Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-04

Why, how you startle me-"
cried Nurse Jane. as anything
the matter Uncle Butter?"
mo, but there soon may be-"
was the answer. The old Skee-
ticks is loose in the woods again.
just met Grandpa Whackum, the
| Skee. The Skee doesn't bother
about Grandpa Whackum's souse-
! or mine-our ears are too tough.
But he'll surely get after Uncle
Wiggily, the Skee will"
ooh, my goodness me, sakes
alive and some apple pie lollypop!"
cried Nurse Jane. what can |
do? Oh. Wlggy! Wlggy!" she
| called. Come back before the
Skee gets you" .-
"He is too far away to hear you"
said Uncle Butter. "T came over
to warn him and now, since I
have missed him, I'll run on
| through the woods. Maybe I can
catch Uncle Wiggily and have him
turn back before the Skeezicks
catches him."
"Oh, hope so! Run! Run, I'm
Gle Butter And save our Uncle
Wiggily!"
II will" said the goat gentleman,
and away he started, shaking his
horns and saying:
IF | catch that Skee I'll nibble
him! If l catch that Skee I'll Snuff
his ears If l catch that Skee I'll
horn him!"
And now we must see what isl
happening to Uncle Wiggiy. The
bunny uncle hoped on and AM
over the fields and through the
woods looking for an adventure,
and soon he came to a long hill, on
trees and other things growing.
'T'll go up TO the top of the
hill" said Uncle Wiggily, land per-
haps, there | shall find an adven-
ture. | hope So"
Up the hill he hoped and soon
he came to the top and could goI
no farther because there was a big
wall of rock, as high as a house, |
and the bunny could not jump, hop |
or walk over it,
But. anyhow, I'm at the top of |
the hill and can go no farther" |
thought the bunny. When I want |
to get to the bottom / can run
down or roll down, or slide like a |
sled. But first I'll look for an ad-
venture here"
The bunny gentleman looked |
around amid the trees and bushes, |
but not an adventure could he find.
Then he looked down the sloping
hill and at the bottom he saw
something that made him very ner
vous. For there was the Skeezicks
and the Pipsisewah. And the Skee
was pointing one claw up the hill
and saying:
Uncle Wiggily is there. He can
not get up any farther on account
of the high wall of rock, and he
cant get down without passing us
and then Wen get his souse."
II believe YOU" gargled the Pip.
the hill from near where Uncle
was hiding under a bush.
what was that?" the bunny
heard the Skee ask.
ooh, just one of the old, dried
puff balls" was the answer. "a
lot of big puff balls grow on top
Of the hill. They are hollow, with
some seeds in them. Every now
and then the balls drop off the
bushes and roll down hill. Don't
pay any attention to them" '.H
mo, I shah not" said the Pip.
but what about Uncle Wiggily?"
well wait here little longer" [
said the Skee, until we get good
and hungry for souse and then we
will go up and get him if he doesn't 1
come down before"
I'm with you" grunted Pip, and
just then another big puff ball {
broke off the bush where it had
oeen growing and rolled down the !
lill. .eE. 4
Don't mind Them" said the
Skee.
mo, I shall not" answered the {
Pip.
Then the two bad chaps stretch s
ID out to wait for Uncle Wiggily t
o come down pretty soon, or. if he
lidn't, they'd go up and get him. {
But the bunny was not going to be '
aught. .-.
Here is where I get queer
ide," laughed Uncle Wiggily. He I
licked out the largest puff ball he t
ould find and, making hole in O
ne end, crawled inside. He curled S
IL up in it, like chicken in an
gg, and stuffed some grass in the
lole he had made. Then, giving '
himself a little jiggle, the bunny !
oiled down the hill, having a /
andy ride inside the big, hollow
'aIl. Right in between the Pip
nd Skee rode Uncle Wiggily down
he hill. s.-
Whats that?" asked the Pip,
ousing up. ..
only one of those puff balls.
Don't pay any attention to it," said
he Skeezicks.
mo, / shall not" said the Pip.
hen he and the Sl1ee went to sleep 4
gain, but when they awakened
nd went up the hill to get the
unny he wasn't there. He had
oiled down in the puff ball, and
t the bottom of the slope he met
Tnele Butter, the boat, and the
oat helped Uncle Wiggily get out
rom inside the ball.
my! I was so worried about
GU. and so is Nurse Jane!" bleated
-ncIe Butter. "But you were .
mart to think of riding in a puff -
ALL" AndI guess the bunny was. - :.
INFLOW, if the piece Of cheese :,
oesn't hide behind the apple pie "
hen it's playing tag with the =,
owdered sugar. I'll tell you next =,
bout Trpnia VVigpily and fhe cake y