The Washington herald., 1919-04-16
cHILDREN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
UNCLE WICGIY AND THE
ROLLING HOOP.
ny HOWARD n. GARrs.

Uncle WlgBfly Longeafb, the ounny
rabbit gentleman, was sitting on the
porch Of his hollow stump bungalow
one morning after breakfast wonder
ing where he might go to have an
adventure, when. all Of sudden. he
heard some ono ask him:
Have you an old barrel you don't
want7'
IAN old barreI7" exclaimed Uncle
wigsily In surprise. as he twinkied
his pink nose like q strawberry tart.
why. who wants an old barrelT" and
he looked around behind the side gate,
thinking perhaps this was trick on
the part of tho Pipstsewah-
But the Pipsisewah wasn't there.
and the only animal Uncle Wiggily
saw was Johnnie Bushytail, the sQuir-
rel boy.
"pid you ask me for barrel,
| Johnnie7" asked Uncle Wiggily.
Yes" answered the squirrel boy.
"I did. But I don't exactly want q
barrel-I want a hoop OF one"
what forr' asked Mr.. LongeArs.
.I want a hoop to roll up and down
on the paths In the woods like sammie
IittIetail and Curly and Fioppy
Twistytail, the pigsie boys" explained
Johnnie. They have barrel hoops
and they're making lots Of fun. Have
you an old barrelr"
well, / guess perhaps could nnd
one" said Uncle Wiggily. So ne
looked down in the cellar of his hol-
low stump bungalow, and he found
a barrel that had once had yellow
carrots in. Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuxzy
the pnuskrat lady housekeeper. had
made the carrots into apple pies Tor
Uncle wiggily. so the barrel wal
now empty.
-Oh. a hoop of that barrel will be
| lust fine!" chartered johnnie, ano
Uncle wiggily gave him the round
| fat bit of wood. which rolled over
and over as you showed II alone
with a stick for a handle.
NOW I can have some fun! cried
Johnnie. Don't you want to come
and see me roll my hoop, Uncie
wiggily?" he asked.
-why, yes, I guess do answered
the bunny. And there may De an
adventure in It for me"
So he hoped along through the
woods. and Billie scampered aions
behind him, rolling the hoop on the
green. messy paths Of the fores'
glens. -,
| pretty soon Uncle Wiggily anc
Johnnie came TO an open place amid
the trees, and there Sammfe bittleeaii
the rabbit boy. and his sister susie
with Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow ano
other animal boys and girls were nav
ing a good time rolling their hoops.
@This Is real jolly" said Uncle Wig
gily, as he sat down on a nat stuml
| 10 watch the fun. 81 wish 1 were
Young enough to roll hoop myself.
.Werl. you are" said Johnnie Here
take the hoop you gave me and rol
II bit"
fNo, I'm too DID," said the bunny
| .sNurse Jane might hear about IL, anc
she'd say I was getting queer In my
old age. III just watch you.
So Uncle wiggily sat there on ths
stuup, watching the rolling hoops
skidding along through the woods
when. all of a sudden, Johnnie Bushy'
tail gave his hoop an extra hare
whack with the stick and 1t rolled
right over IN front OF Uncle Wiggily
| "Hi, there! Roll 1t back to me- j
Won pIeaser' chartered the squire
boy. Uncle wiggily picked up a stick
| and was just going to shove the
broad barrel hoop rolling back te
| Johnnie when, all OF a sudden, ou
from under a log popped the bad ole
Pipsisewah.
.aThis time you shall not get ava,
from mer' cried the Pip to Uncle Wig
gily. I'll get you. sureH
Well. it does look as though yor
"a
like, and he was just wondering how
he could get away from the bad crea
ture when johnnie cried:
| Get inside the hoop. Uncle Wig
giIy, and roll yourself along down
hill You can roll in the hooI
faster than the Pipsisewah can run
and you can get away from hin
that way"
"oh, no he cantr' howled, th'
Pip.
"oh, yes I cant" cried Uncle Wig
4 gily. Quickly he curled himsel
up inside the wide barrel hoop. H,
tucked in his ears and his paw
and his coat tails. and then he be
gan rolling down hill in the hoop
Faster and faster, over and over h.
rolled. and, though the Pipsise
wah sprang after him, he couldn'
catch Uncle Wiggily. The bum,
in the rolling hoop safely reache,
the bottom of the hill and then tn,
animal boys and girls threw pin
cones at the Pipsisewah and drov
him away.
i So the Pip didn't get the bunn,
after all. you see, and all on ac
count of a rolling hoop. And. 1
the ice cream cone doesn't poke
hole in the paper of pins to lie
the eye Of the needle look through
III tell you next about Uncl
Wiggfly and Toodle's tail.
tcopyhxht. IAs b he Mcclure rev,pa,.x