El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-15
Stories For The Lizzie Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE NUT CAKE
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once upon a time, when Uncle Wig
~ Eiiy Longears. the bunny rabbit
{ gentleman, was reading the cabbage
I leaf newspaper IN his hollow stump
/ bungalow, he heard q knock at the
door.
II guess Nurse Jane viii answer. "
thought the bunny to himself as he
went on reading. But pretty soon
the knock came asain.
Perhaps my muskrat lady dhouse-
keeper doesn't hear said Mr.. Long
ears 70 nimself- I hope. she isn't
getting deaf" and he tWinkled his
pink nose sympathetic-like. Again
came the knock. louder than before,
and Uncle Wiggily said;
Wen III 60 down myself and see
who It IS"
Uncle Butter, the goat gentleman
who lived with Billie and Mamie
Wagtail
u vas Just thinking no enc was
home.' lleated Uncle Butter. who
had been knocking with his horns.
I'm sorry" answered Uncle Wig
gly. Il thought Nurse Jane was
here 70 answer the door. But come
In. Uncle Butter. I'm glad TO see
you. though I cant imagine why
Nurse Jane didn't hear you knock
ing"
Uncle WirEily looked out in the
kitchen on the table we're pans and
dishes, spoons and forks. some flour,
water, sugar, molasses and different
things like that. And on the table
was also a little letter. written on
a piece OF white bircn bark with
burned match for a pencil
Dear Uncle Wiggily,' the letter
read 7 have Just run down TO the
siX-and-seven-ceut store for Few
minutes. They are having a special
sale OF inherent dishpans FOR ten
"Iu be back IN a little while. ]
started TO make a nut cake, and III
finish that when 7 return. I didn't
want TO bother you while YOU we're
reading 50 I vent out without say
ing anything"
''Who IS the letter from7" asked
Uncle Butter, as he saw the rabbit
gentlemen reading the birch bark
note.
From Nurse Jane answered pr.
LonEe1rs- She's gone out leaving
cake partly made. Do you know
what I've good notion OF doing,
Uncle Butter1"
WHAT asked the goat gentle
man You do so many things there's
no telling, I'm sure"
I've a good notion TO finish max
ing this cake for Nurse Jane" said
Uncle WiEgily. won't she be sur
prised when she gets back and finds
we made the cakel Won's she,
thought"
'she may answered Uncle Butter.
judicial ike and unsatisfactory.
And then again she may not. But
what kind Of cake is Il expected
to be, Uncle WigT
she says a nut cake" answered
the bunny again reading the birch
Hold on though. I remember Billie
and Johnnie Bushytail. the squirrel
boys. brought me bag Of nuts the
other day III use some OF those"
ter, and 50 the rabbit and goat gen
tlemen skipped around Nurse James
kitchen, trying 70 finish the cake
she had started
Uncle Wiggily knew something
about cooking, and the like Of that.
stirred I'D in pan lot OF flour
and water and sugar and molasses
and other rhings-whateVe goes
into cake, you knoW-and then
Uncle Butter asked.
Where did you say the nuts
IN a bag. out in the woodshed.~
answered Uncle Wiggily- II you'u
bring them here III put them n the
cake and Wen bake H."
LNIAE 2NAAEA UL0AEAN IN DIX
that the squirrel boys had left for
the RABBIT gentleman. he opened e
over the pan Of batter. and Uncle
Wiggiiy stirred the nuts IN with a
big spoon.
Nov wen pop the cake into the
oven and. when Il IS baked ven each
have @ slice, whether Nurse Jane is
home or not" the bunny said.
They waited for the cake 60 bake.
It smelled most scrumptious when {
ever the oven door was opened.
II guess it's baked now" said
Uncle WlgEily. as he took a last
look It's nice and brown on top
And when the cake was taken out l
e was baked just right Waiting a
little while Tor il 70 cool, Uncle Wig
gily cut of two slices, one for him-
self and one for Uncle Butter. They
we're sitting down 10 eat when, all I
OF a sudden. the door OF the kitchen I
opened and IN popped the bad old I
1kucdlemaEoon-
"Oh, hop cried the skuddlema- /
COON. Il an just in timc."
yes. iust IN time 70 have a nice T.
slice o. the new cake 1 have baked. {
spoke Uncle Wiggily. thinking n he
WIS kind and good 10 the bad chap i
perhaps the sluddle might be made .
better
~Cazei Who said anything about I
cakel' cried ths unpleasant visitor I