The Washington herald., 1919-04-28
CHILDREN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
UNCLE WGCMY AND THE
CANDY PULL.
ny HOWARD a. GARIs.

BY HOWARD b. GABIe.
Brightly the sun was shining In the
forest Of Woodland. near the Orange
Ice Mountains. where Uncle wiEgiiy
Longesrs. the bunny rabbit gentle
man. lived In his hollow stump bun
galow.
II think I will 90 out and look for
an adventure" said the bunny.
Yes, / s'posed that's where you
were going when saw you put on
your tall silk hat and take your red.
white and blue striped rheumatism
orutch down OF the clock shelf"
spoke Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the
muskrat lady housekeeper. We'll.
don't stay too long"
Il won't" promised the bunny.
Away ne hoped over the felds and
through the woods and pretty soon
he came to the most delicious smell.
why. it's Just like maple sugar."
said Uncle WISELY. Joyous like.
1T is maple sugar." said a voice
behind him. and turning the bunny
saw Johnnie Bushytail. the squirrel
boy.
What's maple sugar." asked Uncle
wisgily.
That which you SMELL" chsttered
the squirrel. My mother Is boiling
up some maple sugar SO we can have
candy pull tonight was just COM
ing over to invite you, Uncle Wiggi-
ly."
We'll you won't have to come
now" said Mr.. Longears. I'm here" :"
"Oh. but the candy pull isn't until
tonisht," said Billie Bushytail. tho
other squirrel. popping his head out
OF hole in the tree. win you come
TO the candy pull party tonight Uncle
Wiggily. and bring Nurse Jane?"
Indeed l will" cried the rabbit
gentleman, and he hurried back to
his hollow stump bungalow to put on
his new cheese-coIored necktie.
oh. j don't want to CO." spoke
her of the invitation.
what! You don't want to 90 to a
candy puil?"
No" answered the muskrat lady.
':If I want candy l want II, don't
like to have It pulled away from me
before l take a bite!''
''Oh. but you don't understand
laughed Uncle Wiggily. They cali
it a candy pull because after the ma
pie sugar and the molasses and but
ter-or whatever they put in-is boil
ed up. each one takes a lump Of the
soft, sweet stun. and each pulls It
until II gets nice and white. You
pull the candy into sticks. you know"
Then may you eat it?" asked Nurse
Jane.
"Of course" said the bunny.
Then I'll CO." promised Nurse Jane.
| So she put on her new apple pie COL
ored bonnet to match Uncle wiggily's
cheese necktie, and Of they hoped to
the hollow tree where the Bushytail
| squirrels lived.
"Oh. we're going to have a fine can
| dy pull party" chartered Billie, as
he opened the knot hole door for In
Gle wiggily and Nurse Jane.
There were many Of the rabbit gen.
| tleman's friends at the candy pull,
and even DIR. Possum was on hand to
see that no one ate too much cake.
Mrs. Bushytail had everything all
ready. She boiled up the maple su-
| gar. which Mr.. Bushytail. a month
before, had taken from the maple
I, trees. Soon the candy was cooked
and ready to pull. Each one was
given q lump of the warm. soft. sweet
stun, and everybody buttered his
paws. so the candy wouldn't stick
Then they began to pull.
| Ny! What fun they had. They
pulled and stretched the candy until
| 1t was nice and white and ready to
harden into sticks. Then II was cut
into short pieces. and put on butter
ed plates.
! The plates of candy sticks. which
were not yet hard. were set in the
outer hall to cool, and then Uncle
! Wiggily and the others began to play
4 - = ss
and go out into the hall while the
others thought OF something funny
to make him do for a forfeit.
Now you can come in"' cried
Billie. when everything was ready.
But Uncle Wiggily didn't come.
We're waiting for you" said Nurse
Jane, peeking out in the hall.
| Well, I-I-er-can't come. Just
now" said the bunny gentleman.
why not?" asked DR.. Possum.
! Don't you feel well?''
/, "Oh, I feel all right" said Uncle
I wiggily. But. in the dark out here
! sat down on one OF the plates OF
| sticky candy sticks-I think they
| were my own-and I-I-er-well, real
ly 1 can't come in just now! That's
aIlr'
And then how everyone laughed.
/ Uncle Wiggily was stuck fast to a
plate of sticky candy sticks.
But DR.. Possum knew what TO do.
| With some warm water he loosened
the bunny from the sticky candy. and
there was enough sweet stun left for
everyone to have some. And they all
had a good time at the pull and the
bunny gentleman won first prize. And
IL the roller skate doesn't try to catch
a June bug in the tennis net for the
| gold fish to play with. I'll tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily and the
| guinea hen.
CCopyriEht 1918. by the Mcclure Newspaper
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