The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-20
NIGGILY 81
BEDIINE' STORY 4.


saw Uncle wiggily's tall silk hat on
the mantel over the stove.
What is his hat doing there?" the
squirrel boy asked Of Nurse Jane.
the ON mu3 3Rst getting YARN s answered Sgts
windy day that / told Uncle WiggIiy to
warm his hat before he went out"
Yes, II is cold" said Johnnie.
And the wine blows hard" added
Billie. TT most blew our caps off as
Then when Nurse Jane went out Of
the room Billie winked one eye at his
brother and said:
II know a funny little trick we can
play on Uncle Wiggily."
What asked Johnnie.
I've got a big ball of string in my
pocket" went on Billie. I'm going to
put it on a kite when ! make one. But
now l can drop the ball of cord in
Uncle Wiggily's tall silk hat, He'll
never notice it i he goes out in a
mead the ball Of string win stay in
side. And 1t will tickle him. maybe,
and make him sneeze,"
on that's a funny trick" laughed
johnnie, though | am not saying it was
a very nice one to play on a bunny rab-
bot. Lets do it." Johnnie went on.
And when Uncle Wiggily takes off his
hat the ball of string will fall out, and
ne u be as surprised as anything. Come
So Billiestossed the ball Of string in
Uncle Wiggily's hat on the mantei
shelf, and then the two squirrel boys,
trying not to laugh out loud, hurried
from the hollow stump bungalow and
ran IN to school.
And a little while afterward, Uncle
WiggtiX, being in a hurry. put on his
tai silk hat and hoped ove to the
polar bear gentleman's cave, never
noticing the ball of string in his hat
It was a very windy, cold day in
his tall silk hat on tightly with one
paw, or it might have blown off. Maybe
this Is why he didn't notice the bali of
string wobbling around inside his hat,
on top of his head.
But, all of. a sudden, there came an
extra strong puff Of wind. 1t almost
blew Uncle Wiggily off his feet, and,
to save himself from falling on the
snowy path. the bunny put out both
front paws, This took one off his hat
and the wind must have seen this.
For, all at once the wind gave an
extra hard puff, and AVA flew the
bunny's hat, right of, his head.
OH, dear me- cried Uncle Wiggily.
There goes my hat! I'll catch cold,
sure"
Then he noticed that something had
fallen from his hat. 1t was the ball of
string, and it landed at the bunny's
feet, He looked up in the air, and
there his, hat was sailing away toward
the clouds. But the funny part Of it
was that one end of the string was
tangled up inside the hat-caught in the
lining | guess-and there the ball of
cord was ,unwinding, just as if it were
fast to a kite.
Why, my hat Is just like a .kite!'
cried Uncle Wiggily. And 1t has a
string on it and everything! All I have
to do to get back my hat Is to pull on
the string, and wind VI the ball"
So he did, and he pulled down his
hat hat the wind had blown away.
Just as a boy winds in his kite the
bunny wound in his hat and soon it was
on his head. again. 49,.
My! | wish | knew who was so kind
as to put that ball of string in my
hat" said Uncle Wiggily, And when he
found out 1t was Johnnie and Billie
Bushytail he thanked them very much,
Wasn't that funny? And il the cheese
cake doesn't try to crowd the rice pud-
ding out of the oven when they're
hiding from the milkman I'll tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily and the box
of pepper. ...