The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24
Copyright, 1919, by Mcclure Newspa-
per Syudicate)
eY HOWARD +. oARIs.

BY HOWARD r. oARls.
onoe upon a time, when Uncle Wig
gily L~ongears, the bunny rabbit gem
tleman, when out in the kitchen Of his
hollow stump bungalow to get a drink
Of water, not a drop ran out Of the
faucet over the sink.
4 say, Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wugzyl
LOOK heret What's the matter, If you
please?' asked Uncle Wiggily Of his
muskrat lady h|ousekeeper.
Natter spoke Nurse Jane. Il
don't see anything the matter
why, ! can't get a drop Of water to
drink said the bunny. LOOK and
he held his empty cup upside down
over the sink,
"oh, the water pipes under the
ground, that bring the water from the
woodland spring to our bungalow, must
be broken, said Nurse Jane, The
frost must have cracked them. and
the water, instead Of running out Of
the kitchen faucet, is leaking out of
the pipes. It's too hRd!'
u should say h was!' cried Uncle
Wigeily What am going to do for
p drink?'
I'm melt a little snow for you, and
get water for YOU that way" said the
muskrat lady. Then you had better
20 tell the plumber monkey to come
and put new pipes under the ground
where ours are broken"
II WILL said Uncle Wiggily. And,
when Nurse Jane had melted some
snow water for the bunny rabbit, away
he started. over the fields and through
the woods, to where the plumber mon
key lived.
"Hal Broken pipes, eh?" said tho
monkey to the bunny. Well, we have
lots Of them in the winter. I'll soon
put some new pipes in for you
And the next day along came a load
of big water pipes, which GRANDMA
Whackum and Mr.. tlat-tail, the beaver
gentlemen, were going to put under
ground, from the spring to Uncle Wig
gily's bungalow, 30 the bunny rabbit
gentleman could have water in his
sink.
And, while they arc putting In the
new pipes said Nurse Jane, you had
better, Uncle Wiggily. 80 over to Mrs.
Wlbhlewobble, the duck lady, and bor-
row a pail of water"
Il VIII" said Uncle Wlggily. and off
he hoped or his red, white and blue
striped rheumatism cTutch, that Nurse
cornstalk. =
The two beaver gentlemen who we're
going to make the long trenches In
the ground, in which 10 lay the big,
round pipes, that had holes all the way
through them, just like the pipe Of your
stove--these two beavers, Grandpa
Whackum and Mr.. Flat-tail, began to
dig, soon after Uncle Wiggily went 10
Mrs Wihblewobble's to get a pail of
water. But, after a while, GRANDPA
Whackum said;
Il think we had better go and get
the plumber monkey to tell us how
deep he wants us TO dig the holes for
the pipes"
II think so, too spoke Mr.. Flat-tnil,
"Anyhow, ! forgot some of my digging
tools, and I'll have to go back to the
shop after them"
So Grandpa Whackum and Mr.. Flat
tail, after having dug only a little,
walked away, leaving the big, round
empty water pipes in front Of Uncle
Wigglly's hollow stump bungalow.
Well pretty soon, a little later, along
came the bunny with a pail Of water,
And, all OF a sudden, just tts he reached
the place where the pipes, with the biz
holes IN them, were on the ground, near
his bungalow, out from behind q hush
jumped a bad old fox,
oh, hoi' barked the fox. 81 am Just
N time see you have a pail Of water
Uncle Wiggily, and ! always like a
drink after ! eat some souse."
Are you going to cat souse?" asked
the bunny. Whose, may | ask ?"
Yours" cried the FOX, Here j come