The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-25
Copyright, 1920, by Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)

EY, F1OWHHD M STTiS'
Johnnie! Johnnie! Youth be late
for school il you don't hurry" called
Mrs. Bushytail to her little boy one
morning, 1"sk 3E along' Billie went
what is Johnnie doing?" asked IN
Gle Wiggily, as he finished his break
"oh, he's out in the yard making a
cats cradle with a lot Of string, SPOKE
Nurse Jane Fuzzy WuzZy, the fnuShrdI
'" MAXINE a cats cradlel" cried the
old gentleman rabbit That's a game
for girls and little boys. ! didn't think
our big Johnnie would be playing that
Let me take look"
dow and saw the squirrel boy with a
big ball and bundle of string in his
paws,
said Uncle Wiggily. HI, there! Sonn-
ooh I'm just trying to get the snar.lss
and tangles out of my kite string" SAD
Johnnies II have dandy new kite
that Billie and | made, and want 10
fasten on it this string, II can ever
get 1t untangled
to get the snarls out nowla said the
bunny gentleman. You have no lime
You'll be late! Run on to school and
I'll soon get, the string nice and straight
for you" 1.,n,,to
as he gave the rabbit gentleman the
tangle Of string Il surely. don't want
10 miss school, or be late" and away
he scampered with his books under his
paw
of the window and saw Uncle Wtggiy
fussing with the kite cord
Jane to to- Mrs Bushytail. III that isn't
Just like Uncle Wiggily! He's cent
Johnnie on to school but he's taken
the string himself and Is playing Sat
h cradle / never saw such RABBIT
v Never!'
But. as we know, Mr.. Longears was
not playing cats cradle. I'm not say
ing that he wouldn't play cats cradle
II he wanted to, but he WASN'T dolne
it this time. He was picking away a
the string, and it seemed only to ge
in worse snarls than ever.
''Wel. I know what I'll do said
Uncle Wiggily at length. I'll take
Johnnies string off to some quiet place
in the woods and unsnarl and untan
gle 1t there. There's too much excite
ment here" and there was, with Nurse
Jane and Mrs. Bushytail talking about
homework and how to keep bread from
So Uncle wiggfly took Jbhnnie's
tangled kite string off to the woods ano
sat down there on q stump to get the
snarls out He was picking away, a.
it. and wondering whether it wouldn'l
he better to 20 and buy new core
that wasn't tangled; when, all at once
out from behind a salimagundiN bust
popped the bad old Bazumpus. -,
"Ah! At last ] have your cried tn
Baxumpus, reaching out his claws t
get some souse off Uncle Wiggily
ears. z. -,
But Uncle Wiggily. very quickly. helt
up the tangle of kite cord and tn
claws of the Bazumpus became caugh
Here! What does this mean?" criet
the bad animal, and he was just coins
to throw 1t down on the ground, wher
Uncle Wiggily said:
'Win you do me favor"
what is n?" asked the Bazumpus
IT am not in the habit of doing favors
especially to you, for you have foole
me so many times. But as have a
last caught you alone, and as | am go
ing to have your souse, snail 40 20
one last small favor. What is it,
"Untangle the snarls from Johnnie
kite cord" said the bunny gentleman
II have tried, but l can not do it.
shall sit here and as soon as you &c
the snaris out you may take my sous'
if you are so hard hearted"
ooh, / am hard hearted all right,
Sne6rGQ t1e LINZ
and as for that tangled cord, It wi
be easy for me to get the snarls gu
with NY claws as sharp as knittin
needles"
So he sat down near Uncle Wiggil9
on the stump, and he began plekin
out the snarls, the Bazumpus did. An
surely enough, with his sharp claws,
managed very we'll Snarl after sna
and tangle after tange come out, tn
loosened string falling in little Pill
near Uncle Wiggily.
u The rabbit gentleman saw that tn
"a string would soon be unsnarled an
then his souse would be taken, so whs
did Uncle Wiggily' do? Why We
slyly, when the Baaumpus didn't Sc
him. Mr.. Longears took the untangl
loose end Of the string and ne sharle
o. an aye again. aae tied " IN kS1o
hard Knots and every other kiEsi OF knt
And when the Bazumpus ha
untang1ed the other end of the XII
string Uncle Wiggily held up the er
he had snarled and said;
wait my friend, you have not III
ished yet, Untangle some moreW
The Bazumpus could hardly belle
his eyes. He was sure he h d finish
and could now have some souse. 3
when he saw another big bunch
snarls to untangle the bad chap gave
howl and fell off the stump.
"Oh, there Is some magic In u
Some magic In this The snarls con
back as fast as | take them Quit"
cried This Is no place for me-!
Then away he ran, leaving I'M
Wiggily safe and alone, and. as I
snarls were now rather loose, the bu
nv gentleman had no trouble getti
! them out-especialy as he had Il
them in himself to fool the Bazumpi
Soon the kite string was all nice a
straight. Mr.. Longears wound it
and then he went home and Billie a
Johnnie had lots of fun flying the n,
kite.
So II ever you have tangled strl
always let a Bazumpus get the snal