The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-06
BVNCN WIGGLX s
BEDTIME' STORY
UNCLE WIGGILY'S SNOW HOUSE
copyright. 1919. by Mcclure Newspa
per Syndicate)
BY HOWARD q nARIs

copyright, 1913, by Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
BY HOWARD r. GARIs.
Uncle Wiggily Longears, the bunny
RABBIT gentleman, hoped early out Of
ms bed In the hollow stump bungalow
9he morning, and, as he came down to
breakfast, he was whistllng a merry
tnn while his pink nose twinkled like
You must be very happy stoday,"
said Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, his
muskrat lady housekeeper. as she
poured his carrot coffee and buttered
his lettuce toast.
Il am" answered the bunny. To-day
! am gong to make a snow house in
"A snow house!" cried the muskrat
lady. Why are YOU going to do that?
Isn't the hollow stump bungalow good
enough for your"
bunny rabbit, especially with you in
II TO do the cooking, But l am only
going to build the snow house for
DO you mean for you to have fun
IN 2" asked Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy.
oh, no. I'm a bit too old for that"
ing TO buitd the snow house for John
ME II Billie Bushytail, the squirrel
boys, TO play In. / think / a make a
better snow house than they could, And
they were so good to help me chop
the wood with their sword md drum
yesterday that ! want to do them a
kindness"
ooh, that's all right" said Nurse
Jane, as she CAV Uncle Wiggily some
more. carrot coffee, that being the emily
kind he drank.
Then, after breakfast, Mr.. Longears
went out in the back yard Of the hollow
stump bungalow, where there was plen-
~ Of snow, and he began making a
white house. First he rolled a number
OF snowballs and set them together in
a sort Of hollow square,
Those are the sides of my snow
house." saiG the bunny. Next / must
put on the roof and cut a door and
some windows, and. then the place will
be ready for Billie and Johnnie"
While M. Longears was working
away at the snow house along came
scampering the two squirrel boys. They
saw the bunny in the bungalow yard
and called to him, asking what he was
doing.
"Oh, you come back in a little while
and you'n see" said Uncle Wiggily, for
he wanted to surprise them.
Maybe he's making a snow fort so
we can have a SNOWFALL battle in It,"
Maybe agreed Johnnie. Wen
come back pretty soon and find out. "
Then the W squirrel boys ran off to
play hickory nut tag In the woods and
Uncle Wigglly kept on making the
snow house.
II was pretty hard work for him to put
on the roof. Several times he had it
nearly finished, but it would fall in on
him, and almost cover him with snow.
But each time the bunny only shook
the white flakes out OF his whiskers,
twinkled his pink nose like some FROST
ing on a strawberry cake, and said:
We'll, I'll have to try 1t again.
must get this roof on the snow house"
So he began all over again.
This time the roof. was almost fin
ished, needing only 4 few more dabs
Of snow to fill up a hole in one corner,
when, just as Uncle Wiggily was scoop
Ing up IL pawful Of the white stuff,
along came the bad old red-tailed fox.
"Oh, ho!' barked the fox. II am
Just In time, ! see. | want you to come
along with me, Uncle Wiggily."
"What-what for?" asked the bunny,
apprehensive like,
"You come along and you'll see,'
said the fox.
Uncle wiggtly thought for a moment
Then he said:
will you do me one favor before you
take me away, Mr.. Fox?"
What is TT" asked the red-tailed
creature.
Come in this snow house aud hold
up the roof with your paws until
dab on the last bit Of snow" said I'm
Gle Wiggily. After that maybe I'll go
with you"
"There'l be no maybe about It,"