El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-14

snuInlii1 .1-----ui-a--1a. BY HOWA
lTINCLE WIGGILY LONGEARs was
- out on the front porch OF his hoI-
+ low stump bungalow. the morning
after his birthday. when aIonE came
squekie Eeellie. the little cousin
mouse who lived with ollie and Jillia
Longtan
Hello. squakise cried Uncle Wig
+ giiy IN his most Jolly nose-twinkling
voice Where are you going nowsT
I'm not going. I'm coming.
Laughed the little cousin mouse. EN-
coming home from school. and say.
Uncle Wigeily do sou know what
makes rainbow
why. yes. 7 guess do27 answered
the bunny rabbit gentleman. The
rain makes the rainbow. doesn't lt1
Wei. there has 60 be rain Of
course" answered Squeazie Eeekie.
But it's the sun shining through the
rain drops that makes the pretty col
ors Our teacher told us about g fl
school wish could see rainbow
nov. went on the little cousin mouse.
oh. it's TOO late IN the year for
Talnbows. 7 guess. said Uncle Wig
glly. ttainu1Ws only come On the
sumner. after showers that give
drinks % the thirsty flowers. Youth
nave TO walk ulL-L next s1rlrE 10 see
rainbow Squeakie"
Yes. 7 s'pose sol, sighed the little
cousin mouse. But 7 would ike to
see one now. The lady mouse teacher
in the hollow stump school wants me
20 Write q composition about rain
bow, and I could Go It so much better
II I could see one right now"
Vel. I'm sorry, squealzie,' spoke
Uncle Wlggily. rhut I cant make a
rainbow rnr ven
Just then Nurse Jane Fuzzy WuzzT.
who was the muskrat lady house
keeper fcr tre bunny rabbit gentle
man. called out.
-Wiggiiyi I wish you'd take The
hose and wash of the front stoop!
20 be having as much rain this fan
as We had IN the spring. Take this
hose. that's good rabbit and wash
of the stoop-
All right 7 VIII" answered The
bunny as he tWiukled his pink nose.
That had one Of the coiors Of The
rainbow on anyhow. but. Of course
not ali Of them For in the rainbow
are seven colors, violet indigo. blue,
green. yellow. orange and red And.
Of course. Uncle WiEgilTs nose could
not be all those colors. could it7
guess not. wouldn't &c look funny i
Il was--iust ike a llttle girIs hair
ribbon2
May stay and watch you wash
Of the stoor with the hose1' asked
Squeakie -Eekla
-Oh. yes. Of course" answered the
bunny So he brought out the hose.
made from the leaves OF the rubber
the side OF his bungalow Then Uncle
Wiggily turned on the water
As Nurse Jane said, e had been very
dry ana me sloop was very DUSTY
But the water soon washed off the
dirt Squeakie Eekis stood 20 one
side SO she wouldn't get spartered, Z
and watched the sun shine through
the trees. from which nearly an the
leaves had fallen.
Uncle Wigsllyi7 suddenly called
squeakie, above the splatter and the
splash Of the hose water. do you
really believe there IS not pot Of
gold buried at the end Of the rain- {
no" answered the bunny u don't (
exactly believe that AT the same +
time II would do some folks good 10 /
travel % the end Of the rainbow r. 2
would do them good to walk all the T.
way They'd feel better after it,
~Ahem- Tesi Well speaking Of Z
Fl feel better after / have /
some OF your souset suddenly cried T
q gruff voice. and there stood the (
Up while Uncle Niggily was watering \
the stoop
"ohi you're not going to take any
q my souse, are your sadly asked .
the bunny
] certainly am Erowlad the PIP +
asi cali him for short u didn't
take any yesterday. as u was your
birthday But now I'm going 20 take +
some tWiceH
@Oh. dear" cried Uncle WISELY. I
What shall dog And his pass
shook so be could hardly hold the
squirting hose
The Pipsisewah was Just going 20
jump I'd and grab a big bite OF picked i
sOuse Off one Of Uncle Wiggily's ears
when, all at once. SqHeakie Eekie. the
little cousin mouse, dropped her school 4
books. clapped her paws and cried.
Il see it, 7 see iti'
see what7r asked the Pipsisewah.
surprised like DO you see my riendf
the Skeezicks. coming &c have some I
souse with mcf Is that what you t
no, don'rg answered sQuealzie
Eekie- But 7 see rainbow LooEi Z
There SC IS. righr on the stoop.
she pointed. and, surely enough, 4
there was the bow Of many colors.
one end q il was on the front steps .
that Uncle WISELY was sprlnkllnE /
with the nose ana Lue ollel euA OF j
the rainbow seemed TO be away laf
Off over ID the woods.
oh hol A rainbow cri1d the bad I
PlpsissWah- giving jump. I've al
ways heard there was pot OF gold at i
the end OF the rainbow I'm going I
to run and get 90. and then III come 1
back and get your souse. Uncle wiz
eilyi' And away he ran. as fast as
he could 90, toward the end Of the /
rainbow that seemed TO be 50 very I
far off in the woods.
wen, Pm glad he's gone said the I.
bunny.
But how did you make the rain
bow 10 fool him. asked squeakie T
Eekie.
Il didn't make 1.-THE sun shining .
through the squirting water from tie y
hose made IL. gust as the sun shining ]
through the cloud raindrops makes /
one IN summer" answered llr. Long I
ears ANYHOW, even II there IS no /
aot Of gold at the end OF the rain /
bow. the Pipsisewah viii be gone I
long time. and Sc he was and the 4
bunny was safe once more
And ~ the IfFHIe chicken doesn't i