El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-29
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND SUSIE'S COOKIES.
Nv HOWARD CARTS -

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1 sWered the rabbit gentleman, with 1
laugh. This time I am looking fol
Susie. I thought perhaps she'd like e
walk in the woods with me and looE
for an adventure"
I'd like to. all right. Uncle wiggily
but I can't 60. Mother is going ouf
and I promised 10 stay home and TAKE
( care Of the house. said susie, COMING
Z to the door.
yes" said Mrs. Littletafl, "Susi,
must stay home today"
Then I'll stay with her until Vol
I come back" offered Uncle Wiggily
T And you needn't be in a hurry, Mrs
LittletaiL Susie and 1 may have az
funny an adventure in the house as
we could have in the woods"
oh, 7 hope We dor cried Susie
clapping her paws Come on in, Uncle
+ Wiggily. I'm going 70 make a new
dress for my doll and you may watch
me-"
All right" answered the bunny. as
he twinkled his pink nose. and then
he hoped over the doorsiu with his
red. white and blue striped rheuma-
tism crutch.
Mrs. Littletan went over to the
home Of Mrs. Stubtail. the lady bear
and there she met Mrs. WibbleWob-
them talked about the best way OF
getting animal children to sleep.
Now let Us see what happened 70
Uncle Wiggily and Susie For a time
the bunny rabbit gentleman watched
Susie sew new dress for her rubber
doll, who was named Virginia Pare
goric Whistlewinkers. Then. all OF a
sudden, Susie said:
-Oh. Uncle Wiggilyi I'm going to
make some cookiesl'
Are you2" asked the bunny.
Yes" went on Susie as she put her
doll named Matilda Roseblossom
Peachpie 10 bed under the rubber
plant. where the gold fish wouldn'
splash water on her. yes I'll make
some cookies and you and 1 will eat
them"
Are you sure your mother won't
mind?" asked the bunny.
~Oh, she won't care" said Susie.
.'She often let's me make little cookies,
though Of course I can't make cake or
pie yet But cookies are easy. III
make some.
So Susie mixed up some flour snd
water and baking powder and saler-
atus, and sugar and lard and butter
and moIasses together-you know
whatever goes into cookies. and then
from a box she sprinked some brown
powder over the top before she put
the cookies in the over TO bake.
What's that last stuff you put on
the cookies. Susie" asked Uncle Wig
gily, as the rabbit girl changed the
oven door shut
"Oh, that was powdered cinnamon"
answered Susie. Powdered cinnamon
is very good on cookies. Now they'll
soon be baked" and Susie went about
the kitchen. humming a song about:
Tra-lala-la-a-la-lai La La La" You
know how those songs 90.
And pretty soon the cookies were
baked. and when Susie opened the
oven door there came out the most
Jolly smell you can imagine. II was
better than perfume.
"Oh. what fine cookiesr' cried Uncle
WiEgiy, and when they were cool he
reached on the pan and took one. But,
no sooner did he have It in his paw
than It slipped out and fell to the.
N.Y. How careless Of mel" ex-
claimed Uncle Wiggily. I have
dropped my cookier He reached for a
second one, and 50 did Susie. But, TO
the surprise Of each the cookies slipped
from their paws, and bounced on the
floor.
"Oh. this IS worse and worse" cried
the bunny.
Indeed It isr agreed Susie. who
had reached for a second cookie. but
who had also dropped that
And she reached for another and
dropped that and Uncle Wiggily did
the same thing
Are these drop cookies. susie2''
asked the bunny
Tn beginning to think 50, though /
[ made them out Of molasses," an l
5wered Susie.
Well try once more" said Uncle /
Wiggily. but as he reached for an
1ther cookie that. too. slipped from I
his paw and fell 10 the kitchen floor. ]
There's where I hold this oner (
,ried Susie, and she made hard grasp /
Tor a cookie. but It slipped away. Then ]
Tor a time she and Unce Wiggly tried I
hard to pick up cookie without hav-
ng it slip from them
They we're Just thinking Of calling |
IN a policeman dog when Mrs. Litte- /
tail came back. She saw cookies ali /
over the kitchen floor and more cook !
es dropping and slipping from the I
paws Of Uncle Wiggily and Susie all /
The while.
"Oh, what makes my cookies do this, |
MAJ" asked the little rabbit girl Mrs. !
Littletail looked at some Of the flor
bring boxer still on the table
why" she cried. You made a mis-
take, Susie. and you sprinkled ground
Up slippery elm bark on the cookies
instead Of cinnamon"
"Oh. no, No wonder they slipped
from my paws cried Uncle Wiggily.
SMDDery elm is the slipperiest slip