El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-30
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNcLE WIGGnY AND DEE cHERRIEs.

would be TOO bad not to have cherry
pie to eat,v
III make you one as soon as you
get me the cherries" promised Nurse
Jane.
So the rabbit gentleman quickly put
! some gasolene in his auto. sprinlzled a
little pepper on the bologna sausage
/ tires of the wheels, and then he called
I to Baby Bunty, the funny little RABBIT
do you want to chase me or play
( tag2T laughed Bunty. as she came
I skipping around the edge OF the rain
water barrel
Neither one said UYcle wiggily-
But would you like 70 ride win me
in the auto while ! 80 Tor some PIE
sIndeed I would answered Baby
Bunty Il like cherry pie almost as
much as you. Uncle Wlggily.
Pretty soon the rabbit gentleman
and the little bunny girl who had
been found in a hollow stump were
riding over the fields and through the
woods on their way TO get the cner-
.ilvhat store are you going TO buy
them att" asked Bunty-
'-Oh, the five and ten. guess an
swered Uncle Wiggily.
ooh MOI" laughed Baby Bunty- Ihe
only kind Of cherries they have at the
five and ten cent store are make be-
iieve ones. for trimming hats. And
those cherries wouldn't be good IN
II should say notir cried Uncle
Wiggily. making his pink nose twin
lzle faster than ever. But where. may
we get cherries, Baby Bunty. If not
al the five and ten cent storey
"Oh. Uncle Butter, the goat gentle
man, has lovely cherry tree on mis-
farm" spoke the little rabbit girl
Wen get Johnnie and Billy Busny-
tail the squirrel boys, TO pick the
cherries for US They are good climb
'That win be finer laughed Uncle
Wiggily Then he and Baby Bunty
rode in their auto through the woods
to get the Bushytail squirrels. ana
when Johnnie and Billie~were n the
auto. a quick trip was made 10 Uncle
FAKE ali the cherries you want"
said the goat gentleman 10 Uncle
Wiggily.
Up the trees scampered Johnnie and
Billie, and they had soon picked Mr. I
Longears a pail fun Of cherries.
Baby Bunty was given a few of theil
cherries to eat. johnnie and Billie /
also. had all they wanted. and the /
rest in the pail, were put on the back /
seat of TIE auto to be taken 10 Nurse ]
Jane. She would make them into /
pie
Uncle Wiggily and Baby Bunty were /
riding back toward the hollow stump 4
bungalow. with the cherries. when. all I
OF . sudden, out from behind a bush 1
popped the bad old Pipsisewah.
-Oh, no. Now I have you for sure,
Uncle Wiggily" cried the bad chap 4
You cant get away from me. and you |
have nothing to throw at me te drive
me away. Surely I'll get your souse
this timei"
@Oh, dear" cried Uncle Wiggily.
This is too badi I have some cher
ries I can throw at YOU" he said to
the Pipsisewah.
Pooh. I'm not afraid Of soft.
sQuashy. mushy cherries." boosted the
PIP 81 m not afraid Of anything soft.'
NO, but you're afraid Of hard
stonesr' suddenly cried brave Baby +
Bunty. And Uncle Wiggily's cherries
have hard stones in them
Then she quickly took some Of the I
stones. or pits. she had saved from
threw the stones right IN the lace OF
the PipsiseWah- They hit him in the
eyes and on the nose.
.'Oh, wow" he cried. "Oh. I didn't
know cherries had such hard stones
in them, III be goodi III be eoodr'
and away ne ran. not taking a single
smitch OF Uncle Wiggily's souse.
Soon the rabbit gentleman and Baby
BunIy were safe with Nurse Jane. who
made lovely cherry pie SO. all was
we'll And If the bicycle doesn't Jump
over the lamp post when the roller
skate is trying 20 dance on one wheel
with the skipping rope. I'll tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily and the egg
1913. BY Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate