The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-03
opyrights tn, 1920, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate) af
BYaHoWARD r. GARls.

T1"There was new animal boy at school
Yesterday, Uncle Wiggily" said Johnnie
-Eushytail. the squirrel chap, as he came
out on the front porch where the rabbit
1sentleman was looking at the sky to see
.iE it might be going to rain again..
ga new boy? What sort?" asked the
S1nnny uncle
s-@"Well, he had fur. something like Bill
Hes or mine. and yet he wasn't exactly
III squirrel-at least, he wasn't the KIND
sIeever saw before" went on Johnnie.
Ibid you make friends with him?"
asked Uncle Wiggily.
mo. L didn't" answered Johnnie.
-1'Why not?" Uncle Wiggily wanted to
~;'Oh, because he seemed sort of proud
sa1d stuck up" Johnnie answered. He
sseemed to think he was better than the
rest of us because he's different. !
BEARD him Ealing samm m +ba Lttletail
-rree in the world without climbing
down, or jumping from branch to
branch. as Billie and have to do"
.-.f' Well, maybe he's a special kind OF
man. II should think you would like to
he friends with him, Johnnie. Why
adidn't you speak to him, and invite him
TO come over today, when it's Saturday,
sand there's no school. Billie and you
could have had some fun with him.
s.s'I don't even know that" chartered
sJohnnie. 81 tell you he's too proud and
.stuck up for us fellows to play with
-, Uncle Wiggily shook his head and
-twinkled Nhis pink nose.
t.~"Boys are certainly queer, whether
they are animals or not" he said to him
self Il should like to know who this
new squirrel chap is. 1 guess I'll take a
walk over to where the lady mouse
Teacher of the hollow stump school lives
when she is not hearing lessons. I'll
ask her about this new squirrel chap.
Perhaps he would like to be friends
hoy is nearly always lonesome in school.
mi find out about this chap"
~ Uncle WiggtIy was walking. along
| Beneath the trees, when. all of sud
den, he heard rustling in the bushes
Beside the path and a voice called:
e. Wait a minute!
-ss'' Goodness me, sakes alive! | hope that
Isn't the Pipsisewah, the Skeezicks or
The Bazumpus!" thought the rabbit
fgentleman. -
And It was not, I'm glad to say. II
was only Johnnie Bushytail.
81 ran after you to come along and take
awalk with YOU Uncle Wiggl NY, oo Gna D.
s.-.3Now the rabbit gentleman didn't eX-
eaetly want to tell, for he wanted tc
Teach Johnnie a little lesson. So Mr.
-Lpngears said: 3"
- "Oh, I'm going over to see the lady
mouse teacher. AS this is Saturday
don't suppose you want to come, dc
you? She might make you recite les
&~"Oh. I'm. not afraid" said Johnnie, 81
he followed along with Uncle Wiggily
81 guess that new squirrel boy wants
TO be a teachers pet, said johnnie
,safter a while M, IT..
zIgncle Wiggily.
oh, because yesterday he brought he
-some butternut meats he said he hat
s-Yy1cked out for her" went on Johnnie.
guess he wants to be pet, all right. =
~ "Um. Wen zee about that, SAT-
.uncle WigGily. ,.,-. 49,,
- lie and Johnnie were walking aloni
aslnder the trees when. all of sudden
out from under a bush jumped the bat
old Crozokus. He was worse than tn
Il .sBazumpus, and he wore tall SILK ma
n Just like Uncle Wiggily's, only not quit
well, here's where get my souse!'
Nv here re- - asked Uncle WigeiIy- .
off your ears! Stsnd still Don.
aaoyt' SAID the bad chap. And dom
sypu dare to do anything TO hurt my tsl
silk hat. I'm very PROUD OF thai hat'
1etIIncIe Wiggily and JOHNNIE were TOT
j Enlightened to run away. The Crozoku
] ,s,.rlIeman's souse when. all of \ sud-
Zen. Il voice high UP An the air chae
"Looll out! Here I comet"
Il x, Something covered with tur, just Tx
Il stbat worn by Johnnie or Billie Bushytal
4 sailed down out of a tau tree and landc
with Il thump and a bump right on tn
& tall silk hat on the head OF the Crozokus
/ - "Ohs WoWI Ons double view! Ohs VIC