El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-03
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE WI5GILY AND TIE SNOW OR
--. sy HOWARD GARIs .-.--

sen store when she came from the
movies. and there was nothing in the
! bungalow for Grandpa Goosey an.
I Uncle Wiggily 70 eat Of course.
there were plenty OF things in the
/ cupboard, such as flour. eggs, sugar
] cooked ready TO eat
i know what ] can do to get up
! little lunch" said the bunny rabbit
I gentleman.
3 ~Whatg" asked Grandpa Goosey-
"Fu make some snow cream"
: answered Uncle Wiggily.
snow cream2 How do you make
! that2" asked the goose gentleman
Just the same as ice cream, except
you use snow instead OF ice" replied
( Mr.. LonEears. NOW you 90 out IN
] the back yard and scoop me up a
pan full Of clean snow, Grandpa
Goosey, and I'll get the other things
So when the snow was brought In
] Uncle WiEEily mixed with IL some
milk and eggs and sugar and cocoa
nut and cornstarchs ana stir every
thing up together
There is the snow cream almost
made" he said to his company. Now
III just put in a little vanilla flavor,
set the pan out IN the snow drift TO
cool and it viii soon be ready for US"
Uncle Wiggily took a bottle down
off the pantry shelf There was some
thing bro IN in the bottle
This is the vanilla flavoring ex-
tract" said the bunny, as he emptted
nearly the whole bottle into the snow
cream Il like my things we'll
favored" he said
so do J." spoke Grandpa Goosey-
Uncle Wiggily set the pan OF snow
cream out on the back steps TO get
cold ana frozen, and while waiting
for this. the bunny and Grandpa
I Goosey talked about the weather and
how much il cost TO live nowadays.
All Of q sudden there sounded q
noise out the back steps
Il guess thzt's Nurse Jane coming
home from the movies" said Uncle
Q Wiggily. Il don't want her TO fail
, over our snow cream and spill It."
Quickly he opened the door and
there. on the stoop wasn't Nurse
Jane at all but the bad old Skeezicks!
The Skeezicks had started to eat the
snow cream which he saw as he was
. sneaking up the back steps, but some
thing had happened
The Skeezicks was pulling and tug
ging at his mouth with his paws His
mouth seemed to be tightly closed.
and he couldn't get Il open. which
was a bad sign
what's the matter you your
asked Uncle Wiggily.
with a long pun and q strong pull
the Skee finally got his mouth open
ter with meg" he cried ITS your
snow cream That's what the mat
teri I took a bit and Il stuck NY
Jaws together as fast and anythingl
o. wowl"
That's funnyr' said Uncle Wig
gily- 7 wonder what / put IN the
snow cream % make II so tight and
sticky2"
why. you put in glueF said
Grandpa Goosey, coming to the door
with the nearly empty brown bottle
in his wing. You thought rhe glue
was vanilla, and you put tba- n the
snow cream for flavoringi"
"Oh, my No WONDER the Skeezfcks
was fooled and all stuck upl That's
why he made such a humping noise."
laughed the bunny. Then he threw
that snow cream away, and made
fresh cream with real vanilla, but
the Skeezicks didn't come back to get
any OF that And Nurse Jane had a
fine time at the movies
But II the wind doesn't blow the
feathers off the duslnE brush, and Z
make It look like a ha=d boiled egg
sliding down stairs with the sold {
1ish, III tell you next about Uncle Z
Wiggily and the Comb.=CopyriEh /
1919. by the Mcclure Newspaper /
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