The Washington herald., 1920-02-06
CHILDREN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
UNCLE WICGILY AND
SAMMIE'S PAW WARMER.
By HOWARD n. GARIs

Dear me-" said Mrs. Littletail,
the rabbit lady. as she looked from
thu window of the burrow house
one day. There it is, showing
again"
Well. does that 90 any harm?"
asked Uncle wiEgiIy. who had just
finished reading the paper. while
Nurse Jane Fuzzy wuzzy had made
the beds and washed the dishes to
help Mrs. LittIctail with the house
work.
NO harm. especially" said Mrs.
Littletail. except i need some
things from the store and / can't
go out and get them in the snow.
But il you will get your auto ready,
Uncle Wiggily. I'll write out a list
of what ! want.
Just as Uncle Wiggily was ready
to start off in his machine. and
when il was showing harder than
ever, the white flakes coming
down just like feathers out of a
brass bed. Sammie. the rabbit boy.
came sliding home from school.
why are you back so early.
Sammie?" asked his mother.
"Oh. had my lessons extra
good. so the lady mouse teacher
let me co." Sammie answered.
"wherc are you going, Uncle Wig
gily?" nc wanted to know.
ITO the store to get some things
for your mother. Sammie. my boy"
answered the bunny uncle gentle
man.
"Oh. may Gomez" begged Sam
mic.
The brick-just a common red one
such as you see in walls or houses
was soon heated on the hack part Of
the stove. Then Nurse Jane wrapped
it in a piece of old carpet and put it
into the bottom of the auto.
That will keep your paws warm,
Sammie." she said. And Uncle Wig
gily's also"
With a chugity-chuE-ch -chug away
started the auto. taking Sammie
and Uncle Wiggily and the paw
warmer with il over the ice and
snow. through the woods and over
the fields.
Now, as it happened. the un-
pleasant old Skeezicks was out
that day, looking for souse. He
wandered around. over the fields,
and soon he saw the marks left
in the snow by Uncle Wiggily's
auto wheels.
"Ah. ha, Now for some souse!"
said the bad chap. He followed
along after the auto, coming nearer
and nearer until he saw it at the
top of a hill. just ahead of him.
And, as it happened, the paper
haA
Wiggily. to tell him what to get
blown. out of the auto and it now
lay on top of a drift of snow.
"Oh, no, What have we here?'
gurgled the Skee, as he picked up
the paper. And when he read such
things as sugar" ''cocoanut,"
chocolate" and ''raisins," the Skee
smacked his lips and cried:
"Oh, I'll have a lot of good things
to go with Uncle Wiggly's souser
Then he chased faster after the auto,
and all at once, Sammie looked back
and saw the bad chap jumping
along.
"Oh, Uncle wiggily! Look cried
Sammie.
Eve must get away from him.
shouted the bunny, and he turned
on more molasses-I mean gasolene.
stop! Stop cried the ,Skee. 'I
want some sugar. cocoanut and
chocolate with your souse," for the
bad chap thought all those good
things on the list were now in the
auto, while as matter OF fact they
had not yet been bought at the
store.
But did Uncle wiggily stop? In
deed he did not! He sent the auto
on faster and faster. but still the
Skee hobbled along also, and. look
ing back. Sammie said:
"Oh. he's going to get us, Uncle
Wiggily. But i know how to fool
him. My paws are warm enough
now. I'll let him have the hot bricky'
Now. drive on, Uncle Wiggily! He
can't ind usr' said Sammie. and the
bunny did. Soon he reached the store.
and. when he couldn't ind the list of
things he wanted, he Just telephoned
hack to Mrs. Littletail. who told him
everything. And the Skee was SO
kerslostrated by the steam from the
paw warmer that he didn't try to stop
!, the bunny on the way home.
Thus everything was serene. as the
Moon Man says.
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