The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-04
Copyright, 1920, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.) :
BY HOWARD r, GARIS,


BY HOWARD r. GARIS.
~ have something for you to do to-
day, Uncle Wiggily," said Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, as the bunny
gentleman finished his breakfast of
carrot flapjacks in the hollow stump
bungalow one morning.
Good" said Mr.. Longears, twink
ling his pink nose until you would
have thought it was going to turn
into a cinnamon lollypop. What is
1t 70 be, Nurse Jane? DO you want
me to shovel snow off the front walk,
or bring in enough ,icicles to fry for
dinner?"
Neither one,p answered the musk
rat lady housekeeper. "All 1 want *
to have you bring me back some pins
when you get through looking for an
adventure today"
What kind of pins. safety or hat?
asked the bunny rabbit gentleman.
"Just paper pins" answered Nurse
Jane. Il don't mean pits made bf
paper-of course mott" she said
quickly, for she saw that Uncle Wig
gily was going to make a joke. Il
mean sharp pointed pins that are
stuck in folds of paper. And, besides
that, want some sunflower seeds,
Uncle Wiggily"
"Sunflower seeds?" cried the bunny
twinkling his pink nose faster than
before. Are you going to grow
suns, to make sunshine on dark
days, Nurse Jane?"
mo, am going to bake a cake and
I'll want hundreds and hundreds of
sunflower seeds, because they are so
small" said Miss Fuzzy. "Please do
not forget now. Bring me back pins
and sunflower seeds"
:Ill bring them" promised Uncle
Wiggily, and off he hoped over the
fields and through the woods, hum
ming to himself a little song like
this:
Dear Nurse Jane is going to bake
A lovely brown sunflower cake,
This is how my song begins,
| must not forget her pins"
So Uncle Wiggily hoped along
faster than ever, saying over ana
over to himself:
Lots of seeds, a paper of pins!
Lots of seeds, a paper of pins| Lots
of pins paper of seeds--no--that
isn't right-lots of papers, a pin Of
SeeOS-Oti, Il We Sul " Steei ga w.
And he did.
Thus talking to himself so he would
not forget what he was after, the
bunny rabbit skipped along looking
for an adventure but he could not
seem to find any, so at last he de-
cided he had better get what Nurse
Jane wanted.
Not far away was the six and sew
en- cent store, and, hopping in there
Mr.. Longears spoke TO the little
mousie girl clerk behind the coun-
ter, saying:
II want some pins, if you please.
Not hat or safety, but, sharp, stick
cry pins. ,.,. -,
ooh, a great many-hundreds and
hundreds of them" answered the
bunny. Nurse Jane wants them to
put in a cake"
The little girl mousie looked at
Uncle Wiggily in funny way, but
she said nothing. for she thought
he was trying to play joke on her.
"Wen. if he wants plenty Of pins
he'll have to pay for them" she said
to herself. SO she wrapped up about
FORTY 'leven sixteen papers of sharp
stickery pins, and gave them to the
bunny. BY this time Uncle Wiggily
was thinking of suhflower seeds, SO
he really did not notice what was
given him.
He paid the mousie girl, put the
package of the papers OF pins IN ms
pocket, and skipped along to seed
store. .. 1919, l.
said to the Monkey Doodlegenueman
behind the counter
"How many" asked the Monkey
Doodle gentleman, taking up a pig
scoop to dig the seeds from oarre'
where he kept them,
ooh. lust few. Nurse Jane Il
going to pin up a new dress, sup
nose" said the bunny.
So the Monkey Doodle gentleman
said nothing. though he looked al
Uncle Wiggily in a funny way tn'nk-
inc the bunny was trying to play q
trick. 49,, eo,,
seeds" said the Monkey Doodle 10
himself. 'Tf he's trying to be funny
I can be that way too, and nell nave
To come tack for mere.
So with a few sunflower seeds II
HE pockets, where he should have
had whole lot of them, and abou'
sixty Eleven papers of pins, where ne
sho,ld have had only one, Uncle
Wiggily hoped back 10 MS hoi'o"
stump bungalows