The Washington herald., 1920-08-18
CHILDREN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
BY HOWARD r. GARls
UNCLE WIGGILYS SPRINK-
LING CART.

dry and dusty" said Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy, who was Uncle Wig
gily's hollow stump bungalow
Keeper. Il wish it would rain!
The place is so dry and dirty, with
clouds of dust flying around. and
the grass is all drying up"
y 7 think I'd better get out the
hose and do a little sprinkling,"
said the bunny rabbit.
y 1T would be fine!" exclaimed Miss
Fuzzy Wuzzy.
j, So Uncle Wiggily turned on the
water in the hose and then he went
down in front OF the bugalow,
'sprinkling the grass, the flowers
and the dust and washing the front
porch.
~ "Oh. that's lovely" Nurse Jane
said with a happy sigh, as she came
out to sit down.
Yes, you are very lucky to have
someone do the hose sprinkling in
front of your house" spoke Mrs.
'Longtail. the mouse lady, walking
past just then. The rest Of Wood
land is pretty dry" went on the
mouse lady. Il wish it would
rain"
o. I'VE need it," said Nurse Jane.
.. After Mrs. LongtaiI, who was the
mother Of JoIlie and Jillie, the two
cute mouse children, had passed on,
Uncle wiggily was noticed to be
thinking very hard.
DO. What's the matter?" asked Nurse
Jane, as she saw that his pink nose
was hardly twinkling at all.
.. "Oh. I was just thinking Of some
. way so I could make it rain here,
and sprinkle cooling water in front
of all the places, as I wet down
here with a hose" said the bunny.
oh, you can't make it rain.' de-
.cIared Nurse Jane.
NO, but II I had a sprinkling
cart I could almost make it seem
like rain" Uncle Wiggily answered.
"Tll do it too. I'll make sprink-
ing cart
.. How" asked Nurse Jane.
', Why, all need is a big sort ot
tank that will hold water and
some wheels" went on the bunny.
HI can get Cup. the kind horse, to
pull it for me and I'll steer. or l
could even take the water tank in
my auto. guess that would he
L. a
put an old coffee strainer to make
the water scatter out. like from a
real sprinkIng cart"
We'll. don't get hurt, whatever
YOU do" said Nurse Jane. and Uncle
,wiggiIy said he'd be careful.
He found an old vinegar keC that
would do for a tank. He had TOodle
and Noodle. the beaver boys, gnaw
a hole in the bottom at one end. 50
the water would squirt out after il
had been put in the bUnE hole on
top. Then Uncle WigEily fastened
the keE tank on his auto, and on
behind he put an old coffee strainer
IN place so it would scatter the
water.
Vow I'll ridc around on my
sprinklinE auto and splatter water
on all the hot. dry places said
Uncle WiEEily. as he climbed into
his machine. which had bologna sau-
,sages for tires. And. when Uncle
@wiEgily wanted to go fast. he sPrin-
kIed pepper on the sausaEes. But
he didn't want to go fast now. as
he wanted to let the water sprinkle
out and sink in to settle the dust.
on he started. and as soon as Sam
mie and Susie Littletail. the rabbit
children, saw the sprinklinE cart.
they cried:
"Oh. come on, let's hitch behind
and get a shower bath
That's what we'll do" chartered
Billie and Johnnie. the two squirrels.
Uncle wiggily didn't mind the AMI
imal children having a ride and get
ting a shower bath. as they had on
their old summer clothes.
Up and down rode the rabbit gen
-tleman in mis- sprtnkling cart auto.
and son he had made Woodland as
cool and damp a. II it had rained
It'll just sprinkle a little over in
front Of the den Of Mr.. Whitewash.
the polar Dear gentleman" thought
the bunny as he filled up his tank
for the last tire--. He feels the heat
very much. ant a sprinkle will keep
him cool"
D. So, having Fts sprinkler full Of
water. Uncle WlEEily started for the
cave Of Mr.. WItewash. the nice 10
lar bear Eentlj-1an He did not let
any water out on the way. Uncle
WigEily didn't, as he was saving it
for the bear
All Of a sudden. when Uncle Wig
Gily wasn't looking. up behind his
sprinkler auto sneaked the bad old
SkuddlemaE Eoon.
"Oh. now I'll get some souso"'
thought the SkuddlemaEoon. I'll
hitch myself on behind Uncle Wig
Etly's auto. Then I'll climb up over
the back and grab him before he
Knows who has him. Oh. this is a
lucky day for me-"
Not knowing what kind Of an
auto Uncle WiEgily was driving
The SkuddlemaEoon ran after it and
hitched on behind, as the animal
children had done No water was
coming out then. but. a little later,
Uncle Wiggily got in front of the
polar bear gentleman's cave
Now for a good sprinkler said
Uncle Wiggily. and he pulled the
string that yanked the plug out of
the keg and let the water loose
Out it spurted from the hole
through the coffee strainer. and ali
over the Skuddlemagoon, who
wasn't expecting it!
oh. wow. It's raining! Oh. woe
is me- I'm all wet, I didn't know
Uncle Wiggily carried thunder
showers in his auto, Oh, I'm so
soaked I can't eat souse" cried the
SkuddlemaEOon.
Then the bad chap ran awav all
dripping and spattered. and the
bunny went down in fronr Of the
bear gentleman's cave and made
him nice and cool. And how the
bunny laughed when they told him