El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-10
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGnY AND THE BOTTLE OF INK
ttT TNCLE WIGGLY. would you mind =

Thank you That Will be verv
B nice" said Nurse Jane, so, putting on
/ his tall. silk hat and taking his red.
white and blue striped rheumatism
crUtch with him. Uncle WfggIly
hoped over the fields and through
the woods TO get the bottle of ink.
I wonder il I will have an adve0-
turer' thought the bunny rabbit gen
I tleman. as he went along. 1T will be
fun II I do" Well he did. but Al first
It wasn't as much fun as he thought
iit would be- AfterWard-5ut there.
III tell you all about H.
Uncle WigEily got the bottle Of ink.
and then he began hopping back over
the white snow with the black stuff
in the bottle to his hollow stump bun
calow.
Now. Nurse Jane can write to Mrs
Bow Wow" said the bunny to him
self, as he shook the ink in the bottle
to make sure IL wasn't frozen. I'll
carry the ink-written invitation to
the dog lady. and then"
And then something happened. All
Of a sudden out from behind a stump
Jumped a bad old fox. and before
Uncle Wiggily could say anything or
do anything the fox popped the rab-
bit gentleman into a bag. slunE It
over his shoulder and started running
across the snow-cOvered fields
"Oh, let me out, Please let me
OUT" begged Uncle Wiggily Of the
fox Where are on taking me2"
OFF 70 my den" snarled the fox.
and YOU won't get out OF the bag
until then I am hungry for souse off
your earsr'
"Oh. dear me-" cried Uncle Wig
gilys as he held the bottle OF ink IN
his paws inside the bag the fox car
ried- What shall do2 The fox will
take me of TO his den and no one
viii ever know where 7 am"
D.
a hole in the bag. and he saw the
white snow, over which the fox was
trottinE with him. Then Uncle Wig
gily looked at the black bottle Of ink
Il know what I can do" he said
7 can drip some drops OF black ink on
Of nv friends see them they can tell
which way the fox carried me. and
they can get a policeman dog. follow
the ink drops on the white snow and
save me. III 90 IT."
Uncle WiggIly took the cork out OF
the ink bottle. and, as the fox trotted
along with him, the bunny spilled
black ink drops on the white snow.
On and on ran the fox. and. after
while. he came to his den
Nov for some souse OFF your ears,''
he cried 20 Uncle WiEEily.
ooh, please don't bite my ears"
begged the bunny
Yes, 7 shallr' barked the fox.
no. you shall nott" suddenly
barked Jackie and Petite Bow Wow.
the two brave puppy dog boys. and
they sDrang at the fox and growled
at him so hard. that he was glad
enough 70 run away and not hurt
Uncle WiEEily At all.
How did you come here in time to
save me2' asked the bunny. as he
hoped out Of the bag
"Oh, we were playing make a house
in the snow" said Jackie. and we
saw the lire Of black ink spots. and
we followed them here and then we
saw the fox and you and"
Yes. and then you saved me,'
cried the bunny. Thank you very
muchl"
Then M. Longears. with Jackie and
Peetie. went TO the seven and eight
cent store for a new bottle Of ink. the
invitation was written to Mrs Bow
Wow, and she and Nurse Jane had 2
nice visit and 50 did the two puppy
dog boys So this teaches Us II IS q
good thing TO know how 70 write,
and. II the rubber hand doesn't play
such jolly music that Il makes the
pen wiper dance with the lead pencil. /
I'll tell you next about Uncle WigEily /
and Mr. cav Caw.-CCopyriEht 1913. I
by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)