El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-20
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGIY AND TIE FLICKER.
m By HOWARD r.. CARTS.


TNTHEN Nurse Jane Fuzzy WuEZy,
wv the muskrat lady housekeeper.
came downstairs in the hollow
stump bungalow one morning, she
saw Uncle Wisely Longears, the
bunny rabbit gentleman. filling his
tail silk hat with bread crumbs
Mercy me. salzes alive and some
turnip flopoversw cried Miss Fuzzy
81 uzzy- holding up her paws "What
are you doing. Wiggy2"
wen. I'm not making a bread pud-
ding as you might think the bunny
gentleman answered with a smile
that made his pink nose twinkle ike
a gold fish on a Christmas tree "But
I am taking some crumbs out to feed
the hungry birds. Tou see they may
have no Christmas dinner II some one
does not feed them"
you are very kind and good %
think OF the birds" spoke Miss Fuzzy
Wuzzy, and you mayahaTe all the
bread crumbs you Ike. And some
cake crumbs also"
So Uncle Wiggily filled his tan
silk hat with bread and cake crumbs
and started out over the fields and
through the woods 10 look for hungry
birds.
And as the old rabbit gentleman
hoped along he saw Sammie and
Susie Littletail- the rabbits. and John
ME and Billie Bushytail. the squirrels,
skipping over the snow on their way
to the hollow stump school
Merry Christmas. Uncle Wiggily-'
Chartered the squirrels
on, you are bit early, laughed
the bunny. But your wish is none
the less welcome. hope you may
have a fine Christmas tree and that
your stockings VIII be fined to the
brim."
Thank you" said susie. and then
she and the other animal children
hoped along. and Uncle Wiggily kept
up his search for hungry birds He
found them. too.
he met Bob White, the Quail. 0fr.
Screecher. the good Owl; some Wood
Ducks and a Spotted Sandpiper-an
friends Of the bunny gentleman
Then. all OF a sudden. as Uncle
was passing a big tree that
had hole in one side he saw some
thing Ike little piece OF red 1lan-
mel suddenly thrust out OF the hole
and then pulled back again
Ha- wonder II that was Red Cap
my Ruby Crowned kinglet bird
friend2" said the bunny But at once
a voice answered, saying;
no / am not kinglet- 7 am
Flicker" Then a bird with a brown
head and with a patch Of red feathers
on its topknot, perched himself on the
edge OF the hole
Uncle Wlggily also saw that the
bird, who had said his name was
r llcEers nlu a long sharp peak ana T
was spotted with brown on bis breast /
And when the bird spread out his
wings 70 fly around . little the bunny
gentleman saw q patch OF white
near-where the tail was East .
aned on the body.
-Oh. so you are Picker, are your .
asked Uncle Wiggily, when the bird
had settled down once more. why F.
10 they call you that2'
"Oh. suppose because fly 50 fast T
and flicker back and forth. and Ga and f.
put Of my nest hole was the an
swer. This is my nest-this hole in f.
the tree. I found a small hole, and ]
made Il larger, because 7 belong 20 F.
the woodpeclrer family. and have 7
sharp, strong bill See how fast 7
flicker ia and outl
With that the bird disappeared IN /
side the tree and then popped out /
Then he went in again and out again F.
until Uncle Wiggily was dizzy from f.
looking at him
go wonder they call you Flicker /
laughed the bunny
But with all my Pickering have .
not found anything TO eat today f
sadly said the bird.
'Ah. then I may have the happiness .