El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-10
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGnY AND THE PUMPKIN.

rheumatism crutch. away started the
Q bunny rabbit to get a pumpkin
The same kind farmer who let Mrs.
/ LOngtail. the mouse lady, pick up the
] stray kernels from the dried stalks
I Of corn, had some golden yellow
I pumpkins.
And I think he'll give me one If ]
tell him Nurse Jane wants to make
pumpkin pies" said Uncle Wiggily,
as he hoped on and on
: Now, almost as soon as the bunny
. rabbit gentleman had left his hollow
stump bungalow, the bad old Pipsise-
Wah. who was on the watch, saw him
This time he shall not fool mel"
said the bad chap. This time
surely will set his souse. I'll creep
softly along after him, see where he
goes, and when he comes out I'll
grab him I won't let him get away
inside a bundle Of corn stalks as he
did the other day"
So the Pipsisewah followed along
after Uncle Wiggily, keeping out OF
sight behind trees. bushes and rocks,
as well as piles Of snow And the
bad animal saw Uncle Wiggily go in
the barn OF the farmer who had corn
and pumpkins.
Vow III just sit here and wait for
him 70 come out" thought the Pip
sisewah. He shall not fool me this
time"
Uncle Wiggily made low and po-
lite bow to the farmer in the barn
and then. speaking the common. or
garden. variety Of talk. the bunny
asked for a pumpkin
you shall have the largest and
finest in my barn, Mr. LOngears." said
the kind farmer. Here IL IS" and he
rolled large, yellow pumpkin out
on the barn floor Uncle WiggLy
said that would be just fine for Nurse
James pies, and he was wondering
how he would get II home when the
farmer. looking through a crack in
the barn, said;
Is that a friend Of yours outsider"
-WhereE' asked Uncle Wiggily.
The farmer pointed 10 the waiting
Pipsisewah outside the barn
"A friend OF miner 1 should say
nOtr cried Uncle Wiggily- That's
the bad old Pipsisewah after my
souse," How shall I get safely home
with the pumpkin"
That viii be easy" said the farmer.
-Il just cut the top off the pump
kin, as the boys do when they make
a Jack O. lantern. Then I'll scoop out
the inside. as Nurse Jane won't need
that for pies. Then you can get in
the pumpkin I'll fasten on the lid
and start you rolling down hill The
hii goes right down from my barn
to your bungalow So you may travel
safely home inside the pumpkin. and
the PipsiseEah shall never see you"
Uncle Wiggily. Soon he was inside
the pumpkin and the farmer rolled
II out Of the barn and down the hill.
right past the Pipsisewah and so on
to the hollow stump bungalow.
Uncle Wiggfly safely reached home
with the pumpkin and Nurse Jane
was glad TO see him, and started TO
make the pies And she laughed at
the way he fooled the Pfpsisewah. As
for that bad animal he sat outside
the farmers barn until II was dark,
and then being cold and hungry he
ran back TO his den.
T don't see how Uncle Wiggily |
fooled ne again." said the Pip, as /
call Kim for short. "AIl I saw pass !
ne was q pumpkin Surely he could |
not have been in that"
But Mr.. Longears was, as we know, /
and right well did he trick the Pip /
siseWah- And II the teapot doesn't 4
lake the coffee cup out for a sleigh |
ride and forget TO bring IL back for 1
breakfast. I'll tell you next about 1
Uncle Wiggily and the pies.-(Copy-
tight 1913, by Mcclure Newspaper i
syndicate.)