Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-13

man, as he twinkled his pink nose
like red dress that has iaded III
the wash. Il can hold the hot
nail in my pinCers. Nurse Jane,
and that's just what I'll do. III
soon have that hole in the broom
handle for you"
Uncle Wiggily laid aside ms pa
per. found his pliers and. then Eot
a large pointed nail from the wood
ahed, There was a good fire in the
kitchen stove and Uncle NigGllS,
taking off one of the lids, thrust
the nail deep in the hot emberS,
using his pinCers so he would not
burn his paws.
After time the nail WAS red
hot in the stove. and taking it out
in his pincers. Uncle Wiggily press
ed the red, sharp point against
the broomstick near the top.
The hot nail began to bore the
hole as Il mouse eats his way into
a soft cheese, and a cloud of smoke
rose up, making Uncle Wiggilys
eyes smart and causing his pink
nose to snecze:
"A-choo, A-choo- A-ker-choo
choc." sneezcd the bunny.
II hope Nurse Jane doesn't hear
me-" said Uncle Wiggily, as he
pressed the hot nail farther and
farther into the hole he was boring
through the broom handle. If
she hears me sneezinG she'll think
I'm taking cold and she'll make
me put on red flanncls that itch
like anything. She hasn't got me
any new ones since the WooZy
Wolf took my first ones away,
and | hope she forgets all about
them. But she'd better not hear
me Sneezc.
After that Uncle Wisgily leaned
his head to one side as he heated
the nail red hot again and once
more pressed it into the black hole
he was boring through the broom
stick.
The nail would only bore little
way each time and then it would
get cold and need to be heated
again. So it took Uncle Wiggily
quite a while to make the hole all
the way through. But he did not
mind. In fact he rather liked it,
now that he remembered to keep
his face out of the smoke.
Now the hot nail, burning its
wav through the broomstiCk made
quite lot of smoke. 1t rolled in
clouds up to the kitchen ceiling
but the bunny gentleman was sc
busy boring the hole that he never
noticed,
II think it will go through this
time" said Uncle Wiggily, as he
took the nail out of the stove once
more. It was glowing red hot ano
SHARKS seemed to scatter from II
as they do from the hot horseshoe
in the blacksmith shop. Uncle
Wiggily pressed the nail into th'
hole and, all of sudden, IT wen
through. At the same time a
larger cloud of smoke than ever
puffed out.
Then. all of a sudden, there was
cIang of bells outside the hollow
stump bungalow; there was toot'
ing Of whistles and voices shouted
Fire. Fire, Fire. Uncle Wig
rilv's house is on fire.
And then, all at once, a stream
of water shot through a kitchen
window that had been left open
The water spattered on the hot
nail that had bored hole through
the broomstick, and the water
Kissed like snake and spattered
all over the bunny.
Here, Here! What's the mat
ter? What's going on?" cried Tn
Gle Wiggily, running to the 'nr'
dripping wet. There he So the
whole fire department of woodland
gathered in front of his ,an. oW
and they were squirt 1r water
through the window, out ~ "1t'h
had poured a cloud of slaatN .
"Your bungalow is on II .''f +
Mr.. whitewash, the p tsr paat