El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-28
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND SAMMIE'S SPLASHER
BY HOWARD GARIS. uruHuuurrurunanrrrnur

, the bushes, and on the bank OF little
/ brook, where there was faterfal
made of some moss covered rocks, tne
rabbit gentleman saw the bunny 9os-
AND Sammie was looking at something
/ he had fastened on top OF the little
I rocky waterfall
what have you there. sammie2'
I asked Uncle Wiggily.
/ "Oh. this is my splacher that have
! lust made" Sammie answered come
I and see how il works, Uncle Wiggily-
The rabbit gentleman hoped closer
and he saw lhat what Sammie called
I a ''splasher" was a little wooden
water wheel. such as you may have
/ seen at an old mill
The rabbit boy had taken two fiat
: pieces Of wood, that Toodle and Moo
die Flat Tail. the beaver boys, had
! gnawed for him out Of piece OF tree
{ Saunuie had fastened the fiat pieces
Of wood together like the letter y
Then he put them into a sort OF frame,
: or handle. The frame was fastened 70
/ the little rocky waterfall, and, as the
water tumbled down over the rocks. II
I struck on the paddles Of the wheel
and made them turn around
And when IL turns il splashes.
( said Sammie. and that's why I call Il
my splasher."
That's a good NAME said Uncle
! Wfgzily. at certainly splashes- I
felt a drop Of water on my pink nose
The wheel did splash about as the
water fell on It, dashing over the
rocks, and Uncle Wiggilly and sam
mic had lots Of fun watching it. but
all Of a sudden. the water stopped
running down over the rocks. no more
fell on the paddles Of the wooden
wheel and the splasher stopped.
What made that% asked Sammie IN
sSomethong further I'd the brook
.
side. or else perhaps a big elephant Is
there drinking up all the water, so
none is left 10 turn your splasheE.
Sammie," said Uncle Wiggily-
"Oh. let's 20 up and see II II IS an
elephantr cried the rabbit boy. He
wont hurt US"
"AIl right" agreed Uncle Wiggly.
and he and Sammie we're Just going M
stream 20 see what had stopped the
water from making the splasher 90.
when. all OF a sudden. through the
bushes crashed the bad Pipsisewah.
Water was dripping from his lips. and
then Uncle Wiggily and Sammie knew
who It was that had drunk up all the
water in the brook
'Oh. no, How dare you put splash
Ing water wheels in my brook
howled the Pipsisewah-
II didn't know Il was your
brook answered Sammie. And, be-
sides. a little spiasher water wheel.
like mine. won't hurt It"
Yes It VIII" shouted the Pipsise-
wah. Now you take your splasher
right out Of my brook And because
you put it here I'm going to bite a
lot OF rabbit sauce off your ears and
off Uncle Wigeiiy's too"
"Oh. please don'tr' begged Sammie
and the bunny gentleman.
yes, 7 shalli" howled the Pip. But
he didn't. for just then. all Of a sud
den. It began raining very hard The
little brook was filled with waited.
Down IL rushed over the stones and
the wooden water. wheel began 70
splash faster than ever
And. as X splashed II shattered q
lot Of water IN the eyes Of the PfDsise-
wah. so he couldn't see a thing-not
even his own nose
Come on. Uncle WiEgilyi This is
our chance TO get away. when the
sDlasher hothers tina PiDsAwah SO he