The Washington herald., 1920-04-23
CHILDREN'S S
SUNRISE STORIES
BY HOWARD r. GARlS
UNCLE WIGGlY AND
LULU'S LANTERN.

Are you going to do anything
special tonight. Mrs. wibblewob-
ble?" asked Uncle wiggily. the
bunny rabbit gentleman. as he
came home to the duck house early
in the afternoon.
Nothing special. Why" inquir-
ed the mother of Lulu. Alice and
Jimmie.
How about you. Nurse Jane
Fuzzy?" went on Mr.. Longears,
turning to his muskrat lady house,
keeper
"Oh, 1 can go to a dance IL you
want me to-" Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy
answered. formal-like and reckless
We'll. 1t isn't exactly a dance"
went on the bunny rabbit gentle
man. but there is a good show
at the moving pictures tonight
It's about a wild time in boy and
girl land. II tells how a lot of
boys and girls were chased by
dogs and cats and how they had
to get away by climbing trees"
And so after supper Uncle Wig
gily took them all to the moving
picture theater in a hollow stump
barn, near the ice cave where Mr..
Whitewash, the Polar bear gentle
man lived.
Well. as Uncle Wiggily had said.
the picture was very funny. But
at last the picture was over. and
they all started for home.
"Oh. how dark it is!" suddenly
exclaimed Nurse Jane as she took
hold of Uncle Wiggily's paw.
Yes. some of the lightning bugs
must have flown away" said Mr.
Wibblewobble. And that, in ami
NAL land. was just as If the cleo
trio lights or gas lights. in your
city should suddenly be taken away.
1T is very dark" said Mrs. Wib-
blewobble. Il wonder if we can
see to find our way home?"
'Oh. yes we can" quacked Lulu.
II brought a lantern with me-"
Lulu handed Uncle Wiggily the
lantern she had so thoughtfully
brought with her and just as the
bunny gentleman was striking a
match, out of the darkness near a
clump of huckleberry pie bushes a
voice cried:
rs Uncle Wiggily there?"
Yes. I'm here" answered the
rabbit gentleman. trying to see, by
the light of the match. who it was
that was speaking. who are
your" asked Mr.. Longears.
7 am the Pipssewah, and the
Skeezicks is with me-" was the
answer. T guess you know what
we're afterr'
bunny uncle, ~hesitating like and
doubtful.
He guessed it the frst shot,
didn't he?" chuckled the Skeezicks
to the Pip.
He surely did" garGIed the Pip.
Come, now. Uncle Wiggily." went
on the bad chap, II see you have a
match there. Light up. and we can
see better to get your souse"
Let's throw stones at them"
cried Jimmie. Come on, girls."
he cried to his sisters.
"One moment now! Don't get
eXcited". howled the Skee. Make
a light. Uncle Wiggily!"
Uncle Wiggily. hardly knowing
what he was doing, suddenly touch
ed the match to the candle in
Lulu's lantern. All at once there
was fizzing and a sparkling and
a popping. A great light shone in
the woods. and showed Pip and
Skee standing in the middle of
the forest path. And then. all OF
once, some balls of FIRE popped from
the lantern and smacked full in the
faces of the Pip and Skee.
"Oh. wow! Oh, double WOW! Oh,
butter cakes and molasses loly-
pops" they howled and away they
ran through the woods, the balls
of fire popping after them out of
the lantern Uncle Wiggily held.
1T was a last years Fourth of
July Roman candle" answered the
duck girl. II thought that would
do just as we'll"
But if the flap jacks don't jump
off the egg turner when the dish
pan is trying to keep them from
falling into the bread box, I'll tell
you next about Uncle wiggily and
Alice's appetite.