The Washington herald., 1920-11-08
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UNCLE WICGLY'S CARROT ROAST.

! One morning, Just a. he was
going to hop out OF his hollow
stump bungalow to look for an ad-
venture, Uncle wiggily. the bunny
rabbit. heard Nurse Jane Fuzzy
twuxxy. his muskrat lady house
keeper, rafting away among the
dishes. the pots and pans In the
sTt.s too bad Nurse Jane has SO
much bungalow work to do"
thought the bunny uncle to him.
self. She can't get out and enjoy
life and have adventures as do.
It isn't fairl I'm going to see
about itr'
out in the kitchen and took . dish
towel down on the rack over the
stove.
! l-oh, wiggily, don't take that! It's
4 one of my best towels!" begged
/ Nurse Jane. IF you must have
rag. I'll get you piece OF an old
Il don't want ragg' said Uncle
| wiggily. IT was going TO help you
! dry the dishes. IT. isn't fair that
you should have. SO much house
work"
"oh. don't mind" said Nurse
Jane. But, all the same. she was
very>glad the bunny gentleman had
been so thoughtful as to help her.
! And after we get the dishes
/ wiped, Nurse Jane" said Mr.. Long
ears, wen go out for a walk in
| the woods.r
/ "oh.f / couldn't do that" cried
Nurse Jane. "I have the dinner and
| sumner to get"
! .Tut! Tut! None of that"
laughed Uncle wiggily. Il said that
we'd 60 to the woods and SO We
shall! Well take along some car
rots and roast them in a bonfire for
our dinner and supper. Well come
back in the evening. Thus, you will
have had a day of fun and adven-
ture, and there will be no dishes
to wash"
"ohr sighed Nurse Jane in hap
py voice. 'I wish all housekeepers
/ had some one as kind as you, Uncle
wiggily."
"Nonsenser laughed the bunny
as he pinkled his twink nose-just
a moment, IL you please. That
doesn't sound right. Let me look
again. No 1t should have been
''twinkled his pink nose"
So Uncle wiggily helped Nurs-
Jane wipe the breakfast dishes and
put them away. Then the bunny
went down cellar ana came up with
some yellow. sharp-pointed carrots.
''We'n roast these in the woods.
and eat them for lunch and supper
he said to Nurse Jane, putting the
carrots in his pocket and some
matches in his tail silk hat, where
they would keep dry.
'oh. this is delightful" said Nurse
Jane, as she and Uncle Wiggily
started on through the woods, scat
tering the leaves under their paws.
As they passed through a little
grove of trees there was a rustling
in the bushes and a lot OF dried
twigs were scattered about.
"oh" exclaimed Nurse Jane,
clinging to Uncle wiggily's paw
Maybe that's the Fuzzy Fox"
No" answefd the bunny, as he
leaned on his red, white and blue
striped rheumatism crutch. That
Is a bird called tho brown thrush.
He loves to scatter the leaves to
look for bugs to eat"
And. surely enough, a moment
later out few a brown thrush, I
chirping:
-heliO, OHClc "lBBhy! " nat are
you and Nurse Jane going to do?"
Have a carrot roast" answered
Uncle Wiggily.
And when he and the muskrat
lady had walked a little farther
through the woods 1t was time to
make the fire and roast the carrots
You'd better let me cook them
for you," said Nurse Jane. as the
bunny gentleman scraped some
leaves and sticks together and made
cheerful blaze. Il don't mind
cooking when there are no pots
and pans to wash afterward."
Very well. you may roast the
carrots" said Uncle Wiggily. TAX
ing the yellow vegetables out of
his pocket. Nurse Jane began cut
ting off the sharp ends with a pair
of scissors she carried in her pocket
why are you doing that?" asked
Mr.. Longears.
'Oh. we don't want the sharp
points," said Miss Fuzzy Wuzy.
They might stick In our throats.-
So Nurse Jane cut on all the',,