The Washington herald., 1920-05-05
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UNCLE. WIGGlY AND
JnaMIE's sJTTNEY.

oat in tho yard. behind the WIZ
'blewobble duck house. Uncle wig
'gily Loneears, the bunny rabbit
gentleman. heard a great noise Of
pounding and hainmering and saw
ing one day.
my. Ny! I must see what that
,is,. spoke the bunny.
Uncle Wiggiiy saw. Jimmie, the
boy duck, working away at n soap
box. some wheels, pieces OF tin. bits
of string and other, things.
What are you making, Jimmie ?"
asked Uncle Wiggily.I
Il am making jitney." answered
Jimmie. First I was going 70 make
an express wagon, but thought II
would be more fun to have jitney.
and I can let, the other animal boys
and girls have ride in tt"
That Is very kind of you, Jim
rnie,1 said Uncle wiggiiy.s When
will your jitney be finished 30 q per-
son can ride in it?"s
! 'tOh. in a little while: the duck
boy replied. II Just have to put, on
The rabbit gentleman looked at
tJimrnies 5ltney., SO two wheels
were alike and the back end of the
soar, box looked as II It would break
lon At any moment. Besides this the
bottom looked as though II might
fall out and as for the handle by
which 1t was to be jiggled along,
that was as loose as your tooth
sometimes gets before It 10 pulled.
"well Jimmie. your jitney looks as
II It might break down on the road"
said Uncle wiggny. =. -.
"oh.' even real 'jItneys do thatY
quacked Jimmie. That makes It all
J the more fun" -. t.... |.
Uncle wigRily was on his way
home after call on Mr.. whitewash.
ibis polar bear gentleman friend,
gentleman felt a very yrhard rheuma-
ftism pain. 49,. ~. -
81 fear / shall never be able to
get to Mrs Wibblewobble's," sadly
said Uncle Wiggily.
All Of sudden. along the, wood
land path came Jimmie wIbblewob-
BILE and his homemade jitney. -.
'oh. Uncle wiggiry! What's the
matter?' duacked Jimmie. '.-
ITS my rheumatism said the
rabbit. IT can't walk or hop"
'Ha! Then am. just in time to
give you ride in my jitney!" said
Jimmie.
The rabbit uncle was slowly and
painfully getting up TO take a seat
in the soap box. jitney when, all Of
q sudden, there was a loud Egrowl
and out from behind a.lollypop bush
jumped the bad old fuzzy fox
! "oh, how cried the fox. Il am
just in time to get some of your
.souse. Uncle wigeily!." and he looked
very hungrily at the bunny's ears.
oh, please don't take.my souse,' ''
begged the bunny. H.
Yes, I shallr'. growled the fox.
and then Jimmie, with a low and
polite bow stepped forward and
said. 90.
Before you take any souse. Mr..
Fox, would you not like a ride in
my jitney?"
well, maybe I might" gargled
the fox, as he got in. But mind
you, don't you dare run away while
Jimmie Is giving me a ride" he said
to Uncle wiggily.
| There's no danger. I can't even
crawl" groaned the bunny gentle
man.
The fox got in Jimmie's jitney and
the duck boy started to run with It.
pulling II like an express wagon
Around and around in a circle near
the log on which Uncle wiggily sat
Jimmie pulled the fox in the jitney
Faster and faster Jimmie ran until
all OF a sudden one wheel broke and
came of.
stop, Stop" howled the fox, hold.
ing fast with his paws. But Jimmie
did not stop. Then the bottom came
Iout OF the jitney. and the fox fell
Through. Then another wheel came
/ of, and the back broke all to pieces
And finally the jitney just few all
apart and let the fox down on the
lground with such a hard bump that
his teeth bit his tongue.
The fox ran through the woods his
bitten tongue hurting him so he
coVldn't eat any souse for a week.
Il ran fast and busted my iitney
on purpose to scare the fox" said
Jimmie to Uncle. Wiggily. And now
I can't ride you home"
You don't need to-" spoke the
bunny gentleman. Il laughed so
lhard when ! saw the funny way the
fox fell through the bottom. that
my rheumatism is better. can
walk now"