El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-22
Bedtime Story for the Little Ones
UNCLE wIG6ILY SANEMES SNOW MAN


"a snowman can't do anything but
Just stand still in drift
But that's lots of fun" said Sam
mic When the snow man stands Sun
we can throw snOwballs at him, and
make believe he's real
"Oh, let's do itlP cried Jumpo
Kinkytail, the monkey boy.
and I know something else to dos
suddenly barzed Jackie the puppy
WHAT asked all the other animal
boys, and then Jackie Whispered
som ething to them as they gathered
around him in the snow
A little while after that the doggie.
monkey, duckie. rabbitie and other
animal chaps began to make sam
mics snow man They called II sam
mics as the little bunny rabbit chap
was the first one 20 think Of it The
animal boys rolled up some big snow
balls. piled them together for body,
and then made arms, legs, eyes and
/ noses for the snow man. No. hold on
minute if you please. mean they
only made one nose. But they made
a lot of black buttons for his coat
from pieces Of coal.
But we must be sure to bring the
coal in again after We get through
playing with it." said Sammie. Moth
er said so. for coal is awful scarce,
and we must save it
So the animal boys promised they d
do this. and then they began throwing
chunks Of snow and ice at the snow
man. But all the while they were get
| ting ready to play some other trick
which Jackie, the puppy dog chap, had
/ told them about.
All at once Jimmie the duck. who
had been watching from where he was
hidden among the trees called:
There he goes noWi He's just left
his hollow stump bungalow. and Nurse
! Jane Fuzzy WuzZy is shaking her paw
goodby at him He's coming this
awho is?" asked Buddy. the guinea
pig bly,.
SUncIe WiggTy Longears." answered
Then it's time for US to get ready
/ to play the little joke" said Jackie
Bow WOW. and suddenly he vanished
But the rest gathered around the
snow man, some of them hiding in the
! bushes, and waited for Uncle Wiggily
/ to come along. It was not long before
| the waiting ones could hear the Tap!
I Tapl Tapl" of the red, white and blue
/ striped rheumatism crutch Of the rab-
bit gentleman.
! Uncle Wiggily came to a stop in
| front of the snow man. he looked AT
, the white image through ms glasses,
and tWinkled his pink nose, Uncle
| Wiggily did. and then all Of a sudden,
out from behind a bush jumped the
bad old brown bear again
Hal" groWled the bear You got
away from me out Of JumpO's snow
me now, Mr.. Longearsi I surely have
you now, and III get all the souse
/ want off your ears-
"Oh. please don'tl' begged the bun
| ny rabbit gentleman
yes, 1 shall." snarled the bear
! "Oh, dear!" cried the bunny If only
| some one would help me noW-
mo one Will" sneered the bear.
| And you needn't look at that snow
man. either, He can't help you. Pooh,
Think I'm afraid Of him."
We'll, you'd better be-" suddenly
| lied a brave voice
And then and there, as Uncle Wig
gily watched. the arm OF the snow
man suddenly was raised up IN the air,
! and the hand Of the snow man, IN
| which was a big icicle, like club,
came down "KerwhackoT on the soft
and tender nose Of that bear and the
bear cried:
afraid Of snow men after ALI" And
away he ran not hurting Uncle Wig
But I don't understand" said the
bunny. how a snow man could move
him arm and hit a bear with an icicle
club"
1t was because I was inside the
snow man." said Jackie Bow Wow. az
he came out We thought we'd play
a little joke on you by making believe
when got inside. that Sammie's snow
man was alive But, when 1 saw thu
bear I thought I'd play the joke OF
him. so I hit him to scare him
And I'm glad you did, said Uncle
Wiggily, as he looked inside the hol'
low scooped out snow man wher'
Jackie had hidden Then the bunny
gentleman and the animal boys hac
lots of fun.
And, if the ice cream doesn't mel
when it sits on the gas stove, and ruT
down to the corner to go to the NOV
ing pictures. I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and Charles snow
sboes.-Copyright 1913, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.