El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-05
Bedtime Story for the Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND GRANDPA GRUNTER.

goat: Grandfather Goosey Gander, and
] Mr.. Whitewash, the polar bear,
] Grandpa Grunter is one Of the Oldest
I friends I have. OF course, III go to
] see him"
"Anc I have something TO send
] him. said Nurse Jane. tying her
I whiskers into a bow knot as she hur-
ried out into the kitchen Of the hol-
! low stump bungalow
whats she gone afterz' asked
| Curley. the little piggie boy.
oh 1 don't know" answered Uncle
| Wiggily. as he put on his warm FUR
coat and took his red, white and blue
! striped rheumatism crutch down off
/ the parIor organ I don't know, Cur
/ ley. Something good to eat, perhaps.
/ Nurse Jane is always making good
| things to eat But, tell me, why does
/ Grandpa Grunter want specially TO
| see me today?'
Because he isn't feeling very well, %
! answered Curley. Grandpa Grunter
I is i'll, and DR.. Possum said II you
came over to see him it might cheer
| him up
Il hope It does" said Uncle Wig
Eily. and then in came Nurse Jane
from the kitchen, carrying something
wrapped up in white napkin, which
was spun by Mrs. Spin-Spider from
the fluffy cotton inside the milkweed
plant
Take these 10 Grandpa Grunter,"
said the kind muskrat lady
what are they?" asked Uncle Wig
Hot apple dumplings," was the
@oh, how 7 love EN-" cried Curley
before he thought
well, these are for Grandpa Grunter
because he is ILL.," said Miss Fuzzy
Wuzzy. But, when you and Uncle
Trrfr-e~fTr~ han1- TIL hzrra
dumplings ready for you"
ooh. joy," said Curley and then he
and the bunny rabbit gentleman hur-
ried over to Grandpa Grunter's house.
They had not gone very far before,
all Of a sudden. out from behind big
hill OF white snow, popped unicorn
The reason the unicorn popped was
because he was shaped Just like
popcorn ball, and he had one horn.
right in the middle OF his forehead.
like the good little girls curl And
the unicorn used his one horn for
toasting marshmallOws, when he went
to the Seashore in the summer
''Ah, hai Oh. hoi" howled the uni
corn, as soon as he saw Uncle Wig
gily and Curley. What have We
here2"
Of course. he only asked that to be
impolite, for he could very easily see
that he had a bunny and . piggie'
since he had grabbed them both in his
claws. He held them tightly.
'Oh, what are You going to do with
us2" asked Uncle Wiggily-
Please let US go" begged Curley.
Not much. I wOn'tr' grunted the
unicorn. sort Of wrinkling up his
my den. That's what III 90, and then
Tll-but. hello, What have We here"
he asked as he saw the napkin Uncle
Wiggily carried.
IF you please" said the bunny;
that IS for Grandpa Grunter."
"Oh, no. I am sorry to say you are
mistaken" spoke the unicorn What
ever il is. II must be for mel" With
that. most snoopy like, he opened the
napkin with the one paw that wasn't
holding Uncle WigGily and Curley,
and then the unicorn, with his one
horn. jabbed up a very extra hot ap-
pie dumping on it and then
"Oh. me- Oh. MY" howled the uni
corn. How I burnt Oh, this is hotter
popped, Oh. how my horn burns! I
must jump into the snow bank-"
So he did this, with the apple
dumping still on his horn. though
that soon cooled. And then, while
the bad animal was in the snow bank,
Uncle Wiggily and Curley ran away,
back to the bungalow, got another
dumping for Grandpa Grunter, and
when he ate IL. il made the pig gen
tleman all we'll
But the unicorn didn't have 4 bit
good time though I think IL served
him right for being so snoopy. And,
II our kitchen doesn't 20 to sleep on
the puppy dogs fluffy back. thinking
it's a sofa cushion. III tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily and Floppy.-
Copyright, 1913. by Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate