El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-15
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE HOT SOUP.

wouldn't mind the cold and me sho"
and
you could take the hot soup TO
Grandpa Goosey. That's Il Excuse
me for breaking in on your talA'
laughed Nurse Jane.
THAT'S all right" the bunny rao-
bit gentleman made reply, I'm gl la.l
you did. And III do Just that / II
hop with the hot soup over 10
Grandpa Goosey.
II did not take Uncle Wiggily very
long 70 put on his warm FUR coat
And then, giving his pink nose an
extra twinkle or two so II Would MOI
freeze on the way. out he started
into the wintry storm with the TN
pail Of hot soup for his goose gen
tleman friend.
why. the pail is very hot on the
outside" said Mr.. LongearsY feeling
OF it 1T is hot even with my mt
yes. the soup is boiling hot" said
Nurse Jane, land It viii keep warm
until you get It TO Grandpa Goosey.
II you carry the pail by the handle
you viii not burn yourself
So. Uncle Wiggtly, carrying the
pail Of hot soup BY the handle
started out over the fields. across the
weeds and through the snow TO
Grandpa Goosey's house.
The rabbit gentleman had not gone
Z
came TO a ciump OF trees. he heard
a sad voice crying:
%. deari o. mei o. myl am
caught FAST can never get loose.
Uncle Wiggily stopped short he
stopped and he looked and he lis
tened. The snow flakes were com
ing softly down, and one or two fell
on his pink nose and melted there,
turning into drops OF water
q heard somethingi" whispered
Uncle Wiggily to himself
Again came the cry:
%, deari VIII no one help me7'
Z don't believe that is the Pipsise-
Wah or the Szeezicks." thought the
bunny to himself. They hardly ever
need help. I'm the one who needs
help TO get away from them III
take a look"
So, he peeked around the edgs OF a
cinnamon bush and there Uncle Wig
gily saw Billy Bushytail, the SPUR
rel boy. sitting on a bank OF snow
why, Billet" cried Uncle WigEily.
was that you calling for helpE'
What's the matter2"
Yes, II was 7" answered Billie, IN
a sad voice. And the matter is that
my tail Is frozen fast 70 the snow
frozen 50 hard and fast that I can't
why. how did that happenT'
asked Uncle Wiggily. hurrying up
Q
"Oh, I was playing hide and 60
seek with my brother Johnnie. and,
with Sammie Littletail. the rabbit. ("
answered Billie. 7 ran over here TO
hide and I sat down behind this rock.
where Sammie couldn't find me. And
after he hunted long time he didn'
know where I was And he shouted
that he'd give up, and that I could
come in home. free, but I couldn't"
Why nOtz" asked Uncle Wiggily.
Because my tail is frozen fast,
answered Billie y sat on the snow
bank too long"
Maybe I can help pull you up,
said the rabbit gentleman. Why
I didn't Johnnie and Sammie stay to
help your"
Because they didn't know where
had gone TO hide. and they didn't
| come to look. and they couldn't hear
[ when I shouted. and then they ran
away and forgot me an frozen
I fast here" Chartered Billie.
7 wiz pull you loose" said Uncle
no. don'ti" begged Billie -I tried
/ 70 pull myself loose. and my tail is
! frozen so hard to the snow that I'm
afraid III pull it off. o, dearI What
shall I do2'
Uncle WiEEily looked at the pail
Of hot soup he had set down in the
snow near the squirrel boy. The pan
had melted on top OF a white drift a
/ little hole for itself to snuggls in
4 have it," cried the bunny gen
/ tieman. III set the pail OF hot SOUP
/ near your tail Billie. and it will soon
] be uufrozen."
So the bunny did this. The warn
I pail melted the ice and snow around
| Billie's tail. not burning the little
/ squirrel boy IN the least, and soon hl
! was loose Then he scampered alonl
/ with Uncle WiEEily to Grandpa
| Goosey's house The soup was still
/ warm and all three friends had
some, with crackers and jam e
finish off on
So everything came out all right