The Washington herald., 1920-04-08
cHILDREN'S IS
SUNRISE STORIES
ny HOWARD r. GARIs
UNCLE WGGLY AND
ALGE'S PUDDING. f

'oh, Uncle wiggily! Uncle Wig.
gilyi Don't you want to go e
school with us today?
That was the jolly call Mr.. Long.
ears, the bunny rabbit gentleman
heard one morning as he awakened
and sat up in bed. At first he coulc
not imagine where he was.
This Is very strange" he said tc
himself. Those voices do not sound
like the chatter of Johnnie and Bill.
lie Bushytail. the squirrels"
"Oh, now I remember" said the
old rabbit gentleman to himself al
he twinkled his pink nose. 81 an
at the wibblewobble duck house
where Lulu invited me to stay In
such a funny way"
Uncle Wiggily jumped out of bed
and out of the window he popped
his head.
Don't you want to come to school
with us?" cried Jimmie and LULU
and Alice. who were playing dowr
in front of the duck house.
"Oh, not this morning. thank
you." said Mr.. kongears. II shall
have to help Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy bring over our things from
the Bushytail squirrel house. IL we
are to stay with you ducks"
"I hope you and Nurse Jane will
enjoy your visit with u.s." quacked
the duck lady.
''Oh, I'm sure / shall" said Mr.
Longears. and the. muskrat lady
who used to keep house for him in
the hollow stump bungalow. before
it burned, said the same thing.
After the rabbit gentleman had
All L. lrf et he
his tall, silk hat and took his red
crutch down of the piano shelf.
TIL just step over TO Mrs. Bushy-
tails and get the things we left
there" said Uncle Wiggily to Nurse
Jane and Mrs. Wibblewobble.
We'll, be sure and bring my lace
collar" said Nurse Jane. as the
rabbit gentleman went through the
kitchen.
Mrs. Wibhlewobble and Nurse
Jane were in the dining room
clearing away the breakfast dishes
and as Uncle Wiggily passed
through the kitchen they heard him
ask:
whats this nice brown thing in
the yellow baking dish?"
"Oh. that must be the pudding
Alice baked" said the duck lady
she made il the way the lady
mouse told her, and she was go-
ing to take it to school to show
her teacher"
80 this is Alice's pudding, is it?'
spoke the rabbit gentleman, as he
heard what Mrs. Wibblewobble said
We'll, I'll take IL to her on my way
IN the Rushyfail hotIse"
That will be very kind of you,'
quacked the duck ladv.~ and Nurse
Jane said the same thing. Their
carrying under his paw the yellow
baking din Uncle WiggiIy hoped
away.
Over the fields and through the
woods he went and he was think
ing il was very nice to visit around
among his animal friends, when oil
of a sudden. out from behind q
mulberry bush jumped the bad ole
Bazumpus.
"Ah. ha: Oh. ho"' howled the un.
pleasant Bazumpus. This is wherC
get my souse.'
Your souse?" repeated Uncle
Wiggily. questioning like and appre,
hensive. DO you mean my souse?'
! Have your own way" said the
Bazumpus appreciatve like.
But, as it happened, Uncle Wig,
| gily had set down on the ground be
/ side him, the yellow baking 6isf
with what he thought was Alice:
pudding in it. And when the Ba
! zumpus jumped up he landed 1owT
near the rabbit gentleman, but in
stead of landing on the earth. IN,
bad chap landed in the baking dish.
4 "Oh, look out for Alice's pudding
cried Uncle Wiggily in alarm.
And then a funny thing happened
for the Bazumpus suddenly arose IL
the air. shooting up like A rocket
| He bounced up off Alice's puddins
like a little girl jumping rope. anC
away. far ovel the tree tops. n,
sailed, never getting a smitch OF tn,
bunny's souse.
MY, That is a funny pudding O
Alice's." said Uncle WiggiIy. AnC
he looked carefully at the yellow
baking ash
Then. to his surprise. he saw hat
/ instead of holding Alice's puddin :;
the dish held Ji~lmie's brown rub
ber football. The BazumpuS hac
jumped,.n that pail. and had beer
bounced over the trees and far away
So everything came out right. yol
sec. and if the puppy dog doesn't le
the cat out of the laundry bag u
scratch the face of the clock. I'll tel
you next about Uncle Wiggily's an
Jimmie's jumbles.
Copyright, 1920, by Public Ledger CO..
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