The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-19
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
BY HOWARD r. GARIs.

Uncle Wiggily are you going to be
at home tomorrow asked Mrs, Little
tail, the rabbit mother of Susie, as she
finished sweeping the underground bur-
row house one morning.
Il expect to-yeS Is there anything
special | may have the pleasure of do
ing for your" asked the rabbit gen.
tleman.
We'll" went on Mrs. Littletail, DIR
Postum is coming and Susie is going to
be vaccinated And l thought, perhaps,
II you dint have very much to do
you'd sort of stay home and hold Susle's
paw when she has her vaccination
I'm not going to have any vaccina-
ton! No. Pm not!'' cried Susie, who
heard what her mother said,
why not? Why aren't you going to
be vaccinated?" asked Uncle Wiggily.
IT'S fun | was vaccinated once myself.
DR.. Possum just scratches your paw
with a funny little thing and he puts
some salve on it and, if you want him
to, he'll put little celluloid shield over
the scratched place and
We'll, | don't want him to, so there"
said Susie, sort of swinging from side
to side like hammock, only she
wasn't of course.
"Oh, l guess she'll let DR.. Postum
vaccinate her when he comes tomor-
row." said Mrs. Littletail. winking one
eye, comprehensive like and intimative,
al Uncle Wiggily. I'm going to let her
stay home from school on purpose.
'I-am-not-going- to - be - vacci-
mated" said Susie, slowly like and pos
tive.
Wen see," said her mother, once
more blinking her eye at Uncle Wig
gily.
And then it was time to get su-ner
! and Mr.. Littletail came home from the
carrot factory where he helped make
pumpkin pies from beet sugar. And
Coz tt11in 1lT in frnI MI Nyin mi h
Johnnie and Billie Bushytail, the boy
squirrel scouts and, for a time, Susie
forgot about going to be vaccinated.
But the next day, when it came time
for Sammie and Susie to go to school,
Mrs. Lttletal said:
Susie needn't go this morning. She
is going to stay home and be vacci-
mated. And some other day Wen have
Sammie Vaccinated."
Yes, | like it," said the rabbit boy,
pretending, perhaps.
You wouldn't like it II it was going
to be done to you!" exclaimed Susie,
Just because yours is put off you
think you're brave; don't you? But I'm
not going to have my paw scratched
so there"
Wen see" said Mother Littletail,
and then Sammie ran on to school, and
Susie was going to cry, but just then
Uncle Wiggily exclaimed:
Here comes DR.. Possum now, and |
guess he has his vaccination stuff with
him"
"I-am-notA goinP" began Susie, and
she started to run away, but Uncle
Wiggily caught her gently and said:
Now, Susie. it isn't going to hurt a
Bit"
''Of course it isn'tw spoke DR.. Pos
sum in his gruff, Jolly voice as he came
in and left the door open
Well, Susie made cutie a fuss. | am
az inc. hai inc va, NOT tod
but finally her mother and Uncle Wig
gly and pr, Possum quoted her down
and she said
ooh, well, if you won't hurt me too
much III let you scratch my paw, DR..
=, Possum.
Il will not hurt you at all, Susie"
said the nice animal doctor.
Then he washed Suses paw with
some clean water, and he got out his
vaccination needles and Uncle Wiggly
ID took Susie upon his lap to hold her.
N Nov you eat this nice little piece
Sof carrot frosted cake, Susie, and Uncle
Wiggily win tell you a story while DR..
Postum vaccinates YOU, said Mrs. Lit
tletail
NY, This little rabbit has lots of
attention" laughed DIR. Possum 1T
isn't everywhere | go that the children
have il so nice when ! vaccinate them.
Steady. now, Susie, and 1t will soon be
over.
At first what Dr. Possum did to the
little rabbit girl didn't hurt her at all.
She hardly felt it, But after bit,
when the scratching went deeper Gas
It had TOY Susie felt a little. pain. And
If any of you real children are vacci-
mated. don't be afraid of the little pain
it will not last long,
But Suse-she squirmed and she
wiggied and she twisted and 1t was all
Or. Postum could do TO get her paw
scratched right,
Eat your cake, Susie and listen to
Uncle Wiggilys story" said Mrs. Lit :
tletail thinking to take Susie's mind
Off her vaccination
yes. listen to the story, said inc e
Wiggilv, who was having rather hard
work to hold the little rabbit girl
when the great big fairy potato fin
ished being mashed went on the bum
nv gentleman. why he"
Fl don't want to be Vaccinated!
cried susie, interrupting Uncle Wig
gilys story
but you must be- said DR.. Postum.
81 am almost finished, and
well, why don't you vaccinate the
fox, them" suddenly asked the llttie
Fox? There isn't any fox here