El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-21
Bedtime Stories For The Lizzie Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND LULUS LUNCH.
- BY HOWARD GARIs.

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So saying. the old gentleman rabbit
gave his pink nose little twinkle OF
I two TO keep il from getting rusty,
and. taking his rheumatism crutch
y under one paw, in the other he took
Lulu's lunch and away he started over
the fields and through the woods.
\ I s'pose folks will talk about see
ing me going TO the hollow stump
. school so often when the lady mouse
Z rabbit gentleman TO himself. They'll
think I know nothing, going TO school
I so much in my old age But some
thing always seems to be happening,
J making me 20 there. This time it's
Z Lulu's lunch she has forgotten.
7 wouldn't want my little duck girl
I friend TO 20 hungry said Uncle Wig
Z gily 70 himself. And, as Nurse Jane
! has gone shopping at the three and
Z four cent store. and Mrs. Wibblewob-
: bic is washing the dishes, there IS
only one thing left TO do-that's for
me TO take the lunch"
So Uncle Wiggily hoped on and on,
and pretty soon he saw a little May
Fly lady caught by her wings in an
old cobweb stretched between two
Buzz, FIutteri FIut. went the
NAY Fly. "Oh. please help me get
loose" she begged.
Certainly" spoke Uncle Wiggily,
crutch he soon set the tiny creature
free.
"Oh. thank you so much" she whis-
pered. filtered her wings You are
so much bigger than I, that 7 cannot
hope ever 70 DO you such a favor as
you have done ne But can give you
some good advice"
What is it," asked Uncle Wiggily.
as he changed Lulu's lunch from one
paw TO the other.
cd -
path" said the May Fly. AS I flew
along just now. before / was caught IN
the old spider web. / saw the Skillery-
Scallery Alligator hiding in the woods
just beyond here He may catch you
"Oh. I guess not thank you Just the
same" said Uncle WigEily. free and
easy like-not TO say self-consciOus-
I don't believe he'll get me"
well. perhaps YOU know best"
bUzzed the May Fly as she scared
away.
Uncle Wiggily went on with Lulu's
lunch. but he had not more than just
passed q persimmon tree before, all az
once. out from behind IL crawlBd the
bad old Skillery -Scallery Alligator
with humps on his tail.
zone moment, IL you please" bel
lowed the bad chap i am very much
in need Of souse."
"Oh, there you - again." cried
Uncle WigEily, sort Of exasperated
why you chaps can't let my ear .souse
aloner
We'll. Pm so hungry I Just can't
growled the Alligator However. II
you have anything else" and he
paused. suggestive like and looked at
the bundle in Uncle Wiggily's paw.
What's that2" asked the Gator as
call him for short. though, really he
was quite long. What have you
there?"
'Lulu's lunch" answered the bunny I
gentleman.
~Oh. no. you are Mistaken said the I
Gator. as gently as possible, TT is !
NY lunch you haye,'
Yours" cried Uncle Wiggily IN /
surprise why, how comes that"
'Oh. Just because 7 say So" spoke I
the Slzillery- Scauery chap. easy like I
and unconcerned. 1T may have been Z
Lulu's lunch once. but its mine now" /
and reaching forth his scaly paw he /
took the package from Uncle Wiggily- I
I'll eat this first. and then I'll have ]
a 20 at your souse." said the Gator. /
and not even stopping 10 take off the /.
p>~-r wrapping, the bad creature took 4
a big bite.
And then a queer expression came /
This is a very funny lunch for a
little duck girl to take" mumbled the /
Gator. IT'S as tough as never was I
But II she could eat It I canr'
Once more he took a severe bite and /
then he clapped a claw to his jaw and /
cried:
-Oh. I've broken five teeth. Oh. I
Lulu must hive had some stones in I
that lunch- Oh, this is too much FOR /
ne" And. dropping the bundle. away I
through the wood he scurtled, not /
hurting Uncle Wiggily at all or tax /
ing any Of his souse-
Wei, this Is funny" said the bun /
ny, curious like: Il wonder what sort I
Of lunch Lulu pu utp2'
And 5ust then through the woods .
came flittering Lulu herself
oh Uncle Wiggily." quacked the /
girl duck What do you thinE2 II
forgot my arithmetic example book I
and had 10 come back for it. 7 was so /
Interested IN putting up my lunch I /
forgot nv book"
rs this itg- asked Uncle WieEily. I
to the thing the Gator had I
been chewing on.
-Oh, yesir quaeked Lulu. st
Wrapped my book Up in the same .
kind Of birch bark paper 7 used for 4
nv lunch, to keep the covers clean.
Oh look Somebody has cheWed out 4
a lot OF the hard examples she ]
laughed.
THAT was the Gator" said the
bunny. That's what cracked his .
teeth. expect chewing hard example /
figures out OF your book"
II wish he'd chewed them all out"
sald Lulu as she picked Up what was .
eft OF her lesson book and went on 4
10 school where she had left her .
lunch. So it was that the chap was 4
fooled. you see. And II the broom
ioesn't tickle the feather duster when
-hey-re playing tag with the potato
salad around the piano in the kitchen.
III tell you next about Uncle WiEEiIv ]
ling to fly-Copyright; 1920, BY the