El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-18
Stories For The Little Ones

z on, something nice" she answered.
Everything you cook is nice. Nurse
Jane" said Uncle Wiggily. with a low
and polite bow Of his tall silk hat
+But could you give me some pear
pudding with cranberry sauce on: do
you think?"
/ "Of course. I could" answered the
imuskrat lady I have some nice tin
cans Of pears down cellar. I'll bring
lone OF those cans up. open Il, take out
I the pears and make them into a pud-
Z ding Then III sprinkle cranberry
sauce over it."
How fine that will beIs cried Uncle
I Wiggily- And then he began getting
ready to tax a hop out in the woods,
so he might be extra hungry for the
pear pudding. But, all Of a sudden,
Nurse Jane said;
"Oh. Uncle Wiggilyl I forgot 7 can't
give you the pudding with cranberry
sauce after alli"
why not2" asked the bunny, appre-
hensive like.
Because haven't any can opener
TO cut the top off the tin can, and get
out the pears" answered the muksrat
lady Il meant TO get a can opener
when ] was in the five and ten cent
store yesterday. but I forgot it Now,
alasi you can't have any pear pUd-
dingr
'Oh. yes cam" exclaimed Uncle
Wiggily. I'll 90 to the store for you
myself and get a new can opener Then
III hop home, open the can. and you
can make the pudding"
Well II you'll get the can opener
everything else will be all right"
spoke Nurse Jane
with his tall silk hat on his head, to
keen his ears from freezing. for il
was not quite spring, and limping on
q AZ IL.
matism crutch, which Nurse Jane had
gnawed for him out Of a cornstallt- I
Uncle Wiggilv began TO hop toward
the five and ten cent store And his
pink. tWinkling nose ran ahead Of him
all the way. to be sure and get there
first
Uncle Wiggily had no trouble at all I
in getting a fine. sharp can opener I
And with IL in his pocket he started 4
back toward his hollow stump bunga- ]
low, thinking, on the way. how good I
the pear pudding with cranberry sauce I
on would taste after Nurse Jane had Z
made It
And, all Of a sudden, as the bunny |
rabbit gentleman was hopping along D
he heard, from somewhere in the /
woods, a voice saying:
"Oh deari Oh. deari What a terrible /
thing TO have happen, Oh. I'm sure I
shall never see Lulu or Jimmie, or
even nv dear Uncle Wiggily againl !
Oh. what shall I do2"
Hal Hunt Why, that must be some /
one I know, or who knows me-" said 4
Uncle Wiggily sofetly. 7 only hope It 4
isn't the Pipsisewah. the Skuddlema-
COON or the skillery-scalery alligator .
with the double-jointed tail. I must be 4
very careful-'
So Uncle WiEEily looked around, but I
all he could see was a tin box on the .
ground It was the kind Of tin box I
that fancy cakes come out Of at the .
delfcatessen storce.
-Hai there must be some one in that .
tin boxw thought Uncle WigEily- Tt .
isn't big enough to hold the Pipsise- /
wah, or any Of the bad chaps who I
chase me III find out who IL IS" So I
he asked rs there any one in trouble /
in that tin box
Yes. I am answered a sad little /
voice.
And who are you2" Uncle Wiggily I
wanted TO know.
4 am Alice WibblewobbIe. the duck .
girl" was the answer. Don't you
know my quackg
No." said Uncle Wiggily. i don't.
But then as you are shut up in a tin .
box. your voice sounds far away and .
down-cellary like But what happened T.
you2"
"Oh. I was going over TO the house
OF Mrs. Longtail. the mouse lady. 20 &
borrow some corn meal" said Alice,