El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-09

Il HTELL, 1 think she is all ready now.
Il w except her slippers" said Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy.
3 Who is ready2- asked Uncle wig
q Eily Longears, the bunny rabbit gen
/ tlenan, as he hoped up the steps of
his hollow stump bungalow. in time
/ TO hear his muskrat lady housekeep-
er ring the dinner bell
Baby Bunty," answered Nurse
Jane. "She is all ready except her
4 slippers. and 1 thought you'd get them
for her"
wei. I'll do almost anything for
Baby Bunty except chase her. or play
I tag, on the days when I'm too lame
and stiff" said Uncle Wiggily. as he
Z sat down on the softest side OF the
porch, for his rheumatism hurt him a
little just then But what's all this
about her slippers. and what is Baby
Bunty getting ready for?" he asked.
"Oh. a little party that Alice VIII
blewobble, the duck girl. is going 10
give, spoke Nurse Jane. 4 have
made Baby Bunty a new dress for il
and she has new sky-blue-pink hair
ribbon, so she is all ready except her
slippers WIN you 20 10 the five and
six cent store and get them2"
of course I Will" said Uncle Wig
glly with a jolly laugh that made his
nose twinkle like niece Of cherry pie
going to moving picture show I'll
hop right along" said the bunny hab-
bit gentleman, and get Baby Bunty's
slippers. Don't let ner 90 to the party
until I get back
Oh she can't 80 without her slip
pers, spoke Nurse Jane I'm going
in now and curl her fur"
So while the muskrat lady did this
Uncle Wiggily hoped over the fields
and through the woods 10 the seven
and eight cent store 20 get Baby Bun
tvs party slippers.
Now the rabbit gentleman had not
gone very FAR over hill and dale than.
all at once, he saw q nice hoptoad
lady imping along the woodland path. I
trying to carry a loaf Of dandeliou
bread But she was going very slow 1
~, was the hoptoad lady. and. every
now and then. she would drop the loaf
Of bread
why, my dear Mrs. Toad. what's
the matterg' kindly asked Uncle Wig
glly as ne caught up 10 her. Have 7
you met with an accident"
Il should say So was the answer. 4
An automobile ran over my toes. and I
can hardly walk; much less carry I
the loaI OF dandeliou bread"
u
salC Uncle Niggny- And he did, and I
he helped the hoptoad lady limp to /
her home under an old log.
4 know what it Is 10 be lame and /
hardly able to walk" spoke Mr.. Long Z
ears as the toad lady thanked him /
you" said he.
Then he hoped on a little farther. {
and he met a humble bee caught fast /
IN the sticky gum Of pine tree. With /
his red. white and Slue striped rheu- I
ruatism crutch. Uncle WigEily helped /
flew.
IF can ever help you I viii, dear
Uncle Niggily," buzzed the bee
Then the bunny Encle hoped on
and on and pretty soon he came to
the Store Where Nurse Jane had told ]
him to get Baby Bunty's slippers.
But alasl When he reached the
place the store was closed, for Il was
much later in the afternoon than /
Uncle Wiggily had thought It was
50 light and with the clocks being /
set an hour ahead. you know. that he I
thought he had plenty Of time. But n
the store was locked for the night.
Wei, II / can't get Baby Bunty'c II
slippers here III have 10 go to a drug |
store or somewhere else" thought the II
9uuny rabbit Drug stores keep open II
ate"
But trug stores did not sell party
for little rabbit girls, and, n
hough We tried in many other places, II
md even in a moving picture show,
5ncls Wiggily could buy no slippers
or Baby Bunty.
"Oh, dear, What shall I dog~
hough Mr. Longears. Baby Bunty \
VIII be so disappointed She can't
% TO the party without slippersi Oh,
iearl What shall I do?"
-Hai Perhaps I can help you,
jncle Wiggily,' said a buzzing voice.
I am the humble bee to whom you
we're so kind know where there
re lot Of lady slippers. and
'Oh, but Baby Bunty is too small TO
year q lady's slipper" said the rab-
lit But where are those OF which
'ou speak2'
Right over here" buzzed the bee,
nd he flew over TO where there was
. large bed OF the flowers called
'Lady's Slippers" He perched upon
pink blossom and said: Here are
ome very small flowers. Uncle Wig
sily- I'm sure they would do for
BABY Bunty."
And Il they are too large I can
lake them smaller" said another
'olce- u am tie tall lad whom YOU
lelped,' the voice went on, land 7 can