The Washington herald., 1920-08-17

Nellie is better at catching them
than 1 am" chirped Dickie. But
m going to practice hard"
Thats the boy!" cried Uncle
Wiggily with a jolly laugh, as he
hopped on. 1t did not take him
long to go to the store and get the
soap for Nurse Jane.
Il hope she isn't going to wash
your face with it," laughed the
! monkey doodle gentleman store
keeper as he wrapped the soap up
for Uncle Wiggily.
oh, no, just some clothes, 1
guess" replied the rabbit, and then
he went looking for an adventure
But he couldn't seem to find any
that day.
| hollow stump bungalow" thought
the bunny. AT any rate. Nurse
Jane may want her soap. I'll take
ii to her"
When the bunny rabbit gentleman
reached his hollow stump bungalow
once more he saw Nurse Jane out
| in the side yard with some tubs Of
water and some piles of clothes.
Did you bring the soap. wiggy?'
called the muskrat lady.
Il did" laughed Uncle wigsiIy.
'Whoop- doodle do! How jolly 1
feel! Here's the soap!" and he toss
| ed II like a baseball at Nurse Jane
"Oh, don't be so cut-up like"
laughed the muskrat lady, as she
ducked down so the soap wouldn't
hit her whiskers. Look OUT" she
went on, as the soap sailed over
the tub OF blueing water and struck
pile Of clothes. "Oh, now you
have done 1t, Wiggy" she screamed.
as a big white cloud Of something
arose from the stool where the pile
of clothes had been resting before
the soap hit them.
What did I do?" asked the bun
ny as he looked in surprise at the
floating white cloud
You knocked down my pile OF
feathers" said Nurse Jane. 'I took
the feathers out of some pillows to
wash the ticking. and l piled the
feathers in a sheet on the stool
You knocked the sheet down. with
your funny business. throwing the
cake of soap at me. and now look
the feathers are scattered all over.
flying through the air, Oh. what
shall 1 do" cried Nurse Jane, sadly
like.
I'll help you catch your feathers
Nurse Jane" offered Uncle WieRilv
(There, now you see what l meant
by the muskrat lady's feathers)
III get them all back for YOU"
How can you" asked Nurse lane
reaching up her paws and manag-
ing TO gather a few Of the fufrv
things
I'll jump after them and Ersb
Chip did" said the bunny. But he
soon found that he was not as live
ly as sparrow. He and Nurse Jane
did catch a few Of the floating
feathers. but most OF them were
fast blowing away.
m so sorry I cut up and was
foxy like. throwing the soap and
scattering the feathers" said Uncle
Wiggily. What shall I do~'
1t seemed as il all the feathers
would be blown away, but all Of
sudden. along came Dickie and Nell
lie Chip-Chip. the sparrows.
oh, here is a lovely place for US
to practice catching feathers"
chirped Nellie.
I'm with you-' whistIed Diclzie
Through the air the sparrow darted
catching feather after feather in
their bills as boys catch baseballs.
And each time the sparrows caught
feather they took it to Nurse Jane
or Uncle Wiggily. and it was put
in bag. At last. after hard work.
Dtckie and Nellie caught every
floating feather. and Nurse James
pillows were saved. and she gave
Dickie and Nellie some strawberry
longCake
So everything came out all right.
and II the automobile doesn't turn
upside down so the moonlight
tickles the soles Of its rubber tires.
I'll tell you next about Uncle Wig
Eily and the cat tails.