The Washington herald., 1919-04-25
CHILDREN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
UNCLE WICGIY AND
THE COOKIE PLANT
By HOWARD n. GARIs.

Uncle wiggily Longears. the rab-
bit bunny gentleman. was out In
| the yard back Of his hollow stump
bungalow one morning raking up
the dried leaves when q cute little
voice called to him from over the
| fence.
"Uncle wiggily! Uncle Wiggilyr
the bunny heard some one say. Has
/ you got any more room left in your
gardenr
ANY more room left in my gar
den7 Room for whatf' asked Mr.
Longears. IF that's Jackie or
Petite Bow Wow l haven't any room
| for you to roll around and dig up
my cabbage and carrots" said the
bunny.
oh. I don't want to do that"
went on the laughing voice. Be
i sides. I'm not Jackie or Peetie Bow
Wow. I'm little Squeakie-Eekie.
! the cousin mouse"
-Oh, hello. Squeakie- Eekie" cried
Uncle wiggily in his most gladsome
voice. Come right in. And how
are Jollie and Jillie Longtail. the
! two mouse children"
They're very WE'LL" said SQueakie-
! Eekie, who was the tiniest little
mouse you can imagine. Il came
over to see II could plant some
thing In your garden" she went on.
What did you want to plant.
| SQueakie-Eekie?" asked Uncle
4 wiggily, twinkling his pink nose
like a bit of strawberry short cake.
| do you want to plant some cheese
sticks or a bit Of bread puddingT
| Now you're making fun Of me-"
| raih EIa anrt of wnhblinR her
tail bashful like.
| "Oh. l wouldn't make fun of you
| for this world and part OF another
one-' said Uncle Wiggily. trying
| not to laugh. What did you want
to plant. Saueakie"
| Just this" answered the little
mousie girl, and she held out part
| OF a sugar cookie she had been nib
bling at II want to plant this
cookie in your garden. Uncle Wig
| gtly, and make some cookie plants
grow. Then. when I'm hungry. l
| won't have to ask Mrs. Longtan for
a cookie or a cake. I'll just come
over in your garden and pick one"
| "Oh, no! Ho! Ho! Ha!' laughed
Uncle wiggily. and his pink nose
twinkled SO fast that 1t looked like
| a roller skate going down hill.
| NOW, therS. S6iQ oVuSahic-
know you're making fun OF meT
No. really I'm not" said the
bunny. I'm just laughing at the
sugar cookie. Tits such funny
shape, 1t looks like a monkey
| doodle"
| That's because i gnawed II back
wards instead Of frontwards." said
Saueakie-Eeekie. But can't 1 plant
in your garden the piece of cookie
that's left. Uncle wiggtly? And
when tho cookie plant grows up
can pick OF cookies and little cakes
when they get ripe.
'-Oh, but my dear Squeakie" SAID
the bunny. Don't you know tha'
cookies don't grown They are MADE
with sugar and flour and water AND
I don't know what else. They don't
grow IN gardens.
~weil, maybe this one Will SAID
Saueakie. please let me plant It.
Uncle wiggily."
! Though he knew it would do no
good, but because he wanted TO De
| KIND to Squeakie-Eekie. Uncle
wiReily dug q hole, and the little
cousin mouse put in her piece OF
sugar cookie. Then she and Uncle
wiggily patted some dirt down over
the top.
Now I'll water It with the sprink-
ling can," said Squeskie. and wnen
my cookie plant grows big III PICK
off a cake for you. Uncle Wigsiiy:
The bunnT didn't want to laogn'
but It was hard work not to. When
SaueakIe grew bigger Mr.. Longears
thought he could teach her more
about what really would grow In
! garden.
And now what happened? Why
about three weeks after that, when
soueakie had watered every day the
place where she had planted the
piece of sugar cookie, the little cou-
sin mouse suddenly ran In the hol-
low stump bungalow.
"Oh, Uncle wigeily! Uncle wig
gilyr' she cried. MY cookie plant
has grown up, My cookie plant has
grown up, Come and look"
The bunny hurried out. Surely
enough there was little green
plant growing. right where Squeak
ie-Eekie had made her little garden.
Now, Didn't my cookie grow?
she asked.
| Uncle wiggily scratched his pink
twinkling nose. Then he said:
'Ha, I see how 1t was There
were caraway seeds sprinkled on
top Of the sugar cookie you planted.
The seeds were put on after the
| cookie was baked.
| 'Tt is these caraway seeds,
Squeakie. which have grown up into
a plant"
| well. anyhow" said the little
cousin mousie girl, something grew
and I can pick caraway seeds on
this plant and put them on more
cookies. can't To-
yes" said the bunny you can"
| And Squeakie-Eekie did. And IL the
butterfly doesn't fly away with the
slice of bread pudding when the
gold fish is watching the looking
glass make funny faces. TIL tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily and the
| Suuiggle bug.
| (Cupyrikht. 1879 by the Mcclure Newspaper
\ Sypdicatel