunny. II hope
every one has as nice a Christmas as
I am going to have. Hurray! It'll be
tomorrow! l can hardly wait!"
And that's the way it was all owe
Woodland, where the animal boys and
girls lived. Sammie and Susie Little
tail, the rabbits; Johnnie and Billie
Bushytail, the squirrels; Jackie INC
Petite Bow Wow, the puppies; Jacko
and Junapo Kinkytail. the monkeys,
and Curley and Floppy Twistytail, the
piggie boys-each and every one was
getting ready to hang up his or her
stocking, or wait to see what was left
for them under h e' Christmas tree.
The morning turned into afternoon,
and the afternoon began to turn into
night-soon it would be the night be-
fore Christmas. Little soft snowflakes
began to sift down from the clouds.
"Hurray!" cried Uncle Wiggily. as
he saw them. There will be a white
Christmas!"
And all the animal children said:
'Hurray!"
Then it became dark. 1t was time
for little animal boys and girls to 20
to bed. so Santa Claus. Kris Kringle,
Saint Nick, or whoever brings the
presents, could begin to start on the
journey.
Uncle Wiggily was scurrying round
mere, there. everywhere, tipping his tail.
SILK hat on one side so he could see
through the snowflakes. Or the duck
pond some of the animal children were
taking their last glide over the ice be-
fore going home. Uncle Wiggily took
n also. holding himself up on his
red, white and blue striped rheumatism
| crutch.
Then 1t became very dark. All was
silent in Woodland-the squirrels and
rapplts went to their underground
houses, the puppy dogs to their n
the DUCKS and chickens to their pens
n coops and the birds to their nasts
Ihen, through the swirling snow
makes went somebody in a big f,,r
overcoat with red flannel trimmings.
around the edges and a ruchinp of
lclcles. From nest to burrow.s from
burrow to COO and so on. wont son,a-
one. '0i
me night passed on silently and in
the morning all the animal bows and
girls awakened and cried:
Merry Christmas! Merry Christ.
mast"
Merry C~hristmas!" answered the
fathers and mothers and uncles and
aunts and cousins and so on.
Let's go over n see Uncle Wig
elly n wish him Merry Christmas1"
said Johnnie Buhsytail, the so1irre,
who had a new sled.
And see what presents be ,o+,
AIDED Jackie Bow Wow, who was iins-
ling his new skates. e
And We'll wish him Merry cbr;st-
mas softly spoke Susie Littletau who
was playing with a new doll named
'ulia Happiness H~uckleberrypie.
SO the animal children WIFI
new presents. went over to 600 ~
bunny uncle. '"e
He was Just getting ready to ,,;t
1own 70 q nice dinner which nurse
Jane had ready for him.
Merry Christmas, evervhodn
cried Uncle wiggily. Come in and
Merry christmas!" answered. w.
animal children. VIC
as they were eating a,;oo
wioblewobble. the duck girl. ,oo1.at,
out or the window and said: o0
On, look at the two poor tr,n,u,.
ana tnere was the skillery-scalerv a,1;.
gator going along, paw in nav ,,,.,.
hungry. eoio ana
Poer things!"" said Uncle w;ge,,v
.Ihey have no Christmas d;nne@
1ear. Wen invite them in with 80
And have them bite?" cried -
ME Bushytail. "oh, MOI" o''
Iney won't bite anything on Christ
mas but the dinner I'll give thor
softiy aid Uncle wisgily. and the fox