El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-02
Bedtime Stories For The Lille Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE SOUIRTER CLAM
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Whats the matter. Uncle Wig
w gilyT' asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy one day, as she saw the
bunny rabbit gentleman looking at
his pink nose in the glass.
Something must be wrong an
swered the bunny. NY nose doesn't
twinkle at all like Il used to-
let me seer said the muskrat
lady housekeeper. and she Sook a
careful look There is something
wrong" she went on uneasy Ike 7
think you had better 90 to the sea
shore for a little change"
Perhaps I had" said Uncle Wig
gily. so he and Nurse Jane packed
their satchels and went down TO the
seashore beach. They stopped at a
birch bark bungalow. and before
supper they went for a stroll on the
shore.
As they were walking along. well
out OF reach OF the ocean waves that
rushed up on the sands all OF a
sudden Uncle Wiggily saw some wa
ter squirt up, as though from foun-
"oh. lookr' cried Nurse Jams. Nay
be Sammie or Susie Littletail. or
Johnnie or Billie Bushytail. OF some
other one OF the animal children Is
hidden under the sand. spraying wa
ter up with a rubDer ball"
'1iaybel" cried Uncle Wiggily.
Lets 90 lookr'
So he and Nurse Jane hurried down
the beach and there they saw a clam.
sitting IN e little hole, partly filled
with water, and the clam was doing
the squirting He would take some
water up in his open shell, and then
he would close the two halves OF his
shell together again. thus sending the
water out and up in a regular spray
And after doing this once OF twice
"a ~" rI 7HIa
and said:
-Alasl How unhappy I ann
Why are you unhappy asked
Uncle Wiggily, who, with Nurse Jane,
had stopped on the beach near the
shelly fellow.
] am unhappy because I can co
nothing IN this world" said the clam.
i wish TO sing or make music. and /
can do neither. SO my friends tell ne.
That is why an so unhappy"
-Oh, so you want to sing, do you2"
asked Nurse Jane
Very much" answered the clam
Perhaps you are a singer and do
not know It" suggested Uncle Wig
gily- Why don't you try7"
would you like to hear msz"
asked the clam, and he seemed much
happier. Listen and I viii sing for
So he opened his shell. the clam did.
and he sang in a loud, cold voice.
Uncle Wiggily shuddered and turned
to Nurse Jane.
Ny friends said could not sing"
spoke the clam as he finished
-I-er-I don't want 10 hurt your
feelings" said Uncle WigEsiy. but
your friends were right do not be-
neve you were Eeant for a singer"
Perhaps you can play" said Nurse
Jane, hopefully.
Listen TO me-" said the clam Then
he grated the edges OF his shell to-
gether until Nurse Jane had to hold
her paws over her ears. Il set her
teeth on edge.
oh. stopi stopr' begged the musk
rat lady. You can not play. eitheri"
I thought So sadly said the
clam
All I am good for is to squirt wa
ter up in the air. and what good that
does, nobody knows. On. dear"
Uncle Wiggily was trying to think
OF something cheerful 70 tell the clam
when, al at once. along the sand
came the bad old Skuddlemagoon. He
had followed Uncle Wiggily 70 the
seashore.
-out Of my way. you hard shell
clam, until get Uncle WiEgily's
sousew howled the Skuddlemagoon.
out OF my way or I'll jump over youl
I'm hungry for rabbit ear s0user