El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-09
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones

49, "i By Howard AM t cans sVO-1on rI

GLOW soon are we going 10 have
IL some pumpkin PIE. Nurse
Jane2" asked Uncle Wiggily Long
ears Of his muskrat lady house
keeper one morning.
Its a little early for pumpkin pie
Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy answered. as she
cleared away the breakfast dishes
and prepared 10 sweep the hollow
stump bungalow. II you would get
me a squash. though. could make
you a pie from that"
"Oh. yes, that's so. Squash pie IS
pretty good" Uncle WiggiIy said.
Wen. III hop right along and see If
I can find one. When VII It be tine
for pumpkin pie. Nurse JsneT'
about Halloween she answered
But I think you'll ike the squash
kind almost as well"
I'm sure 70 II you bake it" spoke
the bunny gentleman with low and
polite bow Of his tall silk hat
Soon he was hopping away over
the fields and through the woods TO
Grandfather Goosey Gander's farm,
where tEe SQUASH zines grew
Grandpa GOosey was very glad to
see Uncle Wiggily, and wanted the
rabbit GENT man to stay and have
lunch with him But the bunny said:
I had better hurry home 10 Nurse
Jane with the squash for pie When
have taken that 10 her III come
Please do begged Grandpa
GOosey. and he gave his rabbit gentle
man friend one OF the largest green
squashes in the garden a squash
is not like a pumpkin you see. Il is
green instead OF being yellow.
VIII you be able TO carry Il. Uncle
Wiggily2'' asked Grandpa Goosey as
the bunny took the squash in his
paws 1t was nearly as large as a
watermelon.
'Oh. III carry It all rightr' the
bunny answered see you later
good-byl" And away he hoped with
the squash
Uncle Wiggily was skipping over a
fallen log in the woods. when he hap
pened to drop the squash Down Il
went on the ground. ker-plunki
"Oh, dearl" thought the bunny rah-
bit Now I have done it, The
squash VIII be broken and split and
spoiled"
BIT the squash Just fell IN a pile Of.
stones. bounced off them on a sharp,
Jagged stump. rolled into a b-ambie
orier bush, rolled out again and then
came 70 a stop, waiting for Uncle
Wiggily to pick Il up.
Why. Il isn't hurt a bitt" exclaimed
the bunny. as he reached the squash.
II must be much harder than
pumpkin, to fan on a stone pile and
not even get bruised This is some
squash"
he picked 1t up and carried It a
little farther. Just as he reached the
top OF a big, steep hill the bunny
slipped and dropped the squash again. ,
Down II rolled. head over heels. I.
1umpity bump and plunk-o It went
Right against big rock
-Oh. now Il IS surely spouedr"
thought Uncle Wiggily. no squash
pie for me-"
But when he ran down to the squash
mere Il was, resting on a pile Of q
leaves and not hurt IN the least.
Wen that squash IS certainly
hard spoke the bunny. 81 don't see
how Nurse Jane is ever going 70 make F
that into tender pie. Z guess I'd
better walt for Halloween and pump f
kin time"
stin Uncle Wigny had promised the
lady 70 bring her a squash. /
and that he would DO. He picked up 1
the round, green vegetable. and tuck I
ing II under his paw, once more he I
started off
I hope I have no more acci-
dents" said the bunny to himself T.
But he had not gone more than five
hops and half a skip before. all at
lnce, something jumped out from be-
hind a tree and stood on the path
.n the woods right in front Of Uncle
WiEgily.
Hold on Where are you eoinEr
asked a rough voice. and there stood I
the bad old SkuddlemaEoon.
II am going home, n you
please" answered the rabbit gentle
nan.
'Wer. don't please, and you're not
going Home" snapped the Slzuddlema-
COON You're coming with me to my
lem"
what for7" asked Mr.. L.oneears.
though fun vel he knew.
so I can bite souse off your ears"
,ried the Skuddlemagoon- What have I
you thereZ" he asked
Squash-for-nie" answered the
bunny. But he was feeling so bad.
that his voice trembled. so all that
The Skuddiemagoon heard were the
words:
"Squash-pie"
Oh. hot SQUASH pie. eh2" spoke the
bad chap. 'Well, hand that over firsti
Afterward wen see about your souse.
Hand me that squash pie. Throw IL
lere." he cried, rough like and de-
-ogatory.