El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-21

I 70 see Il any nuts were growing yet
But Il was too early.
''No. I'm not exactly looking for an
adventure" spoke the bunny gentle
man. 7 want 10 find Baby Bunty.
the little rabbit girl who used to live
in a hollow stump"
do you want her 70 chase you and
play rag2' asked Johnnie.
Indeed 7 do not" cried Uncle
Wiggily. Baby Bunty is too lively
for mel She says she makes me
chase her Sc / won't get old and stiff
But it's fun to be sort Of restful like
once in while. Now I'm looking for
Baby Bunty because Nurse Jane
wants her to come home and have
her paws and face washed for sup
per Have You seen herF'
do you mean Nurse Jane or Baby
Bunty2" asked the squirrel boz.
sort Of joking like and comicaL
swered Uncle Wiggily. I know
where Nurse Jane is she's baking
a strawberry longcake IN, my hollow
stump bungalow But If you haven't
seen Baby Bunty must hop along
and look in other places
So Uncle Wlggily hoped along
and pretty soon he came to the shore
Of a large pond On one bank Of the
pond we're growing a nun Der Of tai
plants. with thick green leaves
~Hai Those are nice plants" said
Uncle Wiggily. Perhaps they may
have seen Baby Bunty pass this
So. understanding the language OF
flowers. which IS about the same as
that which Is talked by the leaves
and vines Uncle Wiggily asked the
green plants IL they had seen tbs lit
'sSo.s answered one large plant.
eve haven't seen Baby Bunty. we
have been so busy trying 70 shake
of a lot Of bad. red biting bugs. on
our stalks and leaves that we
haven't had a chance to look for any
one We wish we could drive the
Il can do that kindly offered
Uncle WigEily. Il viii drive away
the red bugs that are biting your
thick, green. glossy leaves I'll knock
Them Off with my red, white and blue
striped rheumatism crutch
Please dol begged the plants
growing on the edge Of the big
pond
So Uncle Wiggily drove away the
biting bugs by tapping on the green
rhick-leaved plants with his cruuehs
and the plants thanked the rabbit
gentleman very much
IF we can ever do you or any Of
your friends a favor we shall be
glad to- they said
Uncle WigEily hardly thought
plant could ever do you favor but
Just you wait and see On and on
through the woods hoped the rdb-
came 10 a cute little shady dinghy
deu. and there was Baby Bunty lying
On the grass fast asleep. In one
paw was her wooden doll-Sarah
Jane Sassafras Ricepudding.
-Oh. Buntyi wake upi' cried
Tr7sIa-r-71r~ -lnrsrrra Tnra ~1-r-rre
you 10 come homei It's nearly sup
per timee'
Baby Bunty awakened with a start,
rubbed her eyes, and then, holding
her doll Matilda Ara5ella Elon-
doodle, in one paw the little rabbit
girl took hold Of Uncle Wiggily's
coat tail and back % the hollow
stump bungalow they started
They had not gone very lar and
they we're hopping toward the big
pond OF water, when. all Of a sudden
out from behind a stump popped the
bad old Skuddlemagoon-
"Oh- hol Now I have your cried
the SkuddlemagOon
Uncle WigEiIy and Baby Bunty
ran as fast as they could 50 did the
Skuddleu.ag COON. Pretty soon Uncle
Wiggily and Baby Bunty came TO the
sOh, Il only this pond we're little
now" sighed Uncle Wiggily, we
could jump across il"
what good would that do?" asked
Baby Bunty-
WHY. once On the other side We
would be safe from the Slluddlema-
goon,- answered Uncle Wiggily. The
policeman dog lives on the other side
of this pond But, as il is now, Il g
too big for Us to jump across, and Il
we have 10 run all the way around
Il The bad chap may catch US.
And then, Just as true as I'm tell
ing you, all OF a sudden the big pond (
began to shrink up. IL shut its banks !
close together and became so little
that Uncle Wiggily and Baby Bunty ]