El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-30

D INNING. jumping, scurrying,
N crawling. hopping and flying. the
animal boys and girls hurried through
the woods and past the hollow stump
bungalow, where Uncle Wigglly
Longears, the bunny rabbit gentle
man, lived with Nurse Jane Fuzzy
why the musIrat lady house
keeper
Well, I see Sammie and Susie Lit
lie tail. Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow,
Lulu. Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble,
but I don't see my friends, Johnnie
and Billie Bushyrail, the squirrels,
going to school" said Uncle Wiggily,
as He looked through his glasses,
which were sitting on top Of his pink
and twinkling nose.
Il don't see the squirrel boys.
either spoke Nurse Jane. They'll be
late 81 they don't hurry"
The old rat janitor in the log school
rang the last bell the lady mouse
teacher closed the doors and still the
two squirrel boys weren't 10 be seen
Something must have happened to
them" said Uncle Wiggily, as he came
down of his porch. III go TO their
house and see. Maybe they don't know
This is Monday morning"
So Uncle WigEily hoped over TO
The home OF the two little squirrel
boys, and, out in front, be saw Dr.
Possum's auto.
Johnnie and Billie must be sick"
thought the bunny uncle.
And that was just what was the
matter. The squirrel boys had the
fur fever and couldn't 90 TO school
VIII they get we42' asked Uncle
Wiggily Of DIT, Possum.
"Oh. yes" was the answer. "but
they'd be better more quickly II they
had some fresh hickory nuts. That's
JUST what the little squirrels need, I
but don't know how I can get any
for them"
Say no morer' cried Uncle Wig
giiy- III 80 get new and fresh hick-
ofy nuts for my friends Johnnie and
Billie. But must have q bag IN
which 10 put the nuts as I gather
them in the woods"
Here you arer' Chartered AIRS.
Bushytal, The squirrel lady. Take
a clean pillow case That's as good
as a bag It is very kind OF you.
2ir. Longears. 10 60 20 all this trouble
for my little boys"
NO trouble at all, It's only fun
for me. and maybe III have an ad-
venture.'. said the rabbit gentleman
as he twiniled his pink nose harder
than ever-like a prune pie
OFF he went 10 the woods with the
pillow case bag over his shoulder, TO
look for hickory nuts, and IL was not
long before he had found a tree full I
But the nuts were high up on IT,
"HO hum said Uncle WiEgily. sor- I
rowful like II was just thinking
how glad I am that hickory nuts are I
smooth and not stickery and prickery Z
Ike chestnuts. but now the hickory (
nuts are so high up that I can't reach I
them. Oh. dear!7
"Hai Don't let that worry YOU" 4
cried a jolly voice. tn soon have
some nuts down on the ground where I
you can pick them up"
Who are you?" asked Uncle Wig 4
gily-
Jack Frost" was the answer. Then
JACK made the hickory nuts very cold Z
with his chilly breath. so they shruuk 4
in their bark coverings, and the COW
erings split in four pieces and the I
nuts dropped out and to the ground. /
Then Uncle Wiggily filled his pill
low case bag fun OF the new, white.
shiny hickory nuts. and they were ]
smooth and slippery from just having
come out OF their husks.
-Oh, what a fine lot OF new hick-
ory nuts III have for Billy and John
ME- said Uncle WigEily. as he slunE
the bag over his shoulder again. and
started back through the woods.
and. just as he did that. a bad old
foX who was hiding behind the
bushes. said 20 himself:
And what a fine lot OF fresh s0use