The Washington herald., 1920-10-08
Children S Sunrise Stories
by Howard II. Garis
Copyright, 1920. by Mcclure Syndicate.
UNCLE WIGGILY'S AUTUMN LEAVES

! one day. as Uncle WiggiIy was
/ out in the woods, looking around
! for an adventure. and wondering
what would happen when he found
/ one, he pcered through the trees and
/ bushes, and then he rubbed his eyes.
! Dear me" said Uncle Wiggily to
! himself, as he twinkled his pink
nose. i shall have to get a new
| pair of glasses if this happens very
often. Ny eyes do not often play
/ tricks on me like this. 1t looked to
! me as though | saw Il sassafras bush
: walking along. But of course that
could never happen"
| Uncle Wlggily walked along a
| little farther. hoping he w9s not
going to have trouble with his eyes
when. all at once, he took off his
glasses.
Something surely is wrong" said
the bunny gentleman. Il am almost
certain that l saw a branch from a
maple tree doing a hop, skip and a
jump. But Of course that could
never happen"
! SO Uncle Wiggily went along a
little farther, having rubbed his
glases on his silk handkerchief. He
| put them on again, and peered
through them.
But no sooner had he done so than
1 he cried:
/ Goodness me; sakes alive! ! WON
der what is the matter today? I'm
almost sure l saw little oak tree
| off there in the woods, trying to
stand on its head. But of course
that could never happen. Still it is
very strange that l have. three
! times. seen what l thought were
| branches moving. and the wind isn't
| blowing. either. This is very
/ strange
| Uncle Wiggily sat down on a log
and he was just going to twinkle
| his pink nose to see if there was
| janything wrong with that, when. all
of a sudden. it seemed as if all about
| him little trees. bushes and shrubs.
all bearing prettily colored leaves,
began to move about and bob here
and there. And some voices cried:
Hello, Uncle Wiggily!"
Goodness me, sakcs alive and
some roller skate lollypops!" cried
the bunny uncle. Bushes talking
as well as moving. This could never
happen!"
And then. to his surprise. the
branches and leaves seemed to fall
to the ground. and there stood Sam
mic and Susie Littletail, the rabbit
children: Jackie and Peetie Bow
Wow. the puppy dog boys. and
Johnnie and Billie Bushytail, the
squirrels.
What are you DOING" asked I'm
Gle Wiggily, as he saw that it was
the branches, carried by the animal
children, which had moved about.
The leaves hid the children from
sight.
I'VE are gathering autumn
leaves" barked Jackie.
For the lady mouse teacher In
the hollow stump school" chartered
Billie. the squirrel.
"What is she going to do with
Them" asked Uncle Wiggily. is
she going to make a bonfire of the
dried leaves?"
mo, indeed" answered Susie, the
rabbit girl. THE lady mouse teach
er said the autumn leaves were so
beautiful that she wanted some to
PUT around the school room. So
she let us out early. and we gath
cred bushes, branches and little
trees. See, aren't the leaves beau
tiful. Uncle Wiggily?"
Indeed they are" answered the
rabbit uncle, as he looked at the
red, purple, golden brown. yellow
and greenish leaves on the branches
the animal children had gathered
They are more beautiful than
some pictures 1 have seen. I think
I shall take some home to Nurse
Jane to put on the walls of my hol-
low stump bungalow. Yes. that's
what I'll do"
So Uncle Wiggily broke off some
branches of the sutumn leaves.
choosing the brightest colors he