El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-12
Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY SH0VELS s


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stump bungalow after seeing Nurse
Jane partly on her way. well. I'll get
something TO eat. and that will help
the time 10 pass until Nurse Jane
comes back
50 the bunny got out some OF the
nice things Nurse Jane had left for
lim-cust1rd pudding trimmed with
lettuce, turnip pie with carrot sauce
sprinkled over the top, and some par
snip turnovers with manle sugar suf-
tles around the edges They we're de-
licious
But Uncle WlEgily couldn't eat all
the while, nor did tWinklinE his pink
nose make much fun for the lonesome
rabbit gentleman.
7 wish Nurse Jane would come
back" he said over and over again.
But still did not want 20 be selfish
and spoil the muskrat lady's visit.
So the next day. when Uncle Wig
Eily hoped up and got his own break
fast he saw. as he looked from the
window, that IL was showing very
hard
"Hurray-' cried the bunny. This
viii give me something 20 do 70 make
the time pass III shovel snowi It
viii be lots Of fun
So he brought the shovel NJ from
down cellar and, after waiting for the
snow TO get quite deep ont In front OF
the hollow stump bungalow, Dir. Long
I
/ To and fro he swnE the shovel. tax
I Ing I'D big white chunks Of the fluffy
snow and tossing them 20 one side 20
clear the walk and make Il easy for
I the animal folk 10 pass. For animal
I folk don't Ike 10 tramp through snow
{ any more than they can help You Just
/ watch your cat IL ever she has 20 wade
I In the snow drifts. and see how she
I shakes her paws 10 make them warm.
So Uncle MiEgily shogeied the snow,
and he mad the walk almost clean
! when all OF sudden. his shovel
lump OF snow, and the shovel wouldn't
move
'Ha, no, 7 must have stuck Il too
{ Tar down into a bis drift" thought the
3 bunny 1t is more than 7 can lift
[ III take a smaller shovelful"
He tried TO pull his shovel loose but
/ 1t would not come.
This IS quser-" said the bunny. q
Z never knew snow 20 be so heavy be-
fore II IL was ice, now. I could I'M
de-stand, but white, fluffy snow-its
very queer
He looked ct his shovel It seemed
: buried 20 the handle in a soft. white
I lump Of snow, and yet il was as hard
+ and fast as III in the ice
and then, all Of a sudden the shovel
Z was snatched from Uncle WiEEfly's
! paws and there was a fluffy and
just going 10 be frightened. thinking
perhaps the PipsiseWah had hidden
T under the snow TO grab him. when
/ there sounded most jolly laugh, and
a voice said:
Hal That's the time I fooled YOU.
Uncle WiEEily." And there stood Mr.
Whitewash. the Polar bear gentleman
laugninE IKE piece Of apple pie. 81
saw you shoveling the snow" said Mr.
/ w hl-eWash, so ] curled I'D in the
( drift and I made believe 7 was part OF
It. because my fur is white Just ike
snow You showed your shovel under
NY white fur. thinking it was snow
and then grabbed 80 in my paws "a
3 nave some fun 1 fooled you al right
Z didn't T."
surely enough YOU did," laughed
T Uncle WigEily- Come on in the bun
galow ana have some carrot pie" And
Ny Whitewash did and the bunny
( wasn't lonesome any longer. And h
[ the spool OF thread doesn't unwind
8 the clock and strike the minute hand
N the face III tell You next about
Z Uncle Wisgily and the button tree
Copyright. 1913, by Mcclure Newspa-
i per Syndicate.