El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-30
Bedtime Story for the Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE COFFEE GRINDER.
,.,,,-,,,,,,,,nngI By HOWARD r. GAIsIs. gr,urn,


I boy. And oh, Uncle Wiggily, know
I the very thing to doH'
"What?' asked the bunny.
Let me come home TO your hollow
stump bungalow with you, went on
Jacko. III help you screw the coffee
grinder to the wall, and then, when
it's all ready, can turn the crank ana
grind the coffee for Nurse Jane That
is for the first time. After that she
can do it herself, as It will be lots OF
fun.
yes" said Uncle Wiggily, ''it will.
And. come to think of il. Jacko, you
Will be the very best one in the world
to turn the coffee grinder crank the
first time"
How so?" asked the monkey boy.
Because you used to turn the crank
on a hand organ" said the bunny rab-
bit gentleman. and the handle OF
coffee grinder is much the same. Come
along to my bungalow and grind the
first coffee for Nurse Jane
That I viii an right gladly may Il
please you" spoke Jacko, like one OF
king Arthur's knights, who used TO
spend their days thinking up things
like this to say.
Marry come up" exclaimed Uncle
Wiggily. which means the same as
ali right
SO the bunny gentleman and the
monkey chap hurried on to the hollow
stump bungalow. but before going in
Uncle Wiggily took peep through
Nurse Jane is out" he whispered
to Jacko, and I'm glad Of it. for /
want this 10 be a surprise for her
Into the bungalow went Mr. Long
ears and JackO hinkytail and Uncle
Wiggily took the new coffee grinder
out Of the box 1t was to be fastened
20 the wall Of the kitchen. Then in
the glass jar on top you put some
coffee beans and turned crank
handle.
rs it all ready to work." asked
JACKIE. " hen the bunny had put in the
last screw.
"AlI ready" said the bunny. I'll put
in the carrot coffee beans now and it
will be time to grind it"
So they did this. and then a step
was heard outside the bungalow.
Get ready Here comes Nurse Jane
now" whispered Uncle Wiggiy- I'll
open the door. Jacko. and you begin to
grind and then we'll call: Surprise
on JANET"
The bunny opened the bungalow
door. and some one bounded in with a
yell. but II was not nice Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat lady
housekeeper. Instead Il was q bad old
Skeezicks. who shouted:
"Ha, That's the time I fooled you,
Now. I'm here and I'm not going away
until I bite some souse off both your
earsi All har'
"Oh, dear," said Uncle Wiggily.
"Oh. deari" sighed JACKIE.
Then the SkeeZicks looked at the
monkey boy. and also saw the crank
handle hanging down from the coffee
grinder on the wall, and the Skee-
ticks said:
"Ho Hoi A music hand organ, Ell?
Well, play me a tune before l bite
souse off your ears. Play me tune,
monkey BOY"
grinder
Crunch, Scrunch, Smunch,'' went
the coffee berries. making a very IN
pleasant sound as they we're being
crushed And the ground coffee
spurted out all over, for Uncle Wig
gily forgot to put under the grinder
anything to catch the grains, and they
scattered all over the Skeezicks. who
cried:
"Oh. I've made a misake, That isn't
a music hand organ at all. It's a
powder mill, I guess, and III be blown
up, Oh, excuse me-
And he was so scared that he ran
away and didn't hunt Uncle Wiggily
OF JackO at all. thinking the coffee
Nurse Jane came home, and JACKIE
ground some coffee for her and she
was delightfully."- surprised and liked
II -ery much and said Uncle Wiggily
vas g dear
And if the red automobile doesn't
run into 4 green express wagon, when
il sees the rubber tires blow up with
a soap bubble, III tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the toaster--Copy-
right. 1918, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.