El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-13
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
Il UNCLE WIGGILY AND The BROOMSTICK.
By r.

I WISH you'd put q pole in this for
me-" said Nurse Jane 20 Uncle
Wiggily one morning. after the
bunny gentleman had finished eating
his breakfast Of turnip pancakes with
carrot gravy sprinkled over the top.
"A hole IN whatg' asked AIr. Long
ears. looking up from The Cabbage
Leaf Gazette he was reading. 20 see
what had happened fin Animal Land.
DO you want me TO jump through a
paper-covered hoop. like the clown in
the circus, and make a hole that
Wayg'
Indeed uotF' laughed Nurse Jane.
7 want you TO put a hole in this
broomsCck for me ] just bought a
new broom but the handle has no
hole in so I can run a string through
70 hang IL up Can you make a hole
for me, Uncle Wiggily27
The bunny gentleman looked care
fully through his glasses at the
broomstick- 1T was hard and round
and smooth
II I were a carpenter. and had a
sort OF anger OF gimlet. I could easily
make a hole in the broomstick.n In
Gle Wiggily sald. But, not being a
carpenter-
ooh. nonsenseF laughed Nurse
Jane. 'Tou don't need to be a car
penter TO bore a hole through a
broomstlcki Just set an old nail. heat
& in the kitchen stove. and when the
nail Is red hot hold the point against
the broomstick- The red hot nail viii
bore the hole for you"
Eyes, and az the same time &c viii
burn my paws spoke the bunny
gentleman Il guess I'd better 90 find
a carpenter. Miss Fuzzy WuEzy."
'-NonsenseF' said the muskrat lady
houEekeeper again You have pair
Of pincers. or pliers that you used to
fix the wire screens 70 keep out the
mosquitoes this sumner. Hold the red
hot nail in your pincers and It won't
burn your paws"
Hun! I never thought OF THAR
laughed the bunny rabbit gentleman,
as hetwinkled his pink nose like a red
dress that has faded in the wash y
can hold the hot nail in my piucers.
Nurse Jane. and that s. just what I'll
do. III soon have that hole in the
broom handle for you"
Uncle WigEily laid aside his paper,
found his pliers and then got a large
pointed nail from the Woodshed-
There was a good fire IN the kitchen
stove and Uncle Wiggily. 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 a time the nail was red hot
in the stone. and. taking u out in his
pincers, Uncle Wiggily pressed the
red. sharp point against the broom
stick, near the top.
The hot nail began TO bore the hole
as a mouse eats his way into a soft
cheese. and a cloud OF smoke rose up,
making Uncle Wiggily's eyes smart
and causing his pink nose 10 sneeze.
"A-chooi A-choo- A-ker-choo-
chooi" sneeEed the bunny
I hope Nurse Jane doesn't hear
mer' said Uncle WiEEilv. as he
pressed the hot nail farther and far
Their into the handle. II she hears
me sneezing she'll think I'm taking
cold, and she'll make me put on red
flannels 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 sneeze.
After that Uncle Wiggily 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 broomstlck
The nail would only bore a little
way each time, and then &c would get
cold and need to be heated again. So
10 took Uncle Wiggily quite a while 20
make the hole all the way through.
But he did not mind. In fact he
rather liked 10, now that he remsm-
bered 10 keep his face out OF the
smoke.