The Washington herald., 1919-04-04
CHILDREN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
Uncle Wisgily and His Rub
bers.
By HOWARD r. GARIs.

near the Orange Ice Mountains.
where Uncle wiggily Longears, the
bunny rabbit gentleman. lived IN a
hollow stump bungalow with Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. his muskrat lady
housekeeper.
II never saw II rain so hardr' said
Nurse Jane, as she stood near q
window, looking at the drops as
they chased one another down the
glass. Surely, you are not going
out in this storm. Uncle Wiggily."
"oh, yes. ] ami" cried the bunny.
twinkling his pink nose, cheerful
like and informal. ct have my UNI
brella to keep my head dry and my
rubbers to keep my feet dry. Tn
going over and see Grandpa Goosey
Gander. Uncle Butter. the goat
gentleman. told me Grandpa had q
cold in his yellow bill, and ! want
to see how i'll he is"
We'll. be careful. and be sure not
to forget your rubbers. and don't
get your feet wet" said Nurse Jane.
I'LL try!" promised Uncle Wig
giIy.
So out into the April rain shower
went the bunny. and soon he was at
Grandpa Goosey's house. And tehre
he found matters very sad, indeed
For Grandpa Goosey was very I'll.
and Aunt Lettie. the goat lady, had
come in to nurse him.
Whats the matter with himT'
asked Uncle wiggily of Aunt Let
tie, after the bunny had gone up 70
see Grandpa Goosey In bed.
"Oh. he is so cold all the time"
said Aunt Lettie. II have to keep
rubber hot water bags at his feet
all the time. And / had to send out
and get Jimmie Wibblewobble, the
duck, to go and bring a new hot
water bag from the seven and eight
cent store. The old hot water bags
'Grandpa Goosey had were not large
enough"
Well. surely. he must be quite Ill, "
sadly said Uncle Wiggily. "A new
big hot water bag, eh? And poor
Grandpa's cold all the while7 That's
too bad! Well. I'll stay a while and
see II I can help you. Aunt Letue. II
&. very good of you to come to help
Grandpa Goosey. I'll send Nurse
Jane over when go back"
"Oh, she needn't come in all this
rain" bleated Aunt Lettie. Let her
wait until the shower is over"
So Uncle wiggily. who had left his
rubbers and umbrella out on Grandpa
Goosey's front porch, sat in the sander
gentlemsn's house, hoping his Quack-
ing friend would soon get well.
And while Uncle Wiggily was there.
along outside in the rain, came splash
ing the bad old Ptpsisewah. The Pip
sisewah saw the bunny's umbrella and
rubbers on the steps, and that bad
creature said to himself:
Ia q grrNA n
Uncle wiggily! Once l get him good
and wet and he'll be mine, to bite as
| much souse of his ears as I like,
| But it will be of no use for me 70
take his umbrella. and claw holes In
/ II, as I did the other day. He'll mend
! the holes with DR.. Possunn's stickur1
( plaster. ] know what I'll do. IN take
! his rubbere, Then he'll get his feet
! soaking wet and he can't run fast
with wet feet. and / can easily catch
! him"
So the bad Pipsisewah crept softly
up on the porch and took Uncle Wig
! gily's rubbers. holding them under his
! paws as he went out I'm the rain again
/ ''T'u hide out in the woods, & little
I way down the path" said the Pipsise'
/ wah to himself. land when Uncle
| wirgily comes along without his rub
! bers I can easily get him! Oh. II
! fool him this time!'
! And, after a while, as the Pinsise-
wah waited in the rain. not minding
| the wet himself, Uncle Wiggtly. seeing
THAI Grandpa Goosey was still asleep
thought he had better go home.
"I'r go back to my hollow stumr
bungalow" said the bunny to Aunt
Iettie, land I'll send Nurse Jane over
J to help you as soon as IL stops rain
ing"
! Uncle wiggily went out on the porch
/ to get his umbrella That was there
but the overshoes were gone!
| "Oh. my rubbers, Ny rubbers are
gone" he cried. And / see the tracks
of the Pipsisewah in the mud. He has
been here and taken my rubbers! Oh
| IL I can't get home without getting
nv feet wet the Pipsisewah will surely
catch men. And IL have no rubbers
my feet will get wet, oh, dear! What
| shall do"'
| ct can easily help you" said Aunt
Lettie. "I have the two old hot-water
bags that are Of no use to Grandpa
| Goosey. You can put a cold hot-water
bag on each of your hind paws and
hop safely home without getting your
| feet a bit wet"'
"oh, 50 cant cried Uncle wiggily
THANK you"
Then he put his feet in the cold
empty hot-water bags and hoped
/ home as nicely as you please.
Fooled againI" howled the bad Pip
sisewah. 'T didn't get that bunny
| after ALL"
And he didn't And II the barber
doesn't shave I'll the whiskers off the
dusting brush. so as to go hide in
| the bath tub when the broom wants "a
play tag, I'll tell you next about Uncle
| wiggily and his raincoat.
Copyright, 1873 by Mcclure Newspaper
| Syndicate.)