The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-07
5lElIVNCLE WlGGIX I ~
BEDTINE STORY


| fas as Uncle Wiggily's.
Whats the matter, Susie?" asked
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzy, the muskrat
dust the goldfish. "You look sad"
Yes" said Susie. Il am sad. want
something and ] can't have it."
Why don't you ask UNCLE Wiggily?"
went on Nurse Jane; He would do
anything for you. Susie"
Yes, | know, Nurse Jane. but don't
! like to trouble him, Every time Sammie
| wants anything, or I want it, ! go to
Uncle Wiggily. He. must be tired
| Oh, | think not" said Nurse Jane
But what is it you want. Susie, and
| hint about itG"
We'll. l want a sled for my doll. said
| the rabbit girl. Lulu and Alice Wib-
| blewobble,, the duck girls. each have
doll sled, and l don't see why | can't
But | am not, going to bother Uncle
| Wiggily. He has had trouble enough
since. his hollow stump bungalow
burned
Yes, Uncle Wiggily has his trouble"
| Nurse Jane said, but still he is always
| glad to make things for you children.
l don't see how he could make a dolls
| sled, but If get good chance I'll ask
| him"
| We'll, I'll try and be happy without
; it," sighed Susie.
Hal" That's my brave little rabbit
self as he hid behind the door. And
| now, just because Susie is good and
! doesn't want to cause trouble, III go
get her a doll sled at the eight and
innocent store"
Slipping softly out of the hurrow
house, the rabbit gentleman was soon on
his way over the snow to the store. But
meanwhile, Susie had a plan of her
| own.
IN see if I can't make doll sled Of
INV hn eyufI IN 11ar TIayn
is nc. use in depending on Uncle Wig
gily for everything"
Out in the woodshed Susie found an
old basket. 1t was just about large
enough for her doll.
But / need a handle on it. and run
ners to make it slip easily over the
snow" she said First. for a handle"
She went down cellar and found an
old doll carriage of which every part
was broken except the handle. Susie
brought this up and tied it to the bas-
ket with pieces of string.
Now. what shall | do for slippery
runners?" thought the little rabbit girl,
She looked around, with no one to help
her, and pretty soon she found some old
corset steels. The steels had come out of
corset that Billie Wagtail the goat
boy. had found near the duck pond
| ocean one day. Billie and Sammie had
| played the steels were bows for their
arrows, and then had left them down
| cellar,
THE steels will be just the things for
Susie exclaimed.
1t did not take long to fasten the
| thin pieces of steel to the basket and
| then with the handle, it was all ready
| for a trip.
Susie found a little blanket and,
| wrapping her doll up in it, placed her in
the basket sled, Then, by pushing on
the handle Susie was able to give her
doll a fine ride over the snow.
| I'll walk along until l meet Uncle
| Wiggily," said the little rabbit girl,
| though she did not know where he had
| gone.
! All of sudden, as Susie was pushing
the basket doll sled down the path, she
saw Uncle Wiggily hopping toward her
as fast as he could hop And behind
him was running a bad old fox,
| TN get you yet" barked the fox, and
he seemed to be getting closer, as
| Uncle Wiggily could not run very fast
on account of carrying something in
| his paws.
oh the fox is going to get Uncle
Wggily!" thought Susie, Il must stop
| him.
Quickly taking her doll out of her
homemade sled, Susie gave the basket
a shove. 1t curved around out of Uncle
| Wiggily's way and then ran right kerr
bunko! into the fox He stumbled over
| it, put his feet through the basket, the
handle caught him around the neck and
| the corset steel runners flipped him so
hard on the end of his soft and tender
nose that he cried a loud ''Yowl" and
away he ran, not hurting Uncle Wig
gily at all.
ooh, Susie, you saved me- but you
spoiled your nice doll sled" spoke the
bunny.
You're worth forty sixteen doll
sleds!" said Susie, hugeing the bunny
| gentleman.
We'll, here is a new one just bought
for you" said Mr.. Longears, and it was
| the most beautiful sled in all the nine
and ten-cent stores, Susie was happy
now, and didn't mind about her home
made sled being broken.
So this teaches US it is a good thing
to know how to bake buckwheat cakes
for breakfast, and if the icicle doesn't
melt and run down the back of the
snow man so he sneezes his hat off III
tell you next about Uncle Wiggily and
| Sammie'S cave