Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-16
This way, Uncle Wsgilyr

"Who are you? ~ asked the bunny
gentleman, sort of hesitating like
and suspicious, for he thought may
be it was some other bad chap try
ing to fool him.
Il am Billie Wagtail, the goat"
was the answer, and | have a
dandy bunk in here behind, the
bushes"
do you mean bunk where you
sleep, as the sailors sleep in hunks
on a ship" asked Uncle Wiggiy,
changing the basket from one paw
to the other. for it was heavy
mean the basket was.
mo, | don't mean a sleeping
bunk" bleated Billie. II mean a
hiding bunk. This is where ] hide
when l play games and they Il
never find you Are you playing
tag or hide and go seek with Sam
mic and Susie Littletail?" asked
Billie the goat.
"Neither one" answered Uncle
Wiggily, as he saw Billie crawling
out from a hollow log hidden be-
hind some sassafras bushes. The
Pip is chasing me, and maybe the
Skeezicks too, for all l know.
They're coming right along,'
Then come into my bunk and
hide" invited the goat boy, and
he crawled back into the hollow
log and Uncle Wiggily crawled
with him. only just in time, too,
for all of sudden along through
the woods came rushing the Pip.
But the bad animal, with horns
on his nose, who wanted to get
souse off Uncle Wiggily's ears, new
cr thought of looking in Billie's
bunk for the rabbit gentleman. The
Pip rushed on through the trees
crying: -,
I'm get him yet! I'll get him.
That's what the Pip howled.
But l guess he won't get you
this time" said Billie, as he play
fully tickled the bunny with his
horns inside the hollow log
II guess not" agreed Uncle Wig
gily. at was very good of you,
billie, to invite me into your bunk
hiding place. I'll wait a little
while to be sure the Pip and Skce
have gone, and then Ill go out
Wouldn't it be fun, Uncle WIZ
civ" bleated Billie. IF we had
good to eat whiie were
hiding here in my punk
1T would be fine!" laughed, the
bunny. There isn't much room TO
turn around in this hollow log bunk
of yours, but maybe we can eat
I'll see what's in Nurse James gro
Gerry basket. She bought the stuff
herself, and / Just called Tor It,
later. at the store. o..
Uncle Wiggily looked in the bas-
ket and found some sponge cake.
He ate a lot and so did Billie, Tor
they were hungry, and then they
found bottle of root beer In the
basket and they drank that on top
Of the sponge cake.
"My, | feel as if I'd eaten a full
meal" said Billie.
so do l." said Uncle Wisglly.
"And [ guess now it's time Tor me
to leave your bunk. The Pip Is
gone"
But. when Uncle Wiggily ana
rifle tried to crawl out of the goat
hov's hollow log bunk hiding place,
they were all swelled up from eat
ing sponge cake and drinking root
beer. and they couldn't squeeze out
of the hole in the log.
ooh dearr bleated Billie. "What
shall we do? 1t is almost as baoi
as if the Pip had caught you, IN
Gle Wiggily." -.
"Not quite" said the bunny,
.'But almost. Let's try again 10
squeeze out.' They tried, but they
couldn't, and Billie was thinking
they'd maybe have to stay there
all night when. all of a sudden.
Uncle Wiggily thought of new
nutmeg crater he had seen In the
basket.
Taking out the nutmeg crater
which was like a rough file, the
bunny quickly scraped the mole III
the log big enough so he ana Bli-
lie. fat as they We're from eatihs
the cake, could get out,
ooh, how glad ! am pleaiea
Billie, and Uncle Wiggily was glau
also Then he bought more cake
for Nurse Jane, and hoped to ms
hollow stump bungalow And, II
the rocking chair doesn't dance on
one leg when it's giving the sofa
cushion 4 ride to. ,Ranbury Cross,
IN tell You next about Uncle wig
gily's hot day.