El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-28
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY AND THE SNOOzERS SLIDE
8y HOWARD GARIs

}, slip. As for the sofa cushion. I can't
, very well cut il in half, fer all the
feathers would spill out But II is
very soft and fluffy. 1t looks large,
but it viii squeeze up real small-see-
land she pressed the big sofa cushion
iuD so that it didn't look much larger
than a pin cushion.
"Oh. then it's all right" said Uncle
Il Wiggily. 4 can easily carry that"
So he put on his rubbers and his tall
! silk hat, and then well wrapped up
in his fur coat so he wouldn't get cold.
away he started over the snowy fields
and through the icy woods 10 have an
adventure and leave the soft cushion
at the duck lady's house
/ Now it happened. this same day. that
the bad old snippery Snoozer set out
/ TO catch Uncle Wiggily-
Lots Of chaps have tried to catch
THAT rabbit gentleman, but haven't
been able 70. said the Snoozer. Il
think I can The fox and the Pip
isisewah and the Skuddlemagoon-th
all tried but didn't DO it. But III get
some souse off his ears all right"
So the Snoozer set himself TO catch
Uncle Wiggily. And the way he did
IL was this On a path in the woods,
where the way went downhill. the
SnoOzer took some pals OF water and
poured them on the snow
me water VIII freeze ana MAKE q
slippery place on the path said the
Snoozer 10 himself Then, when Uncle
WiEEily comes along he'll slip and
stumble and fall, and / can jump out
from the bushes where Pm hiding and
get all the souse of his ears be-
fore he knows what has happened III
do it,"
So the snoozer made his slippery
slide on the path in the woods, and
when the water was well frozen. the
bad chap scattered some snow over
the icy place, so II wouldn't show.
Then the Snoozer hid IN the bushes
to wait.
Along came Uncle WIggily, wonder
ing what sort OF an adventure he
would have and hoping II would be a
nice one. And then, all OF a sudden.
his feet slipped from under him In
spite OF his rubberss and down he sat
very hard.
"Oh. my" cried Uncle Wiggily.
There must have bene some ice under
that snow and didn't see it, oh, I am
afraid I'm sliding down the hilli"
And so he Was-right down the
Snoozer's slippery slide.
Uncle Wiggily put out his paws TO
catch hold of whatever he could. TO
save himself, and Of course he had TO
let 90 Of the sofa cushion Down the
slide went the cushion. F.
stuffed fun Of feathers. II puffed out .
real big, when II slipped from Uncle .
Wiggily's paw, and as the cushion .
slid down the slide the Snoozer sprang
out from where he was hidden in the
bushes. crying
Nov I have you At last I'll get
some souse, The other chaps couldn't
catch you, but I did.-
-Oh. I guess mott There's been a /
little mistake made" said Uncle Wig
gily, who had caught himself at the
top OF the slide. by holding on to a
tree root, so he didn't go very far
That's the sofa cushion you have
not me. Mr. Snoozeri" said the bunny.
And so it was. When the sofa 4
cushion slid down the slippery slide I
the Snoozer grabbed that in his paws.
It was Uncle Wiggly, be-
cause 1t looked 50 big and puffy like.
oh. dear I'm fooled, too" howled f
the Sno0zer, as he ran away TO hide
his head in a snoWbank And then
Uncle Wiggily went around the safe
side Of the slippery slide until he Z
reached the bottom, where he picked i
I'D the sofa cushion and went on his
way.
Copyright. 1918. by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)