El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-27

4 Then, all at once he heard a funny
/ little chatterinE laugh and a voics
said;
Now. Jumpo, You stop pulling
my tall II has enough kinks and
I twists in Its now
''Oh. that's all right" said Uncle
! Wiggily 10 himself I know who
[ they are-friends Of mine" Then he
! called out loud; Hello. Jacko and
I JUMBO Kinkytaili Are you going
to the chestnut roast too?"
Yes. Uncle Wiggily. We are!"
answered the two monkey chaps. and
I soon they Joined the bunny rabbit
gentleman on the woodland path.
JUMBO had a bottle filled with fire
flies and this made a good lantern
to see by. especially as in the darkest
part of the woods the lightning bugs
were rather scarce JACKIE. the other
monkey boy. arcried a bag.
I suppose you have something
good for Jackie's camp fire party.
spoke Uncle Wiggily.
That's right" Chartered the
monkey chap
Then all three OF them hurried
along in the woods and pretty soon
they saw bright light shining
through the trees.
That's the camp fire." cried
Jumpo-
And now for some fun" added
his brother. Come on. Uncle wig
gilyr'
A little later they were IN the
midst OF happy. jolly crowd Of
animal boys-none OF the animal
girls were allowed out that late.
There were plenty OF chestnuts.
Johnnie and Billie Bushytail. the
squirrels, had gathered them in the
woods. And now. seated about the
fire. Uncle Wisgily and his friends
began roasting the brown nuts
Oh. how good the chestuuts smelledt
The next best thing to them is
a baked potato III tell you about
them, some day.
All OF a sudden. when everybody
was happy, and the chestnuts were
almost roasted through. and ready to
eat, all at once there was a loud
laugh in the darkness behind Uncle
Wiggily. and a voice said:
Come on Here he isrr
A moment later. and before Uncle
Wiggly could jump up. the Pipsise-
wah and the Skeezicls leaped out Of
the bushes and grabbed him
This time we have your growled
the Pip.
Yes. and you can't get away.
either" howled the Skee.
Dear me. That is quite too badr'
SAID Uncle Wiggily with a sad sigh.
VIII nothing make you let me go?f
he asked as kindly as he could
we want some souse-' howled the
Jacko Kinl1ytaI, the monkey boy.
rose up with the bag he had teen
carrying in his paw.
how would you Ike some roast
chestnuts with your souse?' he asked.
as politely as he could.
Well, well take some. but we
wont thank you for itH' impolitely
howled the Pip, in a griliery-
well. here YOU are" suddenly
cried Jacko- He threw something big
and round and hard at the Pip. It
struck MIN on the nose. Then the
monkey boy quickly threw some
thing big and round and hard at the
Wow, wowi Vow howled both
chestnuts?"
laughed Jacko- Il had in the bag
some cocoanuss for my mother I
thought you'd like them better than
little chestnuts Have another
But the cOcoanuts were so harg
md they so hurt the noses OF the
Pip and Skee that the bad animals
gily at all Then the bunny stayed
and had roast chestnuts with the
animal boys, and there was lots OF
FUN at the camp fire And Jacko
picked NJ the two cocoanuts he had
thrown at the Pin and Skee. and they
weren't hurt a Bit mean the cocoa
nuts weren't
So everything came out all right.
and II the gold fish doesn't spread
peanut butter on the canary birds
marmalade, I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the optato roast
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per Syndicate