El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND SUSIE'S LADY BUG.



Keep who, which or what7 The
PipsiseWah Of the Skeezicks7- In
CURED Uncle Wiggily, joking like and
funny as he took off bis tall. silk
3 crutch TO let the EnoWflakes slide
-Oh. it's just a little bug found
out in the cold" said Susie, but
E him or her for fear il may be a flea
: or a mosquito"
( Uncle Wiggily looked At the tiny
creature on Susie,s paw.
That's Lady Bug" said the rab-
/ bit gentleman she's a little red
Lady Bug"
Then 7 shall call him a her"
spoke Susie And please Uncle Wig
gily, mayn-t she stay here2 She Is 50
~Oh. well II she's q Lady Bug, !
s'pose it's ali right" said Nurse Jane.
i never heard OF lady Bugs doing
any harm i thought It was a potato
Dug maybe, or a gnaL You may keep
the Lady Bug. Susie"
Then the little rabbit girl was glad,
and she made a warm little nest for
the Lady Bug behind the stove. The
nest was built OF q hoilowed-out shoe
button, that came off the glove OF
Susie's littiest doll. so you can see.
Z from that how tiny the Lady Bug
was
Il am very thankful TO you Susie.
and you also, Uncle Wiggily, for be-
ing 50 kind 70 me-" said the Lady
Bug. and she was so small. and her
voice was so little that f was half an
hour after she said something before
I you could hear the sound OF Il. and
know what she meant
But Uncle Wiggily. and all the rest,
agreed that the lady Bug did no
harm. and Mrs. Littletall said she
might stay In the underground house
I burrow until the warm days OF spring
came Then the Lady Bug would fly
out OF the window and live inside a
rose. As Il was now. she could not
{ nv very much. only crawl. and her
legs were so short that it took her a
long time TO crawl from her shoe
D button cradle 10 the top OF the table.
where susie fed her on a bread
3 crumb chopped up fine and slfted
. through the looking glass Anything
larger would have choked the Lady
/ one day Uncle WiEgily had been
out looking for an adventure but he
I hadn't found one, and All tired out
and sad. be came hack 70 the under
ground house where he lived since his
| hollow stump bungalow had burned.
"Tll Just sit down Acre BY the fire
and rest" said the bunny rabbit gen
! tleman. and he stretched out In MS
easy chair Hello, Miss Lady Bug.
.
Hello" she answered back from
where she was warming herself at the
stove But il would be about the
middle OF next day before Uncle WIS
Eiiy heard that remark, so tiny was
the voicei
Well Uncle Wiggily went TO sleep
and the Lady Bug watched MIN, and
all OF sudden. just when the bunny. s
eyes were closed the bad old Baum
pus came sueaking along.
"Ah. hai This IS the time I get
Uncle WiEgily's sOuse. said the
Bazumpus as he looked IN the win
dow. Hes asleep. I'll open the
door and 20 IN before he hears me
one Of the family is away. And he
hasn't Sammie's toy automobile TO
scare me with, now
Il was true. as the Bazumpus had
said. Uncle Wiggily was home ali
alone. except for the LADY Bug
whom the bad chap could not see.
And the Bazumpus began 70 slyly
open the door TO get In and bite the
bunny's souse. Uncle Wiggny slept
"Oh. how can I awaken my friend.
Mr.. Lougears TO tell him Of the dam
ger he is iu2' thought the Lady Bug
III I cal out loud he VIII not hear
me until next week. i know what
III do, I'll fly over and tickle his
pinh twinkling nose II crawled
wouldn't get there until the week
after next Il is a little early for
me TO fy, but I'll do it,"
50 she flew over, and tickled Uncle
Miggliy's nose by walking up and
legs.
-A-ker-chooI What's the matter7"
cried the bunny suddenly awakening.
Then he saw the Bazumpus outside
trying 10 get in. and when the
bumpus saw he was discovered, or
seen as you might say, ne ran away,
shaking his paw at The Lady Bug, for
having spoiled his plans
But Uncle Wigglly and Susie and all
the rest loved the tiny creature very
much and she had two crumbs FOR
supper that night So II the vinegar
dqesn't hide In the molasses jug when
" cabbage is trying 70 find Il 70
pay tag with. III tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily's and Sammic's
h5rse--Copyright 1920. by Mcclure
newspaper Syndicate
A Choctaw Indian from Oklahoma,
VINO made a splendid record in the
United States army in France. has
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