El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-13
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones



ONE evening. when Uncle Wiggily
land Nurse Jane were sitting in the
hollow stump bungalow. talking
about loIypops. ice cream cones and
the like Of that. all OF a sudden there
sounded q loud humping. humping
noice.
Ny goodness me sakes alive and
some string bean soupr' cried Nurse
Jane. almost jumping out Of the chair.
What's that?"
I'm sure I don't know" answered
Uncle Wiggily. IF this was winter
I'd say It was Jackie or Peetie Bow
Wow. throwing snowballs at my win
dows."
"Oh. It can't be thati" said Nurse
Jane. "Tl turn the light up higher so
we can See"
She turned the FREELY lightning bug
lamp up. so It gave more light, and
there buzzlng about the room was a
big. yellow bug Every now and then
he would hit his head against the
wallpaper with a thumpity- bump
lump and Il was this that was making
the strange sound.
"Oh. what a funny chapr' said
Uncle Wiggily, as he watched the odd
creature looming around the room.
humping into walls and pictures and
the player piano-everything in fact
Look OUT Maybe it's a big yellow
bee. cried Nurse Jane. IT looks like
bee that has gotten in here by mis-
take, and can't get out II might
sting you"
MOT az all. old dear! Not at air.
buzzed the looming chap, as he hit his
head against the ceiling with a boom
Ike a little bass drum. Not at ALI
I'm humble bug but not a humble
bee. I don't sting-"
Then what do you do?" asked Uncle
Wiggtly In kindly voice. Won't you
Just come down here and tell US all
about It? Why do you go around
banging your head against the
walls? Doesn't It hurt2'
"Oh, not at ALL old dearl" laughed
the humble bug .'Yeu see my head
has a sort OF cushion Of feathers on,
and 1t doesn't hurt me to bang It."
But still why do you do it?'' asked
Nurse Jane. 7 don't see any sense
4 don't either agreed the humble
bug But we looming chaps have 10
knock about this way when we're
young. Perhaps our folks think well
learn better after while. All know
Is that I have to 60 humping about,
hitting anything hard and solid that
comes in my way. OF course, take
care not to zoom into any Of ny
friends" he went on, as he banged
against picture OF Uncle Wiggily's
grandfather. And I count you among
my friends" he said
"Of course" murmured Nurse Jane.
But II does seem queer to be knock
Ing about the world the way you do"
We'll, I've heard il said that the
sense gets knocked into one" said
the humble bug. with a laugh. Il DO
not use that in slangy way at all,
he added But as a matter OF fact,
merely"
7 see" murmured Nurse Jane. Then
she and Uncle Wiggily watched the
humble bug Jimmy around the room
again, banging into the side walls and
the ceiling, the picture molding, the
curtain rods-everything. in fact
And Il didn't seem to hart the bum
bic bug az all. As fast as he bumped
rubber ball He banged into the
player piano. and bounced from that
10 the phonoEraph- Then he hit the
ceiling and from that he bounced to
the floor
Up he sprang. like a jumping Jack.
and away he Zoomed over to the cor
ner where the piano lamp was talking
to the rubber plant. and Of course. t.
humble bug easily bounced off the
rubber plant
We'll. that's a queer way OF learn
ing things-to have them knocked
into you laughed Uncle Wiggily-
But I suppose it's all right"
Nurse Jane was just going out IN
the kitchen TO bring in come potato
carrot cake for the busable bug and
Uncle Wiggily to nibble at. when. all
Of a sudden. the door OF the hollow
stump bungalow opened, and in
bounced the bad old fox
'Whoo-whee!' Whee-whoo"' hoWled |
the fox, as he saw Uncle Wiggily II /
haven't seen you in some time How /
are you and how's your sOuseE
We'll. I am no better for seeing I
you" sadly said Uncle WiggiIy, and 1
as for my souse-'
Yes as for your souse, I'll see that 1
get all 1 wantr most impolitely in |
-errupted the fox 7 haven't had any
souse in so long almost forget how A..
It tastes"
"Excuee met buzzed the humble I
bug, looming down from the ceiling /
and hitting the fox on the nose
Don't do thatw howled the fox
Didn't mean TO, I'm sure, old deari"
politely said the bug Ny mistake. I /
assure you!" Then he bunked into the
eft eye OF the fox