Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-23
Bedtime Stories
For Little Ones
Copyright, 1920, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.
UNCLE wIGGILY UP A TREE.
(By Howard r. GarIs.)

One day as Uncle Wiggily was
sitting on the porch of the hollow
stump bungalow with Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat house.
keeper said:
Mr.. Longears, if we had a few
branches cut off that tree in the
yard / could look out much fur
Their and better, and have a much
prettier view
Eyes, / believe you could"
agreed the bunny rabbit gentleman,
squirting along his pink, twinkling
nose. THE tree branches are too
thick. III get Mr.. Sawfish, the
carpenter gentleman, and have him
saw off q few"
81 wish you would" said Nurse
Jane.
The next day Uncle Wiggily hop
ped over to the duck pond ocean,
and whistled to Jimmie Wibble-
Wobble, the duck boy who was
sailing boat with Bully No-Taii,
the frog chap.
as Mr. Sawfish in his carpenter
shop?" asked the bunny gentleman.
Jimmie stuck his head down un-
der water and looked for Mr.. Saw
fish.
NO" quacked the duck boy,
che isn't in, Uncle Wiggily But
could | do anything for you?"
Nurse Jane wants some branches
sawed off a tree in the yard so she
can see under and get better
view" explained Mr.. Longears.
But if Mr.. Sawfish isn't in 1 do
not know what to do"
Il can see some of his extra
saws down in his shop" went on
Jimmie. IF | brought you up one
maybe you could saw the limbs off
the tree yourself, Uncle Wiggily."
thought of that" spoke the bunny.
IF the limbs We're not so high up
| could get Toodle or Noodle Flat
Tail, the beaver boys, to gnaw
them off for me. But they are not
good climbers. If | have saw |
can do it myself"
So Jimmie, the duck, dived down
under water and brought up an ex-
ira saw from the carpenter shop of
Mr. Sawfish.
What are you going to do?"
asked Nurse Jane, as she saw her
rabbit gentleman friend coming
home with hop, skip and jump.
I'm going up a tree and saw
off some branches" replied Uncle
Wiggily. "I'll make believe I'm q
carpenter for a while"
Uncle Wiggily put on his over
NTH fhn hahn
of step ladder he got up in the
tree ard walked out on the limb
that ne was to saw off. IL was a
large limb and quite high up.
Now don't stand on the wrong
side to saw it off" cried Uurse
Jane.
What do you mean-wrong
side?" asked the bunny. I'm stand
ing on top and not on the bottom.
That would be the wrong side"
"Oh, MOI" said the muskrat lady.
"If you stand on the far end of the
limb with the saw between you and
the tree trunk and saw off the
limb you will fall with it. That
the wrong side. You must stand
next to the tree trunk and saw out
sue. IttII WiICli tllN Hei"SNt p'NNN ~
the branch falls to the ground, you
will not fall with it. You'll be
standing on the part of the limb
that is still fast to the tree
IN do as you say agreed
Uncle Wiggily.
He was saving the limb off in
the proper way with the extra saw
he had borrowed from Mr.. Sawfish
when, all of a sudden, along came
trotting the bad Skeezicks.
"Oh no, just because you're up a
tree you needn't think | can't get
souse off your ears!" snickered the
Skee. Then up the tree the scram-
bled until he stood on the SAINT
branch that Uncle Wiggily was
cutting off.
what are you doing?" asked the
Skee.
II am trimming the tree so
Nurse Jane will have a better view