Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-01

ing for an adventure, but he
| couldn't seem to find any.
We'll, If | can't have an adven
ture, I'd better be looking for some
thing to bring back to the ANNA
children" thought the bunny. lie
us see, how many are there--one
two, three, sixteen, forty 'leven
Yes, that's quite a few. Now
wonder what ] can bring them sc
that one will not want what the
other has? Let me sect"
AS Uncle Wiggily was sitting on
a hollow moss covered log, think
ing away, he heard a voice sing
ing: sire
"Who will buy red balloon,
Also one of blue?
/ have green and yellow ones,
Just the shade for you"
"1a! Balloons! The very thing"
laughed the bunny. 81 can bring
each animal child balloon. The
balloons will be all alike, except
for the color, and each one will be
satisfied. Ho there" he called,
where are you with your bal
loons?"
Here am" answered the voice,
and out from the bushes came a
hand organ monkey doodle gen.
tleman with exactly forty 'leven
balloons tied to strings floating
over his head. :,
@I1i take them ALL" said Uncle
Wiggily, sliding forty 'leven pieces
of money out of his tall silk hat.
IGood!" chartered the balloon
monkey. "I'm glad to sell them
ali at once, as l want to go back
down South where 1t is nice and
warm for the winter. Take the
balloons, but you had better let
the wind out of them to carry them
through the woods, or some sharp
thorn might prick and burst one
or two" 49, u,,uo,,,,
Then he loosened the strings, tet
ont the air, and with the balloons
eli flabby like and soft, so he could
st,,ff them In his pockets, OH
started the bunny rabbit gentleman.
He had not gone very far before
al, of a sudden, he heard a crack
ling in the bushes behind him anu
a voice cried: -, 49,,
.I see him! I'll get him! NOW
I'll have some souse!' :,
Uncle Wiggily gave one LOOK
hack. saw the bad old Skudalema
ooon' and then the bunny began TO
,,Yn But, as fast as he ran, the
rLuddlenagoon ran after him.
.lI,n get you! I'll get you!
,w,ad The Slluddlemagoon, and,
really. it looked as though ne
might The bad chap almost nau
hold of Uncle Wiggily's coat talis'
when the bunny gave most ex-
jump and landed on
the other side of q brook.
"Oh. I'll get you yeti" howiea
tho Skuddle chap, but, as he was
NOT a good jumper, and was afraid
nf getting his paws wet he had TO
,ooir for a. bridge on which to cross
.orhis is your chance!" cried the
doodle balloon chap, who
was running along in the tree tops
o,,erheafl. on his way down south,
,.rsoka the flabby balloons from
vour pockets, Uncle Wiggily, ana
blow them UP. I'll help you. Then
fasten the forty 'leven blown up
balloons by their strings, all around
YOU and they'll lift you up like an
air ship, and you can get away
from the Skuddlemagoon.. He'll
soon be here, for he has found al
So Uncle wiggily. with the mon
key's help, blew up the forty 'leven
balloons. When the last one was
filled with air and fastened to the
bunny up he rose, for ne was mucn
I;ahter than the hand organ chap.
IN in the air sailed Uncle Wiggily,
,arried by the toy balloons. and he
sailed away just as the Skuddle-
magoon rushed along. -, Il
"Fooled again!" howled the bad
han. who got no souse after al.
rhe Bunny sailed to hts hollow
stump bungalow with balloons tor
he animal children. who were very