The Washington herald., 1920-03-25
chill D REN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
By HOWARD n. GARls
UNCLE WICGILY AND
JOHNNIE'S TOOTH.

Come. Johnniei Get up and hur-
ry off to the woods with BiIlie!-
called Mrs. Bushytaii to her squir-
rel boy one morning.
II don't want to gor answered
Johnnie" grumbling like from un-
der the bed clothes.
Don't want to go? Why. the
very idea% cried Nurse Jane Fuzzy
wuzzy.
Something must be the matter
with him." said Mrs. Bushytail, anx-
ious like.
"I'Il go UP and see." offered Un-
Gle wiggily.
Up the old rabbit gentleman
hoped to the room where the two
squirrel boys slept. Johnnie was
still cuddled up in oed. with the
quilt made Of soft cotton from the
mitkweed plant pulled over his
head.
mats the matter?" asked I'm
Gle Wiggily. .. .
"Toothache!" mumbled Johnnie.
Il guess l have a loose, hollow
tooth, and / got a piece OF hickory
nut candy in it last night and now
Oh dear! 1t hurts terrible!
You had better let me-" be-
gan Uncle Wiggily.
No, I'm not going to let you pull
II out" quickly cried Johnnie.
You didn't let me finish" spoke
Uncle Wiggily. with a funny twin
kle OF his pink nose. II think you
had better let me do something to
amuse you-make fun for you-and
then you will forget about your
aching tooth"
"Oh, yes. thank you, that will be
fine" cried Johnnie. II thought you
were going to pull my tooth and
"Oh, no! Who said anything
about pulling a tooth?" laughed the
, bunny gentleman.
Uncle Wiggily hoped from John
nie's room to the Is and l6 cent
store and hoped back again with
something done up in a paper.
rs that tooth medicine for John
nie?" asked Nurse Jane.
You might call 1t that" said Un-
Gle Wiggily. Have you a piece of
string. Mrs. Bushytail?" he asked
the squirrel lady. "a good, strong
piece of string?"
"Oh. are you going to tie a string
to Johnnie's aching tooth and pull
it out?" asked Mrs. Bushytail. II
would be so glad IL you could"
We'll, I wouldn't want to 60 so
| far as to say i am going to pull
Johnnie's TOOTH" spoke the rabbit
gentleman.
Then having been given a strong
piece Of string. Uncle Wiggily car
ried the bundle he had brought from
the IL and IL cent store up to john
MES room.
Did you get an automobile?" ?"
asked the little squirrel boy.
No, thought you'd rather have
an airship, so / got that" said the
rabbit gentleman.
The bunny gentleman took the
airship from the package he had
brought from the three and four
cent store.
What's that for?" asked John
ME.
You'll soon see." said the bunny
gentleman And now, Johnnie.
take this fan in your right paw and
this other fan in your left paw" he
said to the squirrel boy. and he
handed him two large palm leaf
fans. Fan as hard as you can, to
make a wind to start the airship.
IL you don't fan IL won't work. And
here Is a string / tied to the airship
to keep it from sailing out the win
dow after II gets going. Someone
must hold the end of the string.
But let me see. You can't hold
the string because your paws are
full of fans. l can't hold IL for
must look after the airship, and yet
the string must be held"
"Oh, i know! I can hold IL in my
mouth" cried Johnnie. I'll hold
the string in my teeth, and fan with
my two paws"
The very thing" said Uncle
Wiggily and again his pink nose
twinkled in a funny way.
Uncle Wiggily started the air
The airship went faster and faster
rose UP and flew. The string, one
end of which was in Johnnie's
mouth, pulled tighter and tighter,
and then, all Of a sudden. the squir-
rel boy gave a cry, and shouted.
"Oh. my tooth is pulled! My ach-
ing tooth is pulled! The string I
held in my mouth got twisted
around my bad tooth, and the air
ship pulled it out"
And II the loaf OF bread doesn't
try to squeeze into the molasses
jug, to hide away from the butter
knife. I'll tell you next about I'm
Gle Wiggily and Billie's necktie.