Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-02
Ouch ! Wow! What a
whack on the nose!'

And Uncle Wiggily was having
such fun that he stayed longer than
he meant to, and before he knew it
the sun had almost gone down and
1t was 6 o'clock when the stores
closed.
ooh, dear mel l forgot all about
Nurse James butter!" cried Uncle
Wiggily. What shall l do? She
can't finish the cake now"
rs it butter you want?" asked
Toodle.
Nurse Jane wants it," said the
bunny gentleman, But | can't
get it. now that the stores have
closed. I'll have to go to Mrs.
Wibblewobble's. or Mrs, Littletairs,
and borrow some"
Maybe not" spoke w Toodle,
Johnnie and Billie Bushytail, the
squirrel boys, passed here little
while before you came, Uncle Wig
gily, and | heard them talking
about a butter tree in the next
field ,.. j..
mot exactly a butter tree
said Noodle. ut was a butter nut
tree. But / should think that
would be almost the same, Uncle
Wiggily. You can get some butter
off that tree for Nurse Jane"
"Oh, perhaps 1 can" cried the
bunny. Where is it?"
"Wel show YOU" offered the
kind beaver boys, who had. finished
sliding down the mud hill. So
they washed themselves off in the
water, as Uncle Wiggily did also
and then they started off over the
fields to find the butter tree.
There it isl" called Noodle, att
er a while. Its the same one the
squirrel boys were talking about
Hum! This is funny butter,
said Uncle Wiggily, as he looked
at the long, brown nuts scattered
on the ground. They were shaped
like lemons only smaller and a
dark brown in color. on some was
an outside skin, but when this was
peeled off underneath was q
wrinkled shell. VERY funny but
ter. indeed" said the bunny.
"Maybe the butter is inside the
nuts" suggested Toodle. 49,
Maybe it is. III take tne iii
home to Nurse Jane. She WIN
know" said Uncle wisely. so ne
filled his tall silk hat with the nuts
and hoped home with them. 'Ihe
stores were closed. jamie, so l.
brought YOU this kind of butter,
spoke the bunny as he reached the
hollow stump bungalow,
Butter. That isn't butter!" said
the muskrat lady. "Those are but
ternuts, to be sure, but the only
reason they call them that is that
thew taste a little like butter: and
they are greasy like butter. On
Wiggy. I can never make cake
with those!" ,z,,o -
"Maybe there is butter inside,
said the bunny. hopeful like. III
crack some and see. Ana II lh9 ere
isn't any butter in these mus ~
go to the store again tomorrow,
and I won't stop to snoe WIN
Toodle and Noodle" =,
"oh, you funny bunny! iausheu
Nurse Jane.
Uncle Wiggily, with onel paw,
held a butternut on rat STONE
and pounded with another rock:
"Ouchv' he cried, as he hit his
nav. and the nut slipped away,
sailing through the air. And then,
as the nut fell in the tall grass, a
voice suddenly cried:
couch! Wow! oh, Zippie. ling!
Gang. Zoon, What a whack on m,
nose! Oh, I'll be good! III not Try
to get any of your souse! And 10
and behold out of the tall grass
ran the Pipsisewah. He had been
hiding there, waiting for chance
to nab Uncle Wiggily, but when the
butternut slipped and flew away
it hit the hiding bad chap on the
nose.
well, something good came
from these, butternuts, anyhow
said Uncle Wiggily, as he saw the