The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-13
Copyright, 1920 by Mcclure Newspapei
Syndicate.)
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Where is it? Has anybody seen it?"
chartered Johnnie Bushytail, the boy
squirrel one day, as he went skipping
around the house.
What are you looking for; your
cap?' asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy,
Uncle Wiggilys muskrat lady house
keeper.
Nom, if you please, not my cap
this time" answered Johnnie. I want
my joggify.'
Your ioggify? What in the world is
putting on his tan, silk hat. to get
ready to go look for an adventure.
MY ioggify is my joggify," answered
Johnnie, Its my joggify, schoolbook,
with maps in, an'-an' it tells you where
things grow, an what countries are
hot an which are cold an it tells you
how to get to a place when you don't
know where it is an all that. ] want
my joggify!"
laughed Uncle Wiggily. Il thought It
was something like a jumping jack
schoolbook geography on Saturday
when the lady mouse teacher hears no
lessons?' asked the bunny rabbit gen
tleman.
"Oh, I'm going over to Sammie Lit
uetaiPs house" answered Johnnie.
ing book. And l want my joggify
We're going to play school. Billy Wag-
tail the goat, he's going to be it
mean the teacher. We're going to have
lots of fun"
wei, the idea" exclaimed Nurse
joggify was your scarf, or something
like that! Think of playing school on
Saturday, when there isn't any,
Well, you and used to do the same
when We were young" laughed Uncle
Wiggily who, with the muskrat lady
tail squirrel house. since the hollow
stump bungalow of Mr.. Longears had
burned.
Has anyone seen my ioggify
pease?" asked Johnnie. upsetting his
mothers sewing basket as he looked
for his missing book.
Here it is, where you and Billie had
it last night, making believe it was a
tort when you played the war game
with your pop guns" said Uncle Wig
gIy, as he pulled the 'joggify' out
from under the sofa.
Now I'll run over and play school,
and we'll have fun said Johnnie, as
he thanked the rabbit gentleman, and
scampered over the fields and through
the woods
'Ill come over after a while, and
see if you boys know your lessons,
called Uncle Wiggily, jolly like;
''Al right" answered Johnnie. The
squirrel boy was soon almost at Sam
mics house, carrying his book under
his paw, when, all at once, out from
behind a sassafras bush, that would
soon begin growing green, popped the
bad old Bazumpus. 49,.
Now the Bazumpus is worse than
the PipSiSewah or the Skeezlcks, ana
Johnnie knew this.
ooh. no! There you are" growled the
Bazumpus at Johnnie. Il was Just walt
ing for some one to come along TO tel
Tell you what?' Johnnie wanted to
know
"Tel me where Uncle Wiggily Long
ears lives" gurgled the Bazumpus. Il
hear he has very good souse on ms
ears and want some. But [ do not
know Just where he lives, though ] am
sure it is somewhere around mere.
JONnnie sort Of shiVereH. We knew
what would happen if he told this bad
chap that the rabbit gentleman was
stopping at the squirrel house. what
was Johnnie 10 do?
Come on; Hurry up Tel me e, wh 4er
t'ncle Wiggily lives!' hoWled the Ba d.
campus, and then. catching sight OF
The geography book under the squirrel
boys paw. the bad chap asked: What
"My-my ,oggiiy," answered Johnnie.
who never could seem to set that "o'u
just right. 49,. a., ~,
zumpus. ignorant like and presump-
tuous. , 49,.
"It's book to tell where things are
like the north pole, and the equator,
and what countries are hot and which
ones are cold" answered johnnie
'.Thats what joggify is
ella. The very thing need 20 seil me
where Uncle Wggily Ives cried ths
Bazumpus. 'Quicks open She book and
SIT # was che only thing Johnne could
do, so, hoping he might think oS a plar
n save the bunny uncle. the squire
boy opened his geography ~ "!ogsliSs
Us Does ne ' Il 4sii whsre IInclc Nisgify
lees on this page" asked enc Ha-
sampus, pointing TO "s'e "s'0"s S''" s'os'F
Sole; =. ., ,oA,.,,. svn, s.,sve .
Does it tell on this page asked
chs Razumpus. leSfing on" oSes, ahC
scanning down close to che eoolS because
he was near sighteA. And his nos'
was very long and thin; very, '.sy Iona
0nd thia NaS ths hoss Oh Sh@ sEs@@'@S
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