The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-14
BY HOWARD r. GARis.
Copyright, 1920, by Mcclure News
paper SYndicatel

Uncle Wiggily the nice bunny rab-
bit gentleman, was walking through
the woods one day, wondering wheth-
er or not he would have an adven-
ture. when all Of a sudden he heard
some voices talking behind sassa
fras bush.
Wont she jump up as soon as
she sits down." asked one voice.
Yes" agreed another And she'll
squeal, and maybe she'll let US all go
home and we won't have any more
lessons"
But if she finds out who did it
sho won't let yus go home" said a
third voice behind the sassafras
bush. W.
"Oh, she won't find OUT" spoke
the first voice.
"Ho hum" softly laughed Uncle
Wiggily to himself on the other side
of the sassafras bush. These must
be some of my animal boy friends
and they are talking about the lady
mouse teacher in the hollow stump
school They are, | think, going
to play some trick on her but what
kind? | must find out and stop it if
can"
Uncle Wiggily looked carefully
through the bush, which did not have
many leaves on as it was fall now,
and he saw Jackie and Peetie Bow
Wow, the two puppy dog boys, and
Sammie Littletail, the rabbit.
Lying on the ground. near the ami
may boys, was a school bag, and as
Uncle Wiggily looked he could see a
lot of stickery, priCkly chestnut burrs
in the bag. The animal boys had
been off gathering Chestnuts and
they had put some of the sharp burrs
in the bag.
so that's what they're going to
do, are they" said Uncle Wiggily to
himself They're going to put some
of these stickery' burrs in the chair
of the lady mouse teacher and when
she sits down on them she'll be so
surprised that she'll let school out,
those misChievous animal boys think.
Wen, I'll just fool them and teach
them a lesson"
All of a sudden Peetie Bow Wow
cried:
Come on, fellows, | see an apple
tree, We've just time to get some be-
fore the last bell rings"
Away ran the animal boys, leaving
behind them the bag of stickery
burrs Quickly coming out from be-
hind the sassafras bush. Uncle Wig
gily shook out the burrS. and, in their
place, he put some beautiful autumn
leaves that he had gathered for
Nurse Jane Fuzzy WuzZy.
Il can easily get more leaves for
Nurse Jane" though the bunny. And
when the animal boys open the bag
and see the beautiful COlors in place
of the stiCkery burrs they'll feel
ashamed of having thought to play
a trick on the lady mouse teacher.
But what shall | do with the burrs
so they can't find them again?' asked
the bunny Of himself.
Uncle Wiggily thought for n mo-
ment and then he took off his tall,
silk hat and put the stiCkery burrs in
that. But, so they would not prick
his head he stuffed in some soft
leaves to form a sort of cushion.
Then laughing to himself and leav-
ing the bag full of autumn leaves for
the boys to take to school the bunny
hoped on
jackie Peetie and Sammie will
never notice that their trick burrs
are gone until they get to school"
thought the bunny, twinkling his
pink nose. And then it will be TOO
late"
un and on hoped Uncle Wiggiiy,
over che fields and through the
woods until. all of a sudden, just
as he was thinking of gathering some
more Colorcd autumn leaves for
Nurse Jane QUE from behind Il grape
vine jumped bad old bear. 1t was
from behind a wild grape vine that
the bear leaped, and this was most
proper as the bear himself was Caths
er wild.
"Ah good afternoon, Uncle Wig
gily," growIed che bear. As not this
a fine day" and the wild bear
opened his mouth as wide as he
could " perhaps wideE, 6or all ]
know,
II would Be a better Day it I had
rot seen you" said the bunny gems
t{eman, rather sad and unhappy like,
4 suppose You think YOU are going
to have IA ribhlA off my ears now,
or some part IT me-" he asked, bop.
ing against hope as II were.
Indeed 7 am going 70 nibble you."
said the bear, with what he meant
to he n low and polite bow.
And then Uncle Wiggily. not wilt-
ing to let a wild hear be more polite
than he, himself reached his paw up
to take of his tall silR hat and make
a low and polite boy in return. And
as tho bunny did that, he happened
to think Of the sharp, stickery burrs
burrs in his hat,
"oh. so you think you gill nihblsl