El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-01
Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND HIS STnTS.
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~ gily Longears. the bunny rabbit
gentleman. was coming back home
from the store, where he had gone
for Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, he
heard a splashing in the water OF a
little pond. not far from his. hollow
stump bungalow.
Dear met' exclaimed Uncle Wig
gily. as he looked through the bushes.
after having heard the splashing
water sound. u hope none Of my
animal children friends have fallen
in the pondl"
He hoped little closer. and there.
out in the middle OF the pond, he saw
something white.
called the rabbit gentleman. You
shouldn't be out there wading in the
middle of the water, when you are
only getting better after having had
the lettuce epizoOtic. Come right here
this minute, Susie Littletail, or III
never make you another grass ham
mockr'
IF you please. I'm not Susie" said
the voice OF the white object in the
water, and I don't want TO come
ashore until get my dinner"
Dear mel That isn't Susie, after
all,' said the rabbit gentleman 10
himself 7 must get a new pair OF
spectacles-I can't see very well But
who are you, and how do you expect
to get any dinner out there in the
middle Of wet pond Of water?" asked
wei. if the pond wasn't wet I
wouldn't be able to get anything to
eat" was the answer. las It is-wel.
I'll pick up a few more snails, and
then III come up on shore"
Then TTnr1a Wfr~ari1rr saw that the
white creature was a big bird. WITH
very long, thin legs and long, sharp
This bill the bird suddenly stuck
down in the water and brought up
some snails and green 1oots Of grass,
which IL chewed a dnswallowed- And
then the long legged bird started 70
wade out to the shore, where Uncle
Wiggily stood.
But when the bird was almost on
shore, its long legs became tangled IN
some weeds. and the poor chap was
held fast there
oh. N.Y." cried the bird "T1 never
get loosei It's a good thing TO have
such long, thin legs as mine when you
want 10 wake in deep water without
getting your tail feathers wet But
when your legs get tangled IN weeds
oh. dear mel"
stand still and I'll get you Iooser'
cried Uncle Wiggily. Ny I never
saw 1uEA 4OlEf N-A4u 4GE1 VI
They are like the wooden stills that J
have seen Johnnie and Billie Bushy-
tail. the squirrel boys. walk around
on Wait a minute, Mr.. Birdp
Thank you Ny name is Heron"
saio the bird, and he was very careful
10 stand stin until Uncle Wiggily.
with his red, white and blue striped
rheumatism crutch, had untangled the
weeds For the heron birds legs were
50 thin--like pipe stems-that. if he
had twisted about much in the en-
tangling weeds. the legis would have
been broken Soon the bunny had set
the grid free.
Thank you very much. Uncle Kig-
gily, said the heron. when II had
waded ashore. 7 only have one pair
OF long legs, OF I'd give them TO you
TO use Tor stills when you have 10
walk in the mud. But. as II is"
%, keep your legs and young long
bill for yourself. Mr. Heron Bird.
laughed the bunny. They are just
what you need"
bird Ny friends, the Stork, the
Crane. as well as I. need long legs
and long bills to wade out in ponds
ana get snails and other things of
the bottom
Then Mr.. Heron Bird flew away,
and Uncle Wiggiiy hoped On TO his
hollow stump bungalow. And no
sooner had he reached it than he saw
Nurse Jane out in front. looking at
tho duck pond ocean which was not
far away.
What's the matter. Nurse jane
aksd the bunny. Has any one fallen
into the duck pond2"
No. answered the musrat lady
But the wind Just blew
my best hat off my head into the
pond. I can't reach 1t with a clothes ]
pole. for I have tried Billy and Z
BaWiv (o-Tail. the frog ho1rs are
away. and so is their whole family I
Neither Lulu. Alice or Jimmie Wibble-
wobble. the ducks. are home. or they I
would swim out and get my hat for /
ne And I don't want to swim out T
myself. as 1 have On my best dress 4
still. II don't get my hat
I'll wade out and get II for your
AID the nollte rahhit genfIenan