El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-04

/ esL JERE you arel Here's the jug."
/ Healed Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy.
the muskrat lady housekeeper. as
Uncle Wiggily Longezrs. the bunny
rabbit gentleman. started out from
his hollow stump bungalow down at
( the seashore one day
"Jug2 What jug?" the bunny want
F ed to know
why. the molasses jug. to be sure, %
answered Nurse Jane. "Oh. do de-
clarei I'm thinking 50 much about an
apple pie I'm going to bake that for
got TO tell you about the ginger cake
I'm going to make one for you and
III need molasses- WIN you please
take the jug. and go TO the molasses
store for me-"
of course I Will" answered Uncle
Wiggily most kindly. I Just love
molasses ginger cake.
50. having put his tail silk hat on
his head. and taking his red. white
and blue striped barber pole rheu-
matism crutch. Uncle WiEEily set off
for the store. with the molasses jug
under his paw.
on ard on he went through the
woods and across the seashore sands
until he came 70 the grocery. and
there he had his molasses jug filled.
Going TO eat bread and molasses.
Uncle Wiggilyc" asked the grocery
cat casual like
NO. Nurse Jane is going TO make q
ginger cake" answered the bunny.
Then. with the jug filled with mo-
lasses. he started to hop back through
the woods He went different way
than that by which he had come. and
pretty soon he reached a big pond IN
the middle Of the woods.
"Oh. myl ] didn't know this water
was here sighed the bunny. Its a
regular lake II viii take me an hour
to hop around 10 and 7 can't swim over
with the jug full Of molasses- What
Just then. out from behind a bunch
OF sassafras bushes came an old fox.
Uncle WiEEily saw him. and was just
going 70 hop away as fast as he could
when the fox said:
Have no fear. Uncle WiEgily. an
not going 20 bit you at all"
What are you going 10 do asked
the bunny.
I am going 70 give YOU . ride
across the pond lake in my boat" po-
Htely said the fox 4 saw you COM
ing along with your heavy Jug and 7
felt sorry for YOU So I quickly made
a boat and III give you a ride across
the water in It. Then you viii soon
be home"
How much will it cost me to ride
across the pond in your boat2' asked
the bunny.
"Oh. nothing at all" answered the
fox But all the while he was trying
10 play a trick. He wanted 70 bite
some souse off Uncle WigEily's ears.
and that was the price he was going
10 charge for riding the bunny across
the water But. OF course. the fox
didn't tell the bunny this Foxes are
sly and cute.
Get in my boat said this fox.
and I'll soon row you over the pond,
Uncle Wiggily."
Of no use TO run away. so with his mo-
lasses jug ne got in the boat And
the fox got in. too Then the bad
animal pushed the boat from the
shore with a LONG pole. and they were
soon in the middle Of the pond
isn't this q nice ride I'm giving
you. Mr. LonEears2" asked the fox
We'll ] guess Il is" said the bunny.
cautious like. But he knew he would
feel better when he was safe on the
other shore And then. all OF a sud
den. his heart almost stopped beat I
irS- For he saw that the boat was
made Of paper. and then he knew the I
trick the bad fox had played on him. /
The paper boat Will soon be soaked I
with water" thought Uncle /
Wiggily. 1T viii melt in pieces I'll Z
fall out on the water and the fox viii !
get mel Oh. dearr7
And then the bunny happened 20 I
look at his molasses jug. Next he ,
-hought Of plan 20 fool the fox
"Molasses is thick" whispered IN
cle Wiggily 10 himself. IF I let some !