El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-25
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND SANI1IEES GEESE
" HOWARD

hase. or carrot. gle 70 go with the
I'm have the pie. al right"
chuckled Nurse Jane. as Uncle Wig
=ily started Off
The bunny uncle had not gone very
Tar. hopping over the fields and
through the woods. when. an OF a sud
f den. he heard some one crying
ION. dear. There, I am stuck again.
I'm always getting tangled up III
never get anywhere today
That said Uncle MigEily TO him
self. as lie tWInzled his pink nose
l slow and careful like. that sounds 10
line like trouble. and, II IL is any OF my
I friends. and not the PipslseWah or the
S5uddlemas0o I am going to- help
them.
I -Bu- it hardly can be the Pip OF
-ha SEuddla." thought the bunny, call
irE chem By their short names .AIr-
~ lireWasn put them in his ice cave
the other day. ru just take aalook
and Sc who this is
So the bunny looked through the
bushes and there he saw Sammie Lit
tletail. the RABBIT boy standing near
/ p-ickery thorn bush, and looking up
Z WHAT'S the matter. Sammie2" asked
Uncle WigEilv-
rOh, I started 20 60 fishing sam
ME answered, -and I was carrying
my fish pole, with the line tied on,
ways catches in the bushes and gets
tangled Up and I'm stuck"
aWeL III help you get loose this
time" said Uncle Wlgily. kindly, and
he did, unranElinE Sammie's line from
the urickery thorn bust But went
on the bunny. as he hoped along be-
side Sammie, isn't 10 Bit early 70 80
fshing2-r
-Oh. I don't know replied sammie
sort Of hopeful like and immaterlal.
It's spring now you know. and
should think fish you'd bite in the
spring. don't mean bite me-" he
went on. but bite the bait I'm going %
put on my hook that I win fasten 10
the line.
Il know what you mean said Uncle
wisely 7 have some fishing myself,
when young. like you. But 7 still think
&C. is bit early and"
~0h. dear suddenly cried Sammis-
What's the matter nowl" aswed
Uncle Wiggily.
"3Iy fish line IS caught again." went
on Sammie. and so &c was Carrying his
pole and line over his shoulder made
p the end stick up among the bushes,
and once more the string was tangled
"Il unfasten Do for you.r said Uncle
WiEEily. and he was just doing tins
and having trouble with a hard snarl
when, all at once. there was a rustllnE
sound IN the bushes and out jumped
the blue nosed baboon-
-Ah, hl.' cried the blue nosed bs-
boon IL am En- luck today 7 have
just come u1 from down south. where
spent the winter. and now. first
thinE. 7 catch two rabbits. This Is
luck indeed.f-
"Oh. dear-~ slEhed Uncle Wiggly.
II call this bad luckr
-Ohl so you think you have caught
Sammie Littleral rabbit boy Wen.
YOU are wrong. you blue nosed baboon-
TO is you whom I am going 20 catch-'
As quick as a wink Sammie broke
Off long piece or his fishing lire and
threw it al the baboon- The bahoon
tried 90 get out OF the way. but he
became all tangled NJ in the cord
worse than the fish line was tangled
iu the bushes. The baboon was so
tanEled that he couldn't move and
S1mmie and Uncle WigEily. who. Just
then. manaEed to uutaugIe the best
part OF the hne-Sammie and the bun
ME gentleman ran away through tho
woods leaving the balloon far. far
behind.
That was smart OF you. SammIe."
sad Uncle WISELY, to tanele the ba-
boon up that way. But. dear me; 7
cutie forgot about getting the cheese
FOR Nurse Jane"
Ee-e is some~ said Samuis, taking
q large chunk from his pocket. u was
going 20 use 90 20 bait my hook and
aAAaA AAN.ls aa won so 10 the pond
TODAY Take the cheese Uncle Wig
Eilv"
Thank YOU. 7 wiu-r laughed the
bunny. Il don't believe it would have
made the fish bite. anyhow. Saumie-
But Nurse Jane can make q nice cake
OF ft~
And so the muslzrat lady cid. and
S1mmie had a piece: aud ff the cat
doesn't claw all the roses Off our par
Tor rug 90 make a bouquet for the
puppy dog next door. you shall hear
~ the story after this about Uncle
MigEily and Susie's long dress
Copyright. 1919. by the Mcclure News
naue- Syndicate