El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-22
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND FLOPPY'S CAP.
IL INV Aln n CAMS
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{ boys must have shipped off pieces to
make jumping ropes for the girls
wen. / have known such things to
{ happen" spoke Uncle Wlgglly, as ne
I twinkled his pink nose like sun
I flower kissing the moon goodnlgnl-
! But If you want more clotnesIlne-
{ Nurse Jane, III go TO the and cent
I store and get you some
Il wish you would the muskrat
] lady said, and SO, putting on his tan
I silk hat like a piece Of stovepipe with
. a ribbon around it. off started the
I bunny gentleman.
! It did not take him long to reach
: the barbershOp, where Mr. Archibald
I Twisrytail, the pig gentleman. soid
{ clotheslines when he wasn't SHAVING
/ goldfish.
yes, 7 have a very fine line for
I Nurse Jane" said Mr. Iwlstytall.
/ "And how are you Uncle WigghyE
I he asked, as he wrapped the bunfle
up for the rabbit gentleman to carry
Z back 70 the hollow stump bungalow.
I 'Oh, I'm fine" answered Ar Long
! ears And how are all your folks 2
/ Splendid and dandy dnet" grunted
7 the pig gentleman. rubbing his paws
/ Everybody Is wei, and Curly ana
FlOppy are on their way 10 school.
I Did you meet them2"
No answered Uncle WiEgily. I
did not, but I wished 7 had. How
ever, III see them again"
Then the rabbit gentleman started
to hop back with the clOtheslines for
Nurse Jane He had not gone very
far over the fields and through the
woods, before. all Of a sudden. he
heard a sort OF crying. grunting voice.
aOh. deari Oh. deari III never get
it down. neverl It's away up so high,
so highF'
Ny Something else has happened
besides Nurse James clothesliue being
IHH Il
something is too high 1 wonder what
Il is2"
He looked around the corner Of the
sassafras bush and there he saw
boy standing bareheaded in the snow,
looking up in a tall tree.
why. Floppyi What's the natter"
asked Uncle Wiggiiy. Why do you
stand here without your cap2 You'll
catch coldl"
wei. I wish could catch my
CAPT" grunted the pig boy
Where is it," asked Uncle Wig
Away up in the tree" said F1oppy. |
Il was going to school and / was
running 20 catch up to Curly. my !
brother, when the old Skeezicks /
jumped. out, snatched off my cap and Z
hreW II up IN the tree, where It I
caught on a branch"
Bless my whiskersl Why did he 1
=
7 guess because he was mad when 4
he found out he couldn't get any
sOuse of your ears" answered Z
Floppy- The Skeeziclzs was hiding .
in the bushes, and when he heard me I
coming along be thought it was you. +
And he was so disappointed when he :
saw my little ears, instead Of your (
long ears, that he suarched off my Z
cap ana tossed 10 up in the tree. And /
now / can't get it down and / cant .
90 to school, and"
ooh! III soon get your cap down. 4
F7oppy-" said kind Uncle Wiggily- T
III throw an end Of Nurse James 4
clothes line over the tree branch. liz
gle IL and down viii come your cap I
So Uncle Wiggily did this. tossing I
an end Of the rope up in the tree just I
as a cowboy lassOes a rice pudding.
And just as the bunny jiggIed the /
piggie boys cap and it came tumbling /
down. from behind a mulberry bush n
rushed the Skeezicks-
Herei Let that cap zIonel II
threw that up IN a tree" he howled-
Yes, and you ought 90 be ashamed II
Of yourself, teasing F1oppy that way,'
said the brave bunny NOW you I
skip out OF herew And with the end II
OF the clothes line Uncle Wiggily 4
Tipped and Topped and tapped hat 1
Skeezicks. so hard that he vas Glad /
enough to run away and hide his head II
under a lollypop stick
50 the rabbit gentleman got down II
Eloppys cap, and the piEEle boy n
wasn't late for school, either. Then 4
Nurse Jane hung up the rest OF her 4
clothes and all was well. And II the n
feather buster doesn't tickle the legs II
Of the kitchen table, making il dance n
50 It spills the egg, I'll tell you next 4
about Uncle Wlgglly and Curly's ball II
loon Copyright 1913, By Mcclure II
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