El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-20
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGnY AND THE BALL OF STRING


I Billie saw Uncle Wiggily's tall sill
hat on the mantel over the stove
/ What Is his hat doing there2" the
[ squirrel boy asked Of Nurse Jane.
"Oh, Just getting warm" answered
{ the muskrat lady It's such a cold
windy day that 7 told Uncle Wiggily
] to warm his hat before he went out"
YES it is cold" said Johnnie.
] And the wind blows hard" added
Billie 1T most blew our caps off as
we came along"
! Then when Nurse Jane went out OF
I THE room Billie winked one eye at his
J brother and said;
] I know a funny little trick we can
/ play on Uncle Wiggily."
WHAT" asked Johnnie.
| I've got a big ball of string in ny
pocket" went on Billie. I'm going
to put II on a kite when I make one.
But now I can drop the ball Of cord
In Uncde Wiggily's tail silk hat. He'll
never notice It IL he goes out in a
hurry. and when he puts his hat on
his head the ball OF string will stay
inside. And it will tickle him, maybe,
and make his sneeZe."
"Oh. that's a funny tricki" laughed
Johnnie. though I am not saying IL
was very nice one to play on a bun
ny rabbit. Lets do it." Johnnie went
on. And when Uncle Wiggily takes
off his hat the ball OF string viii fall
out, and he'll be as surprised as any
thing. Come on"
So Billie tossed the ball OF string
in Uncle Wiggily's hat on the mantel
shelf, and then the two squirrel boys.
trying not to laugh out loud. hurried
from the hollow stump bungalow and
ran on to school
And. little while afterward, Uncle
WiggiIy, being in "a hurry. put on his
tai silk hat and hoped over TO the
polar bear Eentleman's cave. never
noticing the bail Of string IN his hat
at all
It was a very windy. cold day IN
March and Uncle Wiggily had TO hold
his tail silk hat on tightly with one
paw, or II might have blown Off May
be this is why he didn't notice the ball
Of string webbing around inside his
hat, on top Of his head
But, all Of a sudden. there came an
extra strong puff Of wind It almost
blew Uncle Wiggily off his feet and,
to save himself from falling on the
snowy path. the bunny put out both
front paws This took one off his
hat and the wind must have seen
this.
For, all at once the wind gave an
extra hard puff, and away flew the
bunny's hat, right off his head.
''Oh, dear mel" cried Uncle WigEily
There goes my hiatt I'll catch cold,
sureH'
Then he noticed that something had
fallen from his hat II was the ball Of
string. and II landed at the bunnys
feet. He looked ID in the air. and
there his hat was sailing away to-
ward the clouds But the funny part
Of IL was that one end OF the string
was tangled VI inside the hat-caught
in the lining 7 guess-and there the
ball OF cord was unWinding, Just as if
It were fast TO kite.
Why, my hat is just like a kite"
cried Uncle Wiggily. And II has a
string on 1t and everything All have
to do to get back my hat is to pull on
the string, and wind up the ball
So he did. and he pulled down his
hat that the wind had blown away
Just as a boy winds in his kite the
bunny wound In his hat and soon It
was on his head again.
MY 7 wish I knew who was so
kind as 70 put that ball Of string in
my hat" said Uncle WigEily. And
when he found out IL was Johnnie and
Billie Bushytan be thanked them very
much Wasn't that funny2 And II the
cheese cake doesn't try 10 crowd the
rice pudding out Of the oven when
they're hiding from the milkman III
tell you next about Uncle WiEgiIy
and the box OF pepper