The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-12
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sBEDTINE' STORN
UNCLE WIGGILY SHOVELS SNOW.

Go away? Not to stay, / hope cried
Mr., Longears.
J. oh, no just to visit my friend, Mrs.
Longtail, the mouse lady, and her chill
dren. Jillie and Jollie, and Squeakie-
Eekie, the cousin mouse, spoke Nurse
Jane.
"JiIie has been taking cooking les
sons at the hollow stump school, and
she wants me to taste her toasted
cheese pudding. So l thought I'd pay
the LOngtail family a little visit"
Go, by all means: you ought to have
Wiggily, Blu ! shall be very lone
some
IN leave plenty for you 10 eat" re-
piled Nurse Jane, with a smile that
made her whiskers 60 tinkle-inkle.
And 90 II turned ouS. day or so
her vallss and left the hollow stump
bunRaloW for a weekend visit with the
Longtail mouse family.
MY! I didn't think a place could be
so l~onesome!" exclaimed Uncle Wig
gily, as he came back 10 the hollow
Jane partly on her way. We'll, I'll get
something TO eat, and that will help the
time TO pass until Nurse Jane ome
back"
So the bunny got out some OF the nice
things Nurse Jane had left for him
-tuSldIu DuUulllE lTltilIneu Win let
tuCe, a tuTnip pie n carrot sauce
sprinkled over the top, and some pars-
nip %turnovers with maple sugar ruff
fles around the edges. They were de-
licious.
But Uncle wiggiIy couldn't eat all
the while, nor did ~twtnkling his pink
nose make much fun for the lonesome
rabbit gentleman,
II Wish Nurse Jane would come
back" he said over and over again. But
still he did not want to be selfish and
spoil the muskrat lady's visit
So the next day, when Uncle Wig
gily hoped up and got his own break
fast he saw, as he looked upon tho win
dow, that II was showing very hard.
Murray" cried the bunny. This
will give me something to do to make
the time pass I'll shovel the snow,
1t will be lots Of fun"
SO he brought the shovel up from
down cellar, and, after waiting for the
snow TO get quite deep out in front OF
the hollow stump bungalow, Mr., Long
ears started to work.
To and fro he swung the shovel, TAX
ing UP big white chunks OF the fluffy
snow and tossing them to one side to
clear the walk and make easy for
tho animal folk to pass, For animal
folk don't like to tramp through snow
any more than they can help. You Just
watch your cat II ever she has to wade
In the snow drifts, and see how she
shakes her paws to make them warm,
So Uncle Wiggily shoveled the snow,
and he had the walk almost clean when.
all Of a sudden, his shovel seemed to
stick in, or under, a big lump OF snow,
and the shovel wouldn't move.
"Ha, no! | must have stuck II too
far down into a big drift" thought the
bunny. 1T Is more than can lit.
I'll take a smaller shovelful.'
~. a~t.I - w.hI hi nhnHtni lAnaA hMN
II would not come.
'aThis is o~ueer!'' said the bunny. ~
never knew snow to be so heavy before.
II II was ice, now, | could understand,
but white, fluffy snow-it's very queer
He looked at his shovel. II seemed
buried to the handle in a soft, white
lump Of snow, and yet 1t was az hard
and fast as II in the ice.
And then. all OF q sudden, the shovel
was snatched from Uncle Wiggilyl
paws and there was a furry and scurry
In the snow, The bunny was Just go
ing to be frightened, thinking perhaps
the Pipsisewah had hidden under the
a most Jolly laugh. and a voice said:
"Ha! That's the time / fooled you
Uncle Wiggily!" And there stood Mr.
Whitewash, the polar bear gentleman!
laughing like a piece Of apple pie. ~
saw you shoveling. the snow" said NJ
drift and made believe l was part OF
It, because my fur Is white Just like
snow. You showed your shovel under
my white fur, thinking 1t was snow
and then l grabbed II IN my paws, "a
have some fun. ! fooled you all right
didn't II" ~
Surely enough you did, laughed
Uncle Wiggily. Come on In the bun.
galow and have some carrot pie. And
Mr.. Whitewash did and h bunny
wasn't lonesome any longer. And II
the spool Of thread doesn't unwind the
clock and strike the minute hand In
the face III tell you next about Uncle
WigHily and the button tree.