El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-04
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGnY AND The STII

RID CARTS. s-uu-u-auu-.l-.u..u--u.
, small one Il we can step on Il with
l out seeing IT,"
1T Is a small house. but we ike Il
Z Just the same, II you please" went on
I the tiny voices. and then Billie and
I Uncle Wiggily saw a lot OF black ants
/ crawling around on the ground near
Ia little heap OF sand.
rs that your house," asked Billie.
] pointing to the sand heap, which had
a hole in the middle.
Yes" answered one Of the ants.
! that's our home. or rather that's the
grains Of sand we dug out to make
I anthill"
And you very nearly stepped on
it, spoke another ant, looking hard
at Uncle Wiggily.
we are very sorry" said the rab-
! bit gentleman. i see where we have
I Billie your tan is like busting
[ brush. Just sweep this ant hin to-
( gether again for our little friends"
or course III do that Chartered
the squirrel boy. and with his bushy
tan he made the anthin house nice
and tidy again
Thank your whispered the ants
We are getting ready 70 go away deep
down in the earth and stay all winter.
but until we do 90. we need our little
sandhllL which is a sort OF upper yard
to our house"
-of course you need IT." agreed Tn
Gle WiEgily. billie and / were SO in
terested catching the bah that We
didn't look where We were stepping.
Then, having fixed the ants hin as
best they could, the bunny gentleman
and Billie hoped on, throwing and
tossing the bail over the fields thev
went and, almost before they knew
IT, they had wandered into patch OF
sticssr weeds.
Sucker weeds are the kind that have
stickers on like burs from the bur
dock plant, only smaller. And in a
few minutes OF bail chasing Uncle
Wiggily and Billie were covered with
the stickers. which stuck not only ia
their fur, but also IN their clothes.
some even being on Uncle Wigglly's
Dear mel We're all stuck upl-
cried Billie.
Yes. and the stickers are SO small.
and there are so many OF them that
Il viii take us all day TO pick them
offl' exclaimed the bunny. -It's too
baol For ! promised Nurse Jane 20
come home early and take her to the
movies Now we'li have to sit down
and pick the stIczers Off"
There was no help for It. So the
bunny and the squirrel boy sat down
on log and began to pull OF the
stickers. which were not much larger
than apple seeds. In fact. the stick
ers really were weed seeds.
-Oh, Wen never get them all offT'
chattered Billie.
1t Is taking a long time spoke
Uncle Wiggily YEARLY.
and Just then some gentle voices
said.
Perhaps We can help you pick off
the EficEers"
who are your Uneas WIggly
wanted to know
ne ants. whose SAM house you SO
kindly fixed after you stepped on it,
was the answer. You were kind to
US, ana now ven be kind TO you
With that. about 1e410.s21 ants
swarmed all over Billie and Uncle
Wiggily- Each ant tolk hold Of a
stieker in the strong jaws ali ants
one. two. threea' sausd the head
ant. Each ant gave a pull. out came
the stickers and the bunny and squirrel
hadn't one left in their fur or their
clothes
Thank your said Uncle Wigefy
and Billie. and then the squirrel boy
hoped on home and Mr.. LonEears
took Nurse Jane 70 the movies. And,
II the turkey doesn't hide the pump
kin pie where the New Years cake
can't find Il. next you shall hear about
Uncle Wiggily and Needless horse
Copyright, 1913, BY Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.