The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-19
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BEDTIME STORY


Wiggily. and he had to wipe some
tears from his eyes. He and Nurse
Jane weren't really crying, you under
stand-the smoke just made tears come
N their eyes, the same as it does yours
u you go too near a bonfire, which
"A hole in the s~tovepipe!" went on
Uncle Wiggily. "Well, that must be
liked at once. I'll go get a new pipe"
wish you would begged Nurse
Jane. And | guess I'd better let the
IRE 90 out. It smokes so, and the
smoke comes out into the room, instead
or going up the chimney through the
Yes, let the fire go out" agreed Uncle
Wiggily, and III 90 to the Is and IS
cent store and get a new piece Of stove.
pipe to use in place Of the one with
the hole in"
When the fire was out the smoke no
longer filled the kitchen Of the hollow
stump bungalow and the tears stopped
coming INTO the eyes of Nurse JAM and
Uncle Wiggily. But II was cold, with
no fire, so the muskrat lady house
Keeper went over to stay with Mrs.
Mibblewobble, the duck lady, and Uncle
WlggiIy, in his fur coat and tall silk
nat. hoped along to the 10 and 20 cent
store to get a new stovepipe.
III had some Of my old tall silk
hats, might have used one Of them
ior the stoyepipe," thought the bunny
TO himself but | suppose it is best to
get a new one"
And so he did. At the store he
bought a nice long black shiny length
or pipe, with a hole all the way through
It from end to end so the smoke could
sail out and up the chimney.
With the stovepipe under his paw
Uncle Wiggily started to hop back to
his hollow stump bungalow.
II wonder If I'll have an adventure
today said the bunny rabbit. speak
ing out loud, as he often did when in
the woods. Il wonder If ! will?'
biml e Syon suddenly Mininly said a voice near
Eth? What's that?" cried Mr.. Long
ears.
Il said you'd have an adventure, and
YOU will-right now the voice went
on, and, out from behind a bush.
jumped the bad old Pipsisewah. Uncle
Wiggily, started to run but the Pip, as
call him for short, ran after the
bunny, and soon caught up to him.
What do you want?" asked Uncle
Wiggily,
'Souse off your ears" answered the
Pipsisewah.
Which ear?" asked the bunny, and
all the while he kept hopping along.
thinking, maybe, he could get to his
bungalow and run in and shut the door
and shut out the Pipsisewah. Which
ear dc. you want souse OFF, asked
Uncle Wiggily.
Both ears" snapped the Pipsisewah
I'm so hungry l want souse off both
year ears, and I'm going to take it
now
But, all of a sudden, Uncle wiggily
dropped on the ground the piece OF
black shiny stovepipe, with the big,
round hole in. Then, just as quickly,
Uncle Wiggily crawled inside the length
Of stovepipe. Then the bunny began
to wiggle, and the stovepipe, with Mr..
Longears inside, began to roll, and it
rolled over and over and over, down
hill faster and faster.
Hi, there. Stop! Wait a minute
cried the Pip,
But Uncle Wiggily didn't stop. Safe
inside the stovepipe he rolled to the
bottom of the hill and he reached there
before the bad Pipsisewah did. Then
Uncle Wiggily popped out of the pipe,
ran into his bungalow, locked the dool
and the Pip couldn't get him at all.
And, when the Pipsisewah ran away.
Uncle Wiggily put the new piece OF
stovepipe where the old one was, built
a fire and Nurse Jane came back and
cooked dinner. So everything came
out all right, you see, and. il the tea
cup doesn't roll off the pantry shelf
and break its handle when it's trying
to play tag with the sugar bowl, IT
tell you next about Uncle Wiggily and
the ball Of string,