The Washington herald., 1919-04-23
CHILDREN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
UNCLE WICGHYS
GARDEN.
BY HOWARD r.. GARIs.

Twinkling his pink nose, and
! whistling a merry little tune. Uncle
Wiggily Longears, the bunny rab-
bit gentleman, hoped out of his
hollow stump bungalow one day.
Under one paw he had a rake. and
, under the other q hoe and shovel,
while inside his tall sflk hat were
a number OF little paper packages
OF seeds.
We'll, what are you going to do
now. IL may ask?' inquired Nurse
, Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the muskrat
lady housekeeper. who was getting
/ ready to bake a raisin cake with
lollypops on top.
| Il am going to make a garden
/ and plant some flower seds," an
swered the bunny. II have heard
1t said that April showers bring
May flowers. But IL 1 don't plant
/ some seeds all the April showers
! il: the world will not bring me any
| flowers. So now I'm going to put
some flower seeds in the ground and
\ wait for them to grow. Then I'll
| give you q bouquet
That will be very sweet of YOU"
| said Nurse Jane. IT like flowers"
SO. still whistling his merry tune
and making his pink nose twinkle
| like rubber ball bobbing about in
the bath tub, Uncle Wiggily, with
| his shovel and rake and hoe, began
making his garden.
The bunny rabbit sometimes used
his paws to dig in the dirt, for that's
| what they were made for. but now
| he used the hoe and rake and shovel
/ also. because they were a bit more
stylish, he thought. And, having
made cute little holes in the
! soft brown earth. Uncle wiggily
sprinkled In the flower seeds. Then
he covered them with dirt, which
was like a brown blanket. to keep
the seeds warm until they should
| sprout and turn into flower bios
1 SONS.
And while I'm waiting for the
| flowers to come up I'll sit down on
this bench in the sun and rest"
said the bunny rabbit.
| Now, Uncle Wiggily did not know
quite as much about a garden as
! perhaps he thought he did. Or else
he forgot that II takes q week or
more for flower seeds to begin to
put their green leaves up through
the brown earth. Anyhow. Uncle
| Wiggily sat down on the bench to
wait for his flowers to grow and
| while he sat there something hap
| pened. Two things happened, in
fact. and after them a third one.
The first thing that happened was
that Uncle Wiggily fell asleep. The
| sun was so warm. he was a bit tired
from having made his garden, and
he was resting so easily on the
bench that he fell asleep.
The next thing that happened
was that along came Jackie and
Peetie Bow WOW, the two puppy
dog boys. Jackie and Peetie were
frisking about. full of fun. and they
saw Uncle Wiggily asleep on the
bench. They also saw the shovel
and rake and hoe. and they noticed
where the ground had been dug up.
"Oh. Uncle Wigsily has been max
ing a garden!" barked Jackie.
And I know how to play a nice
little trick on HIM" barkcd Peetie.
/ 1T won't hurt Uncle WigNly. will
it," Jackie wanted to know.
1T will only make him laugh"
said his brother. Wen dig two lit
tie holes in the garden where no
seeds are planted. Then well get
in the holes and cover ourselves up
with the dirt. leaving only our noses
sticking out so we can breathe"
Where's there a funny trick in
that?" asked Jackie.
why you can stick your black
nose a little way out of the ground.
and Iii stick my red tongue" spoke
Peetie. And when Uncle Wiggily
sees the red and black he'll think
his flowers have begun to blossom.
Then, when he tries to pick them.
well scatter the dirt off us, jump
up and bark like anything"
"Oh. thatll be a fine trick" said
Jackie.
] So the two puppy dogs made two
holes and snuggled down under the
earth. leaving only their black noses
sticking out, and Peetie's red tongue
showed almost like a flower. And
then the third thing happened.
Along came the bad old Skeezicks.
He saw Uncle Wiggily asleep on the
bench. and the Skeezicks saiS to
himself:
Now 1 can sneak up easy and bite
souse off his earsi" snickered the
Skeezicks. There is no one around
to stop me-" he said, as he looked
over the newly dug up garden.
| And the Skeezicks was just going
to bite Uncle wiggily when. all OF
a sudden Jackie and Peetie Bow
Wow, who were hiding under the
ground, saw the bad animal
This is no time to play tricks!'
barked Jackie I'VE must drive
away the Skeezicks"
Sure" growled Peetie.
Up they sprang, scattering the
dirt all over.
Bow wow, Bow wow, Burr-r-r-r!
wufr! Get away from herer they
cried to the Skeezicks.
"Oh me! Oh my! Wow! Double
Wow! What a surprise" gurgled the
bad chap as he ran away. not hurt
ing the bunny at all. And when
Uncle wiggily awakened he was
surprised, too. OF course it was too
late then for Jackie and Peetie to
play a joke on the bunny. but they
didn't want to.
| I'VE played a better joke on the
Skeezicks," they said. And later on,
when the flowers blossomed, Uncle
wiggily gave Jackie and PeeSe
some for their mother.
And IL the eyes of the potatoes
don't fill with tears when they see
] the onions going in the soup. I'll
tell you next about Uncle Wiggily
and the crying crocodile.
Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure Newspaper
| Syndicate)
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