Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-16
UNCLE WiGGILY aMc THE
cROQuET BALL.

thoSe CotleS with YOU asked NurS'
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the nuskrat lady
housekeeper, az she saw Uncle Wigglly,
the bunny rabbit gentleman. topping
off the front porch of his hollow stump
bungalow one morning.
These are the prizes Alice from
Wonderland gave me- answered Mr..
longears. as he looked at the blue and
red colked bottles. The red one makes
things grow larger and the blue or"
makes them smaller. l an going t"
take them with INC as go looking tor
an adventure today. as there IS no tell
ing when l Nigh, need them. I did yes
terday. when the alligator caught me.
i gave him a drink from the blue bottle
and he shrunk until he was 40 larger
than u baby angie worm"
The rabbit gentleman had not gone
very far. twlnkling his pink nose AS he
hoped. before. all OF u sudden. he came
to a place where a big stone grew out
OF the ground, and near ii he heard II
voice saying:
oh. dear. Oh. dear. Oh. dear"
"na, That sounds like trouoie'" IN
claimed the bunny. Who are you nnd
what is the matter?" he asked. kindly.
oh. am u lady bug WAS the an
swcr. and ] ann so smait that ! e'tner
get lost all tn" while. or ali the other
ANIMALS and bugs in the forest step on
nc. Oh, L wish I wer" larger 5" =! could
be more easily seem"
You are rather hard to see said
Uncle Wiggily. and he had to look
twice through his glasses before lie
could notice the lady pug. AT the first
look he only half saw her. but the see
ond time he saw her fully.
I'd like to be about as large US II
June beetle" said the lady bug. But u
don s'rose l ever shall be"
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Wiggily.
Il will. How" asked the lady bug,
eagerly.
II nave here come water in u magic
bottle" said .hc bunny III, give you IL
few drops of il. and it viii! make you
grow larger.' So he took some water
from the red corked flask. and let the
lady bug sip il. Instantly she grew as
large as Il turkey.
"Oh, now I'm too big" she said
Il see you are said Uncle Wiggily.
III have To give you some from the
other bottle and make you grow smnli
err" So he did. but he must ave given
a. little TOO much, for the lady bug sud
denly grew AS small as the point OF :,
baby min.
oh, this is worse and worse she
said sadly.
Il know it," agreed Uncle wiggily.
Wait. I'll give o "A little OF %
l. kinds and he did. SO The lady bug grew
to the size of u small potato. which was
lust right, so she would not get lost or
2 stepped on.
, Uncle Wigsily, with his two magical
e bottles. hoped on through he woods.
He had not gone very far before he
r saw Alice of Wonderland and the Queen
: of Heart playing croquet on a grassy
place.
Alice :Npl'rp inst i'm time for tn.
game
""Ioine." said the bunny uncle. taking
r a mallet and round wooden 5ail which
@ the Queen handed him.
- "Thrcc strikes and you're out
warned the Queen.
4 What does she mean" asked Uncle
- Wiggily of Alice. This isn't base
bail"
) she mcans.' explained the LITTLE
flaXen haired girl, that If you mis-:
y striking the croquet ball three time:
with YOU lnallet you have To go nu
and bring in some ice cream"
;, ooh. I shan't mind that" the BUM.
h rabbit said. In fact, I shalt rathe
- like il. Now. what do | dog"
play ball!" suddenly cried the Queer
OF Hearts, and she struck with her NAL
', Ilet the croquet ball near her such u har.
I. blow that it sailed through the air ant
~ hit Uncle Wiggily in the coat tails
~ And then something cracked.
~ All at once The croauet bait begal
~ growing larger! Bigger ana bigger i
u the yard. and then it began to roll aftc
: Uncle Wiggily. Down he rogue
ground the big wooden bali chased afte
e him, rolling closer and closer.
oh. my" cried the Queen of Hearts
What have I done?'
le The ball cracked the magical re-
e. stoppered bottle that was In my Goa
tail pocket" cried Uncle Wtggily owe
his shoulder, as he ran. "Some of tn
magis big growing water spilled on tn
le ball. and now it has turned into
u giant! Oh. II will CRUST met"
And, really. it did seem as though tn
big clroquet ball would. for now it wa
AS large AS n house and still growi4e
ne xo.strong was the wateifin the.,nAgicu
bottle that had been broken.
TX Larger and larger grew tho crOque
ball. and faster and faster it rolled afte
~ Uncle Wiggily. 1t was almost on hi
heels noW. and the bunny gerStlema
WAS running SO fast that his tall sill
hat flew off.
oh, what shall do" ne cried.
AZ Alice thought for "A minute. then sh
ID called:
- Quick, Uncle Wiggily. Take out tn
blue corked bottle and sprinkle som
W of that water OH the croquet bali! HUI
Il ry now!"
H. Uncle Wiggil. did. AS he ran h
=" turned and threw back over his shou
u. der some ut the blu bottle water o. til
~ big rolling .croquet bah. Ard. all; :
IN once. just as the alligator had don
~, the croquet ball shrank ard shranls III
q" til it was no larger than II boys ma
~. bic. and then it couldn't hurt Unc
~ Wiggily even il it did roll on him.
" But 1t is a good thing he had tn;
bottle OF shrinking water with hir
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