El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-31
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGnY AND THE wOOzIE DOLL

again. right away2' spoke Nurse
Jane. sort Of intlmating ike
We'll Of course. II you want some
thing from the store, MISS u11g
Wuzzy-some carrot marmalade or
'-No. % ISN'T that I want anything,
said Nurse Jane. as she finished some
thing she had been sewing ana STUCK
her needle on a cushion. But / nave
Just made a little WooZie doll for
JiIIie Longtail, the mousie girl said
Nurse Jane. and I'd sort Of like her
10 have IL She's i'll, YOU know
no. 1 didn't know it, said Uncle
WigEily. DO you mean the Woozie
doIi-whatever that is-feels iIl2"
NO. I mean that Jillie. the mousie
girl. is ill.," went on Nurse Jane I
made this Woozie doll for her TO play
with as she has TO stay in bed and
can't have anything heavy. a Woozie
doll Is the lightest thing I know ex-
cept cream puffs, and Jillie can't have
those"
HUM A Woozie doll" said Uncle
WfCgily. slowly like And you want
me to take It TO Jillie2 Well III be
glad 10. no matter how cold It Is But
what is a Woozie dollT'
-Oh. it's just a simple little thing"
said Nurse Jane You take some soft
pieces of woTsted, or yarn. and you
wind some thread around another
part. and you make places 10 look
like arms and legs md a head. and
that's a Woozie's doll Here is one ]
just finished for Jillie," and she held
aHumi That is very nice and soft"
said Uncle Wiggily. 1t doesn't weigh
as much as feather I won't have
hard work carrying that TO the mousie
girl"
no. a Woozie doll is very light and
fluffy" said Nurse Jane Nothing
can hurt them. either. II you were to
squeeze one in q cider press. or il an
elephant stepped on one OF a hippo
potamus chewed one, II would be as
good as ever
Some doll-' exclaimed Uncle Wig
gily. admirationing like
Yes" went on Nurse Jane. that's
why they're so nice for little i'll
mousse girls to play with in bed II
you drop or step on or chew a Woozie
doll by mistake, a shake and a flap
makes it as good as ever"
I'll take the soft fluffy Woozie
doll, that nothing can harm, over to
Jillie," said Uncle Wiggily. and soon
he was on his way But he had not
gone very far over the fields and
through the woods when, all Of a sud
den. out from behind a stump jumped
the bad old Snoozer-
This time I surely have your cried
the unpleasant creature. And. first
OF all III bite that which I see in
your paw" and before Uncle Wiggily
could stop him. the Snoozer seized
Jillie's Woozie doll and began chew
ing on it.
"Bahi Wow, What's this Ny mouth
is all fun Of fuzzi" cried the Snoozer.
What am chewing on"
a Woozie dolll~ laughed Uncle
Wiggily as he saw the funny look on
the Sno0zer's face Go ahead! Chew
it, Step on it, Roll on it, You can't
hurt a WOozie doll. no matter what
you do"
Hal Then there must be some trick
about It and 1 don't want anything 10
do with it," hoWled the Snoozer. You
cant catch me that wayi"
Then he dropped the Woozie doll,
which wasn't hurt q bit. and Uncle
Niggily picked IL uD and took IL TO
Jillie. who liked IL very much So the
Snoozer was fooled again, and II
served him right, I say. But if the
glove stretcher doesn't pull all the
lacks out OF the silk dress so Il won't
stay on the clothes horse III tell you
next about Uncle WiEEilv and Mr.
Chuck--Copyrigh 1919, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate