El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-06
Bedtime Stories For The Lizzie Ones
-, By HowARD GARIs. -

lover near that buncsl o. E1ldcurol
llowers-they are the last flowers the
bees get honey from
Uncle Wlgeily thanked Grandladdy
lLonglegs. and going mp 10 the tree.
which was a big. hollow one. he
knocked with the end Of his cruteh.
What do you want asked the
Queen Bee.
"a Iittle honey. u you please. TO eat
ion my pancakes answered Uncle
aFou shall bave it, spoke the
I Queen Bee. Here she called 20
some Of her workers Give Uncle
3 " igglly as much honey as be wants,
and lump Of our wax. too"
rs the wax good 20 ear- asked
/ the bunny rabbit.
NO replied the Queen Bee. eve
use the wax 70 make little dishes 20
/ hold our honey. or flower juice The
wax is strong and holds we'll Nurse
Jane can use the lump I'm giving
YOU TO make her Latir0ns nice and
smooth when she does up your
SHIFTS"
THAT wiz be fine" said Uncle Wig
gily- Then he took the birch bark
pail OF honey which the Queen Bee
gave him and also a lump OF beeswaz
wrapped in leaves, and. after max
ing q low and polite bow with his
tai silk hat and thanking the bees,
the bunny rabbit started 20 hop back
70 his hollow stump bungalow
Uncle Wiggily had reached the log
where he had helped Granddaddy
Lolglegs and he was going 20 stop
and ask II his new friend didn't want
a little honey when all Of a sudden
something happened
Up from behind the log popped a bad
old fox, and before Uncle Miggly
could get away the bunny gentleman
wa era nHIaH nv HnHr ears
'Ah. har- barked the fox cat last
have you again Vow for some good
souser
"Oh. please let me co. begged the
bunny. -Tl give you this birch bark
pain Of honey 70 you let me go-
-Ho. Ho. Ho No. 10 Not for two
pals o. honey. harked the fox He
stood with his back 70 the log held
ing Uncle Miggilv ny the ears. and
the bunny held the pail OF honey IN
one paw and the lump Of beesWax in
the other.
Uncle WlggllT was wondering now
be could get away from the fox. when
all az once he saw Granddaddy Long
legs softly crawl OFT on the log Mr.
Grauddadly silently pointed TO the
fox. then 20 the lump OF beeswax and
then 20 the log Then he whispered,
so the fox couldn't hear-
Let him sit down on the beesWal.
slyiy the bunny put the lump Of
beeswaI on the log, just behind the
fox Then the bunny said
sit down a Minute. Lr- Fox Let
me give you a bit Of honey before
you ear my souse-
-Au right gr0wled the fox Down
he SAT. right on the lump Of beesUax-
ard then he knew something was
wrong 20. WOW. o. wow @. vow
he cried. three times just like that
He tried 20 get up. bur he couldn'- o
The sticky heeswaN held aim tight
Uncle Wiggily sprang away, waved
a goodby TO Granddaddv Louglegs
and ran home 10 bis bungalow with
the honey. TIE fox didn't have a biz
nor any souse either. and when Nurse
Jane heard about 60 she sang
''Sheepskin and hseswaI make the
best Of plaster the more You try 10
pull ID of the more ir sticks the
faster
And the fox may be stuck there yet
for all know. Tie honey was very
good on the 1uunv's cakes And II
the automobile doesn't take the roller
skate on picnic with the jumping
rope and forget 90 dance with the
lawn mower. Tu tell you next about
Cncle WISELY and Nurse James hat
Copyright. 1913. BE- Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.