El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-08
Bedtime Stories For The Lizzie Ones
fsy HOWARD CANS. -,

Gf)oNT you want 20 come, Uncle
Il Wiggily7 Don't you want to
come with usg Johnnie and Billie
Bushytail. the two squirrel boys,
Chartered this al the bunny rabbit
gentleman one morning.
Where are you goingg' asked
Uncle Wiggily. as he hoped down
( the steps OF his hollow stump bunga-
low.
After some hickory nuts and
4 chestnuts." answered Billie.
! Come on Have some funT' chat
] tered Johnnie.
I'd like to-" spoke Uncle Wigeily.
I But must 90 to the store for Nurse
Jane she wants some m0lasses TO
I make gingerbread cakes. and. as
{ like them very much promised to
go on the errand for her. But III 90
after nuts with you squirrel chaps
+ when I come back"
"Au right" whistled Billie. Wen
pe over in the woods, getting the
hickory nuts and chestnuts that Jack
Frost has opened for US Wen be
there, Uncle WigEily."
So while the squirrel boys went
nutting the bunny rabbit went to
lle molasses store. He was always
ms mlskrat lady housekeeper Be
sides. Uncle Wiggily liked moIasses
gingerbread cake and Nurse Zane
made il so well
1t did not take Uncle Wiggily long
10 get 10 the mOlasses store. nor long
20 hop back 10 his hollow stump bun
Ealow. Putting the molasses on the
front stoop, the bunny sang outs
I'm going after hickory nuts and
eenestnuts with Johnnie and Billie
Bushytaili'
Ny goodness me. sakes alive and
some lemonade saucei" laughed
Nurse Jane. The idea OF going of
nutting at your age. Wiggier'
-Oh, like it," answered M
Longears, and away to the woods he
hoped.
Vow. whether Johnnie and Billie
had forgotten that they promised TO
meet Uncle Wiggily. or whether they
had 70 90 farther into the forest TO
get the hickory nuts and chcstnuts.
] don't know. But 7 do know that
when the bunny rabbit had hoped
and skipped around under the trees
for some time he could see neither Of
the squirrel boys.
HI. .Johnniel HI Blliei Where are
your he called.
But he only heard the echo OF his
own voice
II must not shout too loudly
thought Uncle Wiggiiy The old
Pipslsewah or the Skeezicks may be
mere, and come out 70 crab me. ]
guess 7 can find those squirrel chaps
somewhere III look for the nearest
nut tree"
Uncle Wiggily passed under sew
eral nut trees, but he saw nothing Of
Johnnie and Billie. The nuts were
all picked up. too.
7 guess they've been here and
gone, thought the bunny wen. IN
look for nut tree and pick some for
Nurse Jane and myself Johnnie and
bille VIII be here later, perhans~
A little Nhile after that Uncle
Wigeilv found himself under a tree
which had some large nuts hanging I
On It. And a few OF the nuts had /
fallen to the ground.
On, ho-' exclaimed the bunny rab- /
Dit These are larger than either I
hickory nuts or chestnuts- I'll get I
the best Of billie and Johnnie. These 4
are prize nutsi"
Uncle WiEgiiv gathered a pile OF I
me nuts off me ground He could 1
not climb tree 10 get them. as did 4
the squirrel boys And as the nuts
seemed to have a thick covering OF !
bark on the outside. the bunny began
breaking this off II was so tough ]
that he hrd 10 bite it with HIS teeth ]
and pull IL with his paws And after
a IeW minutes the bunny saw that bis
paws were stained a dark brown. Ike
tan shoes.
Ny Eoodness- These are funny
1uts!' thought Uncle Wicgiiy u
never heard Billie or Johnnie cay