El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-26

] Allces turning away ner yellow Dill
Would dandeliOn tea rouse you
| up2" asked Mr. Longears.
NO" quacked Alice. and ]
I wouldn't care for violet coffee. Just
let me be, Uncle Wiggily. i guess
shall not live very Ions and she
-Oh. hoity-toityi Nonsense and
{ coclz-a-doOdle-dot' laughed Uncle
I Wiggily- Folks are always that
: way when they are getting better.
] I'm going out now. Alice. and I'm go
ing to bring back something you viii
: eat
"No," said the duck girl, shaking
I her head You cant get back my
/ appetite for me, Uncle Wiggily. I
I shall never eat or be hungry again"
But the bunny gentleman just
laughed and taking his red, white
and blue striped rheumatism crutch
and his tail silk hat. off he hoped
over the fields and through the
woods.
sIT get something for AIice's ap-
Jolly lilze.
As he was hopping over a field he
saw. down in a corner near a fence
post. some green leaves.
oh no. Sour grass cried the
bunny This viii do for a starter.
II Alice stin had the humps I
grass But, as she is all over them,
il viii be just like a breakfast
orange III take her some"
So Uncle Wiggily gathered the
sour grass, and, putting this in his
pocket. he hoped on 10 find some
thing else for the poor appetite OF
Alice
he had not gone far before he
came to a hollow tree, from which
came a buzzing sound.
Bees and honey" said Uncle Wig
Eily to himself III get some sweet
honey for Alice TO eat after she has
taken the sour grass"
The rabbit gentleman knocked on
the door Of the hollow tree and asked
the queen bee 10 give him some honey
Tor Alice's appetite.
Certainly, Uncle Wiggily.n buzzed
the queen bee. and she gave Air.
Longears q rose jar full OF honey
After that Uncle Wiggily gathered
some sassafras lollypopss some duck
weed pancakes some sweet nag
crackers and a few other dainties
He was just starting back home with
them Whens all OF a sudden, out from |
behind stump, jumped the pad old
PipsiseWah-
Here; what are you doing On my
land2" groWled the bad Pip.
Excuse mel didn't know this /
was your land" said Uncle Wiggily. ]
And I was only getting things for 4
Alice to make her eat, you know. She /
has lost her appetite"
well, I haven't lost mine" gurgled /
the Pip. Il am still as hungry for 1
souse as ever and here's where I I
get yoursi But first III see what 4
you have for Alice"
The Pip put his paw IN Uncle Wig I
gily's pocket and pulled out the bunch /
What's thisg" cried the bad chap.
II guess III eat that first before I /
take any Of your souse.
The Pipsisewah stuffed a big 4
bunch Of the sour grass in his /
mouth 1t was like lemons, and one /
should only take very little OF it /
But the Pip took a lot and, OH what j
q funny face he madei
"Oh, squeedeei Bazurkai Wah-Wahi 4
Zumpi' hoWled the bad chap. as he /
felt his tongue all pucker upi Then 1
he made 1orty-leFen different kinds /
Of funny faces and. turning a back /
drink OF water leaving Uncle Wig i
glly and his souse and all the rest
OF the things alone
wen, it's lucky I picked such a
lot OF sour grass" said the bunny,
and picking up what was left he
hurried back 70 Alice with all the
things for her appetite.
oh she'll never eati" said Mrs
WibbleWobble, hopeless like
Wait until ] show her what funny
-aces the Pip made laughed Uncle
Wiggily- Then he stood in front OF
Alice. and told what had happened
First he made face like this, - said
he bunny, and he screwed his nose
1p until 1t loked like a cruIler. and
then" went on the bunny. he made
another face like this" and he made
his ears look like a baby carriage
And then he
oh, stop. Uncle WiggfIyi Oh, hoi
Hoi Hel Hell on, hoi Please don't
make any more funny facesia giggled
Alice, and she laughed so hard that
her liver turned rightside up again
for II was Wrongside over) and then,
All at once, her appetite came back.
and she nibbled the sour grass and
,heWed the honey and munched the
sassafras crackers and she ate every
hing that the bunny had brought her
all because she had laughed at the
-unny faces.
Wen, I do declaref' quacked Mrs.
Wibblewobble- i never would have
believed it,n So this teaches US that
t is better to laugh than to cry And
e the cat doesn't tickle the gold fish
With its tail and make the canary
bird swing backward III tel you
-eXt about Uncle Wiggily and jim
MES jouncer.-Copyright 1890, by
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate