The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-05
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UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE FOUNTAIN

4 'Why are you going 10 uo tiat anu
how can you make a fountainH
II am going to make one because 1t -
much cooler to listen to the splashing
of water" answered Uncle Wiggily. "As
| for how, if you watch you will see. |
will screw the hose on the Kitchen
faucet, drag the rubber pipe out here
in the yard, fasten it straight up in the
air on a stick driven into the ground;
you will turn on the water, and We'll
| have cool, splashing fountain"
THAT sounds lovely" said Nurse Jane
Il only hope your hose fountain, will
work.
"Oh, it will work all right" declared
| Uncle Wiggily as he twinkled his pink
nose very slowly for If he twnkled
| it too fast on a hot evening it might
get all red like a pink pin cushion.
So while Nurse Jane famed herself
I gan to make the fountain. He fastened
the hose on the kitchen sink fauset
and then dragged the hose around to
the yard near the porch, on which he
and Nurse Jane had been sitting.
Next the bunny gentleman drove the
the ground, and tied the nozzle of the
hose to this stick.
This makes the hose stand UP in
the air like a regular fountain" said
the bunny. :"Now, Nurse Jane, If you'll
kindly go in the kitchen and turn on
works"
So while the bunny remained near
the hose that stood upright on the
stick, the muskrat lady went into the
kitchen. She turned the. faucet.
Does the water squirt out?" she
called to Uncle Wiggily.
No. not yet. answered Mr.. Long
ears look carefully at the hose nozzle.
Il guess you haven't turned the fauset
all the way on; have your"
But maybe something is stuck inside
the hose"
Perhaps there Is" Uncle Wiggily
agreed. '1'll look down it and see ii I
can discover what It is. You keep on
turning the faucet and soon the water
VIII squirt out, our fountain will play
and we shall be most cool and lovelN"
So. Uncle Wiggily looked down the,
nozzle Of the hose and Nurse Jane, in
the Kitchen, turned the faucet on as
hard as she could
All OF a sudden along came the bad
standing. by the hose fountain and at
once rushed up to the bunny
Here! What are you looking att"
gargled the Pip away down deep in his
throat most impolitely. What are you
looking at? Stars through telescope?
way"
mo, I'm not trying to see stars" said
Uncle Wiggily. I'm looking to see
what makes my hose fountain stopped
up"
Nonsense" howled the Pipsisewab
even more impoltely. You are trying
to fool me! Let me take a look, and
then, after l see all there is to be seen.
I'll grab your souse and run, Here, let
me have a look!"
Rudely he pushed Uncle wigglly to
You had better be careful" said
the bunny gentleman. IF you don't, all
Of sudden"
Nonsense! Don't talk to mep
snapped the Pip.
the nozzle Of the hose which was to
be the fountain. And when the Pip
was looking down Nurse Jane suddenly
cried:
ooh, Uncle wiggily! 1 was turning
me faucet the wrong way all the time;
the fountain! Now I'll turn the
faucet the right way and youIl see
what happens"
Then the, muskrat lady suddenly
turned on the water, 1t spurted out
of the hose, which wasn't stopped up,
at all and the water with ali its might
squirted right In the face of the Pip
and all over him What do you think
oh WOW, Oh double WOW and troll
icy cars! yeled the ZIP. You played
a trick on me"' and the water squirted
harder than ever, and made the Pip so
wet that he had to run back home to
get dried out, and he didn't get He
bunny's souse after all. Then the
fountain played some more, and cooled
off Nurse Jane and the rabbit gentle
man, And II the hoptoad doesn't Jump
over the baseball when it's trying to
climb up and see il there's any green
cheese in the moon. III tell you next
about Uncle Wiggly and the humming
bird.