The Washington herald., 1920-02-27

SUNRISE STORIES
UNCLE WICGILY AND
SUSIE'S WASHING.
ny HOWARD N. GARIs

Susie! Susie! Aren't you almost
ready for school?" called Mrs. Little
tail, the lady rabbit. to her little girl
! one morning. Aren't you almost
, ready? Sammie went long ago. and
Uncle Wiggily has finished his break
| fast"
"oh. yes'm. mother! I'll be right
down as soon as I finish washing"
Susie answered.
Finish washing? What do you
! mean?" asked Mrs. Lttletail. "You
washed before breakfast, Susie. and.
though 1 like you to be clean. you
don't need to wash your face and paws
again, before you go to school"
"Oh, I'm not washing my face and
paws" laughed the little girl rabbit.
I'm washing out some OF my dolls
clothes. but I'm afraid 1 won't have
time to hang them out on the line to
dry"
Indeed. / should say you would
mott" spoke Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy.
1T is almost 9 o'clock, Susie!
Hurry on to SCHOOL,"
Susie came downstairs with a little
toy basket of dolls wash in her paws
She looked at Uncle Wiggily in a
funny way, Susie did. She had not
forGotten how nicely he painted and
rapered her doll house.
Leave the clothes there, Susie. I'll
hang them out for you while you're at
school," promised the old rabbit
gentleman.
"Oh, thank you. Uncle Wiggily."
said Susie, as she hurried on to
school.
Then Susie skipped along, and
Nurse Jane, turning to Uncle Wig
gily. remarked:
DO you mean to tell me. Mr..
Uncle Wigg!ly Lonsears, that you
are going to hang out that child's
doll washing for her."
"Yes. why not" asked the
bunny gentleman. II have nothing
special TO do this morning, and by
hanging out Susie's washing l may
meet with an adventure, who
knows?"
So it was. n little later. that the
bunny rabbit gentleman, putting on
his tall, silk hat, and well wrapped
in his fur coat, took the little
basket of dolls clothes Susie had
washed. and began to hang them
out in the yard back of tine burrow
house.
Il don't suppose there is any spe-
cial way of hanging things up"
said Uncle WiEgily.
He spread n sheet over the line,
as he had often seen Nurse Jane
do. but, somehow or other, the
wind at once blew the sheet of
again.
Hum! l wonder what is the
cause of that?" thought the bunny
gentleman. Then he saw, at the
upper window of the underground
house, Nurse Jane and Mrs. Little
tail looking out and laughing at
him.
Throwing the sheet on the line
again, Uncle Wiggily hurried in to
get the clothes pins. He found d
bag of them near the doll house
Nurse Jane and Mrs. LitTietaiI
said nothing. While they stood at
the window, looking out In the yard,
they saw the bad old Skeezicks
come sneaking along. The Skeez-
icks was looking for Uncle wiggily.
and when he saw the sheet spread
over the line. he quickly hid himself
behind il as well as he could.
! oh. look at that cried Nurse
| Jane. The Skee will get Uncle Wig
gilyw
They hurried from the room 10
stop Uncle Wigglly from going out,
but he had already left the house.
Into the yard he hurried with tho
bag Of clothes pins.
oh, Uncle wiggily! Uncle Wig
gily" called Nurse Jane and Susie $
! mother from the window. Look
! out for the Skec,"
And. just in time. Mr.. Longears
looked and saw the thin legs of the
bad chap sticking down below the
sheet on the line.
Then what did Uncle WiggiIy do?
Well. I'll tell you. He looked and
he saw that the Skee had his thin
paws on top of the sheet as 1t hung
on the line. And, as quickly as a
jumping jack. the bunny gentleman
took some clothes pins and he pin
ned the Skeezicks fast to the line.
"Oh, let me go. Let me loose.
Take those pinching pins off my
paws" howled the Skee. But did
Uncle Wiggily do that? Indeed he
did not! He put more pins on the
Skee's paws and held him there un-
til the policeman dog came and took
the bad chap away. I'll tell you
next of Uncle Wiggily and Sammie s
paints.