The Washington herald., 1919-04-11
CHILDREN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
Uncle Wisgily and Sammie's
Marbles.
By HOWARD r.. GARIs.

lnere hh0 Dctn q Hlllt April
shower in Woodland. near the
Orange Ice Mountains. where Uncle
Wiggily, the bunny rabbit, lived in
his hollow stump bungalow. But
now the rain had stopped and out
skipping and hopping to have fun.
Come on, Billie Bushytail!" cried
Sammie, the rabbit boy. to one of
the squirrel chaps. Come on have
a game of marbles! First shotI'
''Oh. it's too muddy to play mar
bles." said Susie Littletail. who was
Sammie's sister.
Too muddy for girls. maybe, but
not for US boys" chartered Billie,
as he tossed an acorn UP in the air
and caught II on his tail as II came
down. TIL play you a game, Sam
mie."
So Sammie and Billie began shoot
ing marbles on the soft ground be-
meath a tree in the woods. "Click.
Click" went the marbles of the
animal boys as they shot to and fro.
and they were playing the game SO
eagerly that neither of them heard
Uncle Wiggily Longears. the bunny
rabbit gentleman. hopping along on
! his red. white and blue striped
rheumatism crutch. that Nurse Jane
Fuzzy wuzzy. his muslcrat lady house
keeper. had gnawed for him out Of a
cornstalk.
Having fun. boys7' asked the
/ bunny rabbit gentlemen. as he saw
| Sammie send his red glass shooter
clicking against Billie's blue glass
agate.
Lots OF fun, Uncle wiggily," said
I ~
marbles7"
You may have some Of mine II you
do" kindly offered Sammie.
'oh. no. thank you" answered the
! bunny. 'T am too old and stiff TO
play marbles. But I'll watch you"
So Uncle Wiggily stood there
| looking at the rabbit and squirrel
boys having fun, until. all Of a sud
den, Jackie Bow Wow. the puppy
dog boy. cried:
'Oh, come on. fellows! Jimmie
Wibblewobble. the duck. has a new
boat and he's sailing it in the pond
Come on"
'oh, must see that" chattered
Billie.
so must II" cried Sammie. And
away they ran. Uncle wiggily. lean
ing against a tree. watched them
go. They had stopped the game OF
me- rbles.
And, as Sammie ran along, to see
Jimmie's new saiIboat, a lot of new.
shiny glass marbles bounced out of
the pocket of the rabbit boys trous-
ers.
Hi, there, Sammie" cried Uncle
Wiggily. stop. Wait a minute,
You are losing all your marbles
But Sammie was in too much of a
hurry to stop. Or perhaps he did
not hear Uncle Wiggily calling.
Anyhow, the rabbit boy lost a lot OF
marbles out OF his pockets. and
| Uncle Wiggily, walking slowly
along. stopped and picked them UP.
| I'll keep them for Sammie, and
give them to him the next time I see
him" he said. So he stuffed the
round. shiny glass marbles into his
pocket. Then, taking a good hold of
his rheumatism crutch, and making
sure that his tall silk hat was safely
on his head, Uncle Wiggily began
hopping through the woods. hoping he
| might have an adventure.
And, all of sudden. Just as he was
| going to jump over a hollow stump,
! out from inside It leaped the bad old
| fox
Well Well" barked the fox as he
licked his teeth with his red tongue.
This is lucky day for me-
Il am not so sure of that about
myself" said Uncle Wiggily. Were
you looking for me?"
II was snapped the fox. And,
what is more, have found you. Now
| I'm going to take you of to my den
| and-well, after that we'll see what
happens"
"oh. dear" said Uncle wiggily.
This is too bad"
Then he happened to put his paw in
his pocket. and he felt Sammie's
marbles. A sudden thought came to
the bunny.
DO you play marbles" he asked
the fox.
'1 used to be pretty good at it,"
spoke the big-tailed creature Il can
beat you playing"
| "I am not so sure OF that" said
| Uncle Wlggily. cunning like and
| crafty. Come. well have a gamer'
And after the game I'll have
lunch" said the fox.
We'll see'" thought Uncle Wig
gily to himself. He gave the fox a
few of Sammie's marbles, the bunny
gentleman keeping some for himself.
| You shoot first" said the fox, land
then I'll show you how much better
can shoot"
Uncle Wiggily took a large blue
marble. He held it in his paw and
then he aimed it-not at the other
marbles on the ground, but right at
the soft and tender nose of the bad
fox! That's just what Uncle Wig
gily did
"BinEi Bangi Ker-plunkw went