Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-16
Bedtime Stories
For Little Ones
Copyright, 1920, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.
UNCLE wIGGII.Y UP A TREE.

What do you say to an apple
pie, Uncle Wiggily?" asked Nurse
Jane Fuzzy WRzy, of the rabbit
gentleman one morning.
'AVhy, to an apple pie l always
say! How do you do? Pleased to.
meet you Come againH That's
what say to an apple pie!" laugh
ed the bunny uncle.
ooh, didn't mean Just that,
spoke the muskrat lady house
keeper with a smile. Il meant to
ask il you wanted an apple pie
badly enough to pick me some APP
pies so l could make one"
"Of course III do that" said
Uncle Wiggily. 81 picked you
some ripe and green grapes yes
terday for jelly, and | had a funny
adventure with the bushy bear,
who got his mouth all puckered
up eating sour grapes. Now III
| pick some apples for pie, and l
may have another adventure"
But not with bear, | hope
exclaimed Nurse Jane. Gracious
me sakes alive and some orange
Juice lollypops. The apple trees
are too near the house to have a
bear shopping around them"
"Oh, 1 don't believe any pears
will come around" said Uncle
Wiggily. IF they do, I'll just bang
them to the ends of their soft and
tender noses with a soft apples.
and they'll be glad enough to run
home and let me alone"
well, be careful and don ran,
said Nurse Jane, as Uncle Wiggily
took the ladder and started for the
orchard where the apple pies
grew. | don't exactly mean that
apple pies grow on trees. But ap-
pies come off trees and when ap-
pies are peeled, cut up ana put IN
between the layers of crust, as
baby is put in her crib, and When
the apples and crust, with emma
mon on, are baked in the OVEN
that's a pie. SO, after all, PIE
really comes off tree, doesn IL
Uncle Wiggily, with a basket on
one paw and the ladder over ms
shoulder went into the orchatH,
which was not far from his nor
low stump bungalow The bunny
gentleman sang this little song:
Apple pies l dearly love,
And I'm glad to see,
That so many apples
Grow upon a tree.
Then he leaned the ladder
against the tallest tree in the or
chard, climbed up and began 10
pick apples off. dropping them IN
to the basket. h
Uncle Wiggily vas just thinking
how good Nurse Jane was to make
him ample pies, and he was Won
dering if he had not better sing
the second verse of the little song
when. all of sudden, he felt the
ladder slipping from beneath MS
paws. .,,.,.
ooh, my goodness me sakes allve
and a basket full of soap bnbbieS:
cried the bunny rabbit gentleman,
and he had just time to grab ho'u
of a branch over his head. with
his front paws. when the LADDER
slipped completely away from ms
uaws and left him hanging there.
Then by twisting and turning,
Uncle Wiggily managed to stand
upon a high branch, hooking the
basket, partly filled with apples
on limb near him.
my! That was lucky escape
for me-" cried Uncle WigSily, look
ing down from where he was hlgh
M in the tree. Il wonder what
made that ladder fall?'
II made it fall" snarled a voice
down on the ground below. Il
wanted TO have you up tree, so
you couldn't get down, so L pulled
the ladder away with my claws.
Now I'm coming up to get you"
who are you?" asked Uncle
Wiggily, as he saw creature, all
covered with fur at the foot of
the apple tree. -. .--