El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-14
Bedtime Stories For The LittIe Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND SALLIE WATERS.


% A RE you going very far this morn
n ing. Uncle Wigsily2" asked
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy one day. a
her rabbit gentleman friend started
out from his hollow stump bungalow
in his automobile
oh. not so very lar. Miss Fuzzy
wuzzy." answered Uncle Wigsiiy.
May have the pleasure OF bringing
you back anythingT'
Yes. answered Nurse Jane. 7 wish
you would bring me 81
And just then. ali Of a sudden. Uncle
wisely accidentally spilled some
pepper from the salt cellar on the
away went the trolley car as East as II
could 90. almost spilling the bunny
rabbit of the sprinkling cart
I thought you wanted ne 10 tell
You what 1 needed from the storeT
called Nurse Jane. as she saw Uncle
Wiggfly riding of in such q hurry
L did, he answered back, over his
shoulder, at the same time putting his
tall silk hat hard down on his head
so il wouldn't BIO wolf. But I'm
When I come back I'll find out what
you want from the store"
So. away rode Uncle Wiggiiy. and
Nurse Jane went back into the hollow
stump bungalow
Uncle Wiggily is a funny rabbit"
she said TO herself I suppose he
wants 10 have an adventure before he
goes 70 the store for me-
Mr.. Lougears rode on and on. over
the fields and through the woods. and,
all OF sudden. as he came TO a lolly-
pop tree he heard. coming from be-
hind it sad. crying voice
N.Y. This sounds to me like trou-
Bile" said Uncle Wiggily to himself
e he ct b.
see 4 can do anything 10 help who-
ever Is crying"
He hoped down. looked around the
corner OF the rubber plant and there
he saw a little mousie girl. sitting At
the 1oot OF the tree, on soft carpet
OF green moss The little mousle girl.
Who must have been q second cousin
to Jillie Longtail the sister Of Jollie,
looked up through her tears as Uncle
Wiggily came closer.
Excuse me-" said the rabbit gentle
man but who are you and why are
you crying7"
4 am little Sallie waters was the
answer. and am crying for nice
yOpng man
why are you crying for a nice
young man." asked Uncle Wiggily IN
surprise, thinking OF Alice in Wonder
I am crying for nice young man
because he doesn't want to cry Tor
himself" said Sallie Waters He says
il makes MS eyes red. but as my eyes
are already red don't mind. So Tn
crying for him. Fou must have heard
about me. III sing It for you
So Sallfe sang
Little Sallie Waters.
Sitting IN the sun
Crying and weeping for nice young
man
Wipe your tears off on your frock.
ana listen to the crying Of the babies
in our bioch."
well. Well." laughed Uncle Wig
giiy. i remember hearing that song
when ] was a young rabbit. many
years ago But do You always cryz''
-Oh. no. Only when sit in the
sun. answered Sallie- And I've cried
quite enough for today"
Ihen suppose you come with me-
invited Uncle WiEgily- 1T is shady
IN my auto, and YOU need not sit in
me sun and cry. Come home with me- /
fernaps you are just what Nurse Jane !
was going TO tell me she wanted"
50 Sallie stopped crying and scram-
bled up on the sear Of Uncle Wfggily's
auto They had not ridden very far /
2 eIore, all OF sudden. out from be- ]
hind and umbrella plant popped the
pad old PlpSiScWah.
IN, ma This time have you"
cried the bad chap. I'll get your I
souSe, Uncle Wiggily, and some souse /
rom that little mousie girl. too. II
don't know what her name is. but
Ny name is Sallie waters said 4
the mousie girl. And L." But just 4
then the sun shown down sideways /
out OF a cloud. and some OF the sun
SHINE touched Sallie- All at once she
PECAN 10 cry for the nice young man.
Just as she had done at first.
Boo. hoo Boo. hoo Boo. hoo
cried little Sallie Waters. sitting in
the sun
surprise.
WHATS the natter" he asked
Uncle WigEiiy.