The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-01
Copyright, 1920, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
BY HOWARD r. GARIs.

One day, when Uncle Wiggily was
hopping home to his hollow stump
bungalow, over the fields and
through the woods, he happened to
see Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy,, his
muskrat lady housekeeper, and Flop
py Twistytail, the little piggfe boy,
just ahead Of him.
Il guess Nurse Jane has been over
to call on Mrs. Twistytail, the pig
lady, and is now going home to get
my supper" thought the bunny gen
tleman to himself "Floppyi has been
fpolite enough tC walk home with
Nurse Jane, but l can take her the
rest of the way"
So the bunny gentleman skipped
along and soon caught UP to Nurse
Jane and Floppy
Now I'll skip back because l have
my school home work to study" said
Floppy. And don't forget, Nurse
Jane, to make me some fudge candy
as you promised you would
I'll not forget" spoke the musk
rat lady housekeeper. Then she and
Uncle Wigglly skipped along togeth-
'er and Floppy turned back, the wlnd
whistling through the llinky hole IN
his Idll lTOIil WHICH he lOon as
What was this about fudge can
dy?" asked Uncle Wiggily, as he
helped Nurse Jane UP the steps OF
the hollow stump bungalow.
"Oh, | promised Floppy and Curley
Twistytail that I'd make them some
the first chance had" said the
muskrat lady. 81 was over calling on
their mother this afternoon, and
those piggie boys were very polite
and kind to me"
"Then, by all means, make, them
some fudge" agreed Uncle Wigglly.
The next day, just as the bunny
rabbit gentleman Was about to 60
ont for his regular adventure, Nurse
Pane suddenly switched her tail ana
exclaimed. ,,v
There! / forgot all about it,"
Forgot ABOUT what" asked Uncle
Wiggily. Making Floppy's fudge
candy?"
"NoA though, must do that soon.
But I was lust going out to the NOV
ing pictures with Mrs. Wagtail, the
goat lady, and happened to remem-
her that I am having new silver
toasting fork come from the six and
four cent store today. II you go out
and I go out, there will be no one
here to take the fork" :,
"Oh, I'll stay here until it comes
said Uncle Wiggily kindly Il m not
very keen about going out at once
Hon along to the pictures, Nurse
Jane. I'll wait here
Now, Uncle Wiggily had a reason
for saving this, but he did not tel
his muskrate lady housekeeper.
Are YOU sure you don't NINA
staving i'm" asked the muskrat lady
housekeepcr
Not bit" said Mr.. Longears,
twinkling his pink nose until IT
looked like the pendulum of an alarm
clock,
"Then I'll skip along" said Nurse
Jane, and skip she did, leaving the
bunny gentleman home alone in the
hollow stump bungalow.
"Ah! Now is my chance" whis-
pcred Mr., Longears. "Tll make that
fudge candy for Floppy. I can do as
we'll as Nurse Jane, | think II |
made peanut bugs that scared the
Fuzzy Fox | can make fudge candy
that a piGre hoy will like"
Uncle Wiggily knew a little about
making candy. He knew you had to
boil sugar. or mOlasses, or something
sweet on the stove. and then pour
II on a huttcred pan to cool And you
could put nuts or popcorn or things
like that in candy to flavor it.
Il think you put chocolate in
fudge" said the bunny to himself as
he went out in the kitchen. So he
took from the pantry the dishes he
thought he would need and began.
In a pan he put some sugar and mo-
lasses to boil, adding bit OF butter,
some shaved up chocolate and things
like that.
We'll. guess it's done now" said
Uncle Wiggily when the fudge had
boiled about a minute, or maybe a
minute and half. mo use boiling
all the sweetness away"
So he poured what he had boiled
out on a buttered tin plate and walt
ed for it to cool.
And while Uncle WiggilV was sit
ting in his hollow stump bungalow,
looking at the pan of warm fudge
candy, and waiting for it to cool, the
door opened.
II wonder II Nurse Jane is back
from the pictures so soon thought
the bunny. He picked up the tin of
fudge and was going to hide it to
surprise Miss Fuzzy WuzzY when 1t
became cool. but Just then the door
opened wider. and in came the
WooZie Wolf,
"Oh, ho No you don't" cried the
Wolf. as he saw what was in Uncle