The Washington herald., 1919-04-18
CHILDREN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
UNCLE WIGGILY AND
NOODLES NOSE
BY HOWARD n. GARIs.

Tat-a-tat-tatr' came a knock,
one morning. on the front door OF
the hollow stump bungalow, where
Uncle wiggily Longears. the bunny
rabbit gentleman. lived with Nurse
Jane Fuzzy wuzzy. his muskrat
lady housekeeper.
some one is coming to caA."
spoke the bunny rabbit. who was
just putting on his pink. twinkling
nose to go out and have-oh. ex-
cuse me. II you please. mean he
was twink1ing his tall. silk nose,
and putting on his pink hat-on.
Gear! 1 guess I'll never get II
right!
I mean he was putting on his
tall silk hat and twinkling his
pink nose when the knock came.
Some one at the doosi' cried
Nurse Jane Dear me! I hope II
isn't company! I'm not ready for
company this morning. I haven't
the breakfast dishes washed yet"
1T isn't company" said Uncle Wig
Sily. as he took look out the side
~
tho beaver boy. brother OF Toodle. who
hclred me with his tail yesterday.
splashing water on the Skuddle-ma-
COON"
What does Noodle want?" asked
Nurse Jane.
tn ask him." said Uncle Wiggily.
and when the beaver boy. with his
soft. brown fur coat. came in, he ex-
claimed:
"oh. Uncle wiggily! Can't I do
something to help you today"
Help me? What do you mean7
Help me do what?'' asked the bunny
uncle.
"Oh. help you. or save you from the
bad Pipsiewah. or something like
that" went on Noodle my brother
Toodle helped you. and now I want
to-"
"Bless your fiat tall" laughed Uncle
Wiggily, "and your big, orange-col-
ored front teeth with which you gnaw
down trees, But I really don't need
any help. Nurse Jane helps me all
she can"
''Oh. but mean help you on an ad-
venture" said Noodle.
well. yes. perhaps you might do
that" spoke the bunny. Come along
out with me and We'll see what hap
pens"
So Uncle wiggiIy and Noodle went
along over the fields and through the
woods, looking on all sides for an ad-
venture. But nothing seemed to hap
pen. However all of a sudden, there
was a rustling behind the winter
grecnmint bush, and Noodle cried:
"Ah, here is an adventure at last"
But 1t was only a little green frog
lady. trying to hop home with a loaf
of watercress bread that was too large
for her. and she could hardly carry it.
ALLOW me to have the kindness of
helping you" said Uncle wiggily,
with a low and polite bow OF his tall
silk hat. Then he carried the loaf of
watercress bread home for the green
frog lady and she thanked him very
much
We'll, that was a nice adventure"
said Uncle Wiggily to Noodle, as they
went on through the woods.
IT don't call that an adventure" !"
said Noodle, the beaver boy. 'T want
something real scary to happen so I
can"
And then. before he had stopped
speaking. and Just as he and Uncle
Wiggily came to the edge of the duck
pond ocean. up out of the water
popped the bad old skillery-scalery al
ligator with the double-jointed tail.
The skillery-scalery alligator made
one grab and caught Uncle wiggily
by his ears.
We'll, I have you at last" gurgled
the gator, as J. call him for short. "I
have you now.s
And what are you going to do with
me?" asked the bunny.
Pull you down under the water and
drag you of to my den." said the alli-
gator. And Noodle Flat-tail, the
beaver boy. just sat there. wrinkling
up his black nose. and not knowing
what to do.
"Oh. this is terriblev' thought Moo
die. 'If-ever I ought to help Uncle
Wiggily. 1t Is now! But how can II
I can't splash water on the alligator
with my tail. for he lives in the water
and doesn't mind 1t a bit What can
do? Ha! have ft!'
Noodle noticed that the long tail of
the gator was quite q way~out from
shore in the deep water.
II Know what can do" said Noodle.
II can swim under water as good as
an alligator can. for my nose is Just
H. g.