El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-11
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY PINE
UNCLE WIGGILY AND Mr.


. were going to be very fine and delici-
Gus and that they were NAKED exactly
I the right color OF brown
1t seems too much for me TO have
3 all those apple dumplings myself, %
I said the bunny I'm going TO take
one TO Mr Pine. the hedgehog gen
t1euan- he and M Ringtail Raccoon
are very fond Of apples I'll take Mr..
T Pine a dumpling-"
And II he has any to spare, you
might bring home some OF his tooth
pie ks" spoke Nurse Jane
T will" said Uncle Wiggily, and
when Nurse Jane had wrapped the
warm apple dumping in clean nap
I kin, Off hoped Mr.. Longears TO see
The whole name Of this animal
friend Of the bunny's was Mr.. Pork
T. Pine. He had a middle letter and
everything. YOU see. and sometimes
be was called Mr.. HEDGEHOG On his
back. instead Of fur. grew stiff, prick
III. pines bristles weren't stuck
very tightly in his skin They came
out easily. without hurting him. and
the animal folk. including Uncle Wig
eily. used them for toothpicks. That's
what Nurse Jane meant when she
told Uncle WiEgily 70 bring home
some toothpicks from Mr. Pine
So Uncle Wiggily said he would.
and soon he was on his way TO the
burrow. or underground house, where
Mr.. Pork q. Pine lived.
Il hardly think he viii have fin
ished his long winters sleep as yet"
said Uncle Wiggily, but, IL he Isn't
up yet. / can just leave the apple
dumping for him"
As It happened however. 1Ir. Pork
T. Pine had that day awakened from
his sleep, and had gone out to take
q walk in the woods. putting on his
rubber boots so the snow would not
give him a cold in his paws
I'm so sorry he isn't at home"
said Mrs. Pine. as she took the apple
dumping Uncle Wiggily gave her. Il
see you"
-Oh, wen. III 20 roaming through
the woods" said Mr. Longears. land
perhaps / shall meet him. I want to
get a few OF his loose toothpieks"
So Uncle Wiggily started off saying
he'd call back again at the burrow
II he didn't meet Mr.. Pine And. all OF
a sudden. as the bunny rabbit was
hopping along under the trees. what
should happen out that out popped
the bad old Jiggle Jaggle- Now, a
IiEEle JaEgle is worse than a Pipsi-
sewah-ever so much worse-and he
has very sharp. strong teeth. but
very soft and tender paws, so that he
keeps cold cream on them most Of the
@Ah. Ia, This Is the time I've
caught YOUR cried JiggIe Jagzle TO
Uncle Wiggily- Vow I have you,'
What are you going 20 do with
me2' asked Uncle Wigsily. not daring
TO run away because Of the strong
teeth OF the bad animal
what am going 10 do" cried the
JfEgIe TaEcIe- why. first an 20
ing 10 throw snow balls at you. and
them I'm going 10 carry YOU off 10
my den. Now to hit you with snow
ball"
So saying. the Jiggle JaEgle got
ready 10 DIP his soft and tender paws
into the fluffy snow TO make a ball
with which II hit Uncle Wiggily.
But no sooner had the JigEle JaEEle {
caught up some OF the white snow,
than he cried-
"Oh, its full OF pins and needles !
On. the snow IS sticking my soft and
tender paws fun OF slivers- On dear. /
he did. without hurting Uncle Wiggily
at all
Vow. 7 wonder how that hap
pened2'' said the bunny
Il did IT," spoke Mr. Pork Z Pine. :
as he shook the snow off his back. T (
heard what the Jiggle Jaggle said. so Z
hid under the snow. right where
knew he'd take up some TO make a
bah TO throw ~ YOU And his soft /
paws got stuck full OF my sharp 4
stickery quilts. ! guess ne won't /
bother YOU again right away"
And neither he did And lIr- Pine /
was much obliged for the apple 4
dumping and he gave NJ. -LonEears 4
3 lot Of tooth picks, so everything .
came out all right, even Mr.. Pines .
quilts
And. II the electric ian doesn't take (
all the holes out Of the coffee strainer .
10 blow beans through, III tell You
next how Uncle Wiggily shoveled the .
snow
1913. by the Mcclure /
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