El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-10
Kabibble Kabaret

making Grandpa Whackum fl. IN
going. over 20 see him just to pay q
visit"
Wen. be careful the Pinsisewah
doesn't get you" warned Nurse Jane
You know he and the fox have been
sneaking around the beaver pond very
Z often lately. trying to nip your souse-
! Well indeed do / know that" said
/ Uncle WiggiIy- IF Toodle FATAL
{ hadn't helped me carry home the ErU-
! ceries the fox spilled, and IL Noodle
hadn't nipped with his teeth nippers.
} the Pip and fox when they had me by
the ears, I might not be here now
Wei, be careful. that's all have
10 say, spoke Nurse Jane.
/ 7 Will" promised Uncle WfgEily,
and away he hoped over the fields
and through the woods on the road
I 70 the home OF Grandpa Whackums
the oldest beaver gentleman in the
colony near the pond
e. Wen. well. I'm right glad TO see
you, Uncle Wiggilyt' cried Grandpa
Nhackum as he saw the rabbit gen
ueman coming along through the
snow Did you have any trouble get
ting here2 Did the Pip or Skse chase
you2"
Not this time" laughed the bunny
4 fooled them all right"
! hope they don't get you when
you 80 home" said the beaver gentle
man, anxious like. and then he began
gnawiug at a long soft tree branch
Are you eating your lunch2" asked
Uncle Wiggily as he saw Grandpa
Whackum biting off bits OF bark. for
the rabbit knew that beavers. as
vel as bunnies, eat bark in winter.
Ny lunch? Bless your pink. twink
ing nose indeed an not" laughed
Grandpa Whackum. 7 am making a
broom for Nurse Jane"
"A broomi" exclaimed Uncle Wig
gtly, as he looked closely at the long
stick. Wen" he went on, st ap-
pears to be q broom handle. all right
but where Is the brush end, or sweep
ing part2"
I'm coming TO that" answered
Grandpa WhacHum- You see Nurse
Jane was 50 kind as TO send ne. By
you, yesterday, an apple dumping. II
vas very good, and have been think
ing all day. what I could do for her.
At last I happened to remember
that she was a muskrat lady house
keeper, and housekeepers always need
orooms- Now I can't make the kind
you buy at the seven and eight cent
store, but can make a fairly good
broom from a soft, willow stick.
That's what I'm doing"
So, With his strong, front Enawing
teeth, which we're like the nippers Of
Noodle. the beaver boy. Grandpa
Whackum bit and nfbbled the end OF
the long stick until he had made q
lot OF soft fuzzy splinters on It. The
more he gnawed the more splinters
there were The beaver gentleman did
not bit the splinters completely off but
left them fastened to the handle By
one end. SO that when he had finished.
he had made a wooden broom such as
the early colonial settlers used to
make OF a hickory stick.
There. Uncle WigEily." said the
beaver gentleman when he had fin
ished gnaWing. there Is a broom for
Nurse Jane. Take il to her. with my
best wishes"
7 viii. answered the rabbit gentle
nan. and, when he had visited a lit
tie longer with Grandpa WhacEun,
Mr. Longears started for his hollow
stump bungalow with the broom over
his shoulder.
Uncle Wiggny had not gone very
Tar before, all Of a sudden, he heard
the pttter patter Of feet running along
behind him
4 wonder II I forgot anything and 4
eft Il at Grandpa Whackum's house-" D
thought the bunny. This may be I
loodle or Noodle running after me I
But when he turned he saw the bad [
I'D, PipsiseWah chasing along as fast :
- he could come
I've got youi I've got your howlsd /
he Pip. /
Far moment Uncle Wiggiiy did
not know what to do. Then, all OF q 4
hidden he saw the loose, light fluffy /
Takes OF snow on the ground, and he
remembered Grandpa Whackum's 81
broom Then, all at once Uncle Wig