Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-30

I'll just slip in an extra piece
of pie for myself" said the bunny
rabbit, with a twinkle of his pink
nose. So he did, and then he went
upstairs to get his old red, white
and the rheumatism crutch, for
he didn't want to take his hest one
this time.
Nurse Jane came in from the
back stoop, after telling Mrs. Wib-
blewobble, the duck lacy, how to
boil lollypops, and the muskrat
lady said: 1866.
Now, / might as well give Uncle
Wiggily two pieces of pie as well
as one. 1t looks as if he'd been in
here, helping himself to Slice"
she went on, "but no matter" SO
she slipped her second piece of pie
into the lunch basket, making three
in all. Then Mrs. Bushytail, the
squirrel lady, called Nurse Jane TO
the telephone to ask about putting
hooks and eyes in a bed spread to
stop it from falling out Of the crib.
And while Nurse Jane was talking
on the telephone Uncle Wiggily
came in the kitchen again.
"Pll just slip myself a second
piece of pie" he said. blinking his
nose. Nurse Jane may forget TO
give me any" So he cur another
slice and put it in the lunch basket,
making one. two, three. four III all.
well, good by" sailed Uncle
Wiggily to Nurse Jane, singing his
lunch basket over his shoulder.
"Oh, wait a minute! l was go
ing to give you an extra piece of
pie!" called the muskrat lady, at
the last minute.
ooh, that's very kind of you"
said Uncle Wiggily, with bllnkle
of his left eyelid. "But as my lunch
basket is closed, wrap the pie in a
piece of paper and I'll put 1t in my
pocket"
This will be three pieces I've
given him, but no matter" thought
Nurse Jane, as she cut another
slice of cherry pie. And she didn't
know thing about the other two
pieces the bunny had cut for him
self.
Along and along walked Uncle
Wiggily, looking for an adventure,
with his lunch basket over his
shoulder. But adventures seemed
to be scarce that day.
II guess I'll sit down on a log
and eat the piece of cherry pie
from my pocket" said the bunny.
So down he sat and he was just
eating the pie and letting the red
Juice run down his paw, knowing
he could wash it off later, when,
all of a sudden, out from behind
a cinnamon bush jumped the I'M
pleasant old Whiffie Whaffie. The
Whlffie Whaffie had two heads
and faces and while one was asleep
the other was awake.
'Ha! Give me that cherry pie!
cried the bad Whiffie Whaffie most
grabbing the slice from
Uncle Wiggily's paws. Il like
cherry pier
80 do l." said the bunny, but
I never grab it away from other
folks. However. I'd rather have
YOU do that than take my souse.
And / think l can fool You. for
nat is not the only pie / have"
80 while the Whiffie Whaffe
with his one face asleep and the
other awake. ate the piece of pie,
Uncle wiggily reached in his lunch
basket and took out a second piece.
"Ha! That's funny!' cried the
bad Whiffie Whaffie, as he saw the
sunny eating more pie. 81 never
,new that there could be two pieces
If pie in the same lunch"
"Oh, yes" said Uncle Wiggily,
casual like. .,
well, I'll take that piece, too
,ried the bad chap, and before
Uncle Wiggily could take more
han three bites the Whit Whaff
as I call him for shorD grabbed
he second piece of pie and gobbled
t up.
"Well, still have another.
aughed the bunny, and, reaching
n he took out the third slice.
The Whiffie Whaffie was so sur
,rised he nearly fell over back
ward off a log.
well, you can't have any more
.fter that" sneered the unpleasant
lnimal, I'm take the last piece
# pie!' Il
He grabbed it away from Uncle
Tiggily, who was very sad. |
Eyes. I guess that's the last sof