Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-27

Uncle Wiggily. 1 had a lovely
Jumping Jack for Christmas, but
now something is the matter. His
legs don't jiggle, and his head
doesn't wobble, and he can't turn
a single somersault, frontWard or
Backward
"Oh' let me Sect begged Baby
Bunty, peering out from between
Uncle Wiggily's legs.
"Why. there isn't anything TO
sect" grunted the little piggy boy.
when l first got him for Christ
mas he was a fine Jack, and could
iump like anything when | pulled
the string. But / guess l pulled
it TOO much, for now he doesn't do
anything"
'He is Jumpless Jack" said
Uncle Wiggily. But come III,
Floppy. Perhaps / can mend your
Christmas toy. l mended a broken
drum the other day. Let me see
now" and the bunny gentleman
carefully looked at the jack
"Why, all it needs is a new
spring." he said. Il believe can
nut that in and Jack Will Jump as
we'll as ever" and when Uncle
Wiggily said this he looked at the
alarm clock on the manteL
"Oh, what are you going to dc
Uncle Wiggily?" asked Baby
Bunty.
You'll soon see" answered
Mr., I.ongears. Baby Bunty, you
look in the kitchen and see what
/ Nurse James is doing"
The little rabbit girl looked, and
came back to say that Nurse Jane
was baking corrot pie.
| "Then I'll fix the Jumples'
Jack" spoke Uncle Wiggily. WIZ
his red, white and blue striped
rheumatism crutch the bunny toot
the alarm clock apart, pulling on
the spring. -, -,-.
| Buzz! Biz! Bu-rupp! gurglet
the poor old alarm clock.
Uncle Wiggily gave his PM
nose an extra twinkle, and put tn
spring from the alarm CLOCK III
/ inside the Jumpless Jack of tn
piggy boy.
"Will he work again now, am
skip around, and iiggle his leg
| and ioggle his head?" asked Flop
Ply, ,,,o y,,o
| gily hopeful like. -, ,
Yves. and think I'll nibble you
ears," suddenly called q harsh
unnleasant voice, and there, haVln
sneaked up behind Uncle WiggiiS
was the bad old Skillery Scaller
Alligator. ayes, I think I'll nibbl
,,o,y aarsip the Alligator said t
the bunny.
"Oh, pease don'tw begged Bah
Rrnty. Then the little rabbit gil
Dulled the string of Floppy's JacF
and bless your rubbers! That JAG
suddenly began to jump ana iea
, about because of the alarm cloc
spring which Uncle Wlgglly ma
put inside him.
And the Jack gave a jump, an
wiggled his legs, kicking thel
against the ribs of the Alligat'
until he tickled that bad chap an
, made him laugh himself into
, conniption fit. And when the A
, llirator found himself laughing, al
. Ibeing tickled by the Jumping Jac
THAT Alligator just turned a bae
a somersault and out of the windo
I
t he sprang.
! eThis is no place for me
: howled the bad Alligator as he ia
away. II thought L could get son
, nibbles off the bunny's ears, b.
! / didn't know he had a Jack tn
! would tickle me in the ribs.
Then Floppy was happy b
: cause his Christmas Jumpless JAG
was mended and good as eve
. and though Nurse Jane was II
v tle late with the dinner, on a
count of the alarm clock havit
\ stopped when the spring was take
\ out. stil that didn't matter, Bal
e Bunty said.
n So the bunny gentleman w
saved, and il the garden raj
. doesn't scrape all the sugar Q
6 the molasses cooky so it eaten
i cold when it plays tag with the
y cream, I'll ten->you next abo
i IIneie Wiggily and the sleepy DC
III In China all the land belongs
1.-The state. and a trifHng sum ?
J lacre. scarcely altered through 10
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