El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-26
The BAREFOOT BOY.

the five and ten cent store with hel
and help carry IL home
What. Carry home the five and ter
: cent store 81 cried Uncle Wiggily
twinkling his pink nose twice as fas
as olll pickle
80, carry home some dried curlet
Z grass 10 make a new feather bed fol
& the spare ROOM. spoke the muskra
I lady They have some nice. new
[ fresh. curled, dried grass at the five
J and ten cent store now, and 1 wan
Baby Bunty 10 bring some home Bu
Z perhaps the bundle viii be too larg.
I for her II you'd help her carry it.
Dh. Of course, ] wiz said UncI
7 Wiggily most kindly Come along
: Baby Bunty- like TO go with you d
Z 1 don't have to hop and skip too much
or chase you"
well. / like to be lively" laughed
the little rabbit girl and 10 tel th'
truth she did.
Uncle Wiggily. with his red. white
and blue striped rheumatism crutch
and Baby Buutyi wearing her new nal
with purple carrot ribbons on, went
over the fields and through the woods
until they reached the five and ten
cent store. There Mr. Longears bought
a big bundle Of sweet, dried curly
grass for Nurse Jane TO stuff into the
new feather bed to make a soft mat
rress
ITS a good thing you came with
me, Uncle MlgEllys said BaDy bunlyr
when she saw what a large bundle
the dried grass made. I never could
have carried il all by myself
Wen have the little mOusie girl
clerk make two bundles of tia large
one and a small one" said Uncle Wig
gily. I'll carry the large one and you
can carry the little one
That Will be NICE" said Baby
Bunty. Then can skip little on
the way home"
Uncle Wiggily's bundle Of soft,
curly dried grass was much larger
than Baby Bunty's, for he wanted lhe
way home. And Bunty did she
hoped and skipped, and she wanted
very much TO tag Uncle fFiggily- But
she had promised Nurse Jane not 70,
and she didn't
All Of a sudden. as the old rabbit
gentleman and the little rabbit gil
were crossing a field where there
were many sharp stones. Baby Bunty
ION. looki Here comes the bare
surely enough So he does-s said
Uncle Wiggily looking down along
side Of his pink. twinkling nose and
through his glasses. Hes the same
barefoot boy who once CHASED ne
He ran very fast with his shoes Off
almost as fast as I could when I was
a young rabbit Come on, Bunty
Wen have 70 hop now
And just as Uncle WiggllE ana
buntv- started across the field OF sharp
stones. the barefooted boy saw them
and he cried.
oh, look, a rabbit Two rabbits.
A big one and a little one Whoop.
III catch en- for next Easter and
away he started after Baby Bunty and
Uncle Wiggily-
Vow Mr.. Longears and the little
baby rabbit. who was found In
hollow stump. did not mind running
over sharp, pebbly stones. Their feet
we're made Tor that But no sooner
had the barefooted boy started across
the rough, sharp stony meadow than
-oh. OUGHT oh. ny feet. Ny bare
foot feet. On. I'm all stuck fun Of
sharp thorns9' and ne sat down and
began 10 sob big vet salty tears ron,
dear said the boy cant walk
home because my feet hurt so from
The sharp stones. and no one VIII SET
me my shoes Oh, boO-hoo-
Uncle Wiggily and Baby Bunty
heard the barefoot boy crying. and,
though they did not know what he
said. they knew his feet hurt by the
way he acted
Too badrs said Baby Bunty. Toss
him some Of the soft curly dried