The Washington herald., 1920-07-04
Youthful. Artists Score in
Competition With Older
Children.

things all muddled up. am 1 not?
meant Uncle wiggiIy had his barber
pole rheumatism crutch with him.
What may I have the pleasure OF
doing for your" he asked Nurse
Jane.
II would like some Quinine pills"
answered the muskrat lady. Il have
a little malaria, and quinine pills are
good to cure it,
"I'll get you some" promised Un-
Gle wiggily. So he hoped to the
nine and ten cent store and soon
bought box of quinine pills. which
were shaped just like birds eggs.
only much smalled. of course.
On his way back to the hollow
stump bungalow, Uncle Wiggily
heard a queer little song being sung
by some one in a tree near the path.
The bunny gentleman looked and
saw some sfiuttering wings and a
curious little creature perched on
branch. s're
"oh, what a funny bug- said Mr..
Longears, feeling in his pocket to
see IL the pills were safe.
II am not a bug. IL you please"
said the voice. as 1t stopped sing
ing. II am a hummingbird. and
though / am very small and my
eggs are very tiny. still I am a
bird and hum and sing. am
called a hommingbird because I
move my wings so fast that they
hum like an airship."
"Oh, L am pleased to meet you."
spoke Uncle Wiggily. and then the
hummingbird showed him her nest.
which was as small as a tiny dolls
teacup. In the nest were some tiny
eggs,
WHY. they're just the size and
shape Of Nurse James quinine pills"
said the bunny. as he looked at the
hummingbird's nest.
..'Yes. so they are" the bird sang.
But out of my eggs, small and
tiny, as they are. will come my dear
little birds when / hatch them.
What will come out of Nurse James
pills?"
4, Nothing but white, bitter
powder" said the bunny. 'It would
pucker Nurse James mouth all up.
except that the powder is inside the
pills and she swallows them whole
without chewing"
Well, Uncle Wiggfly was Just say
ing good-by to the hummingbird,
and he was putting the quinine pills
back IN his pocket, the bunny gen.
tlernan, was, when. all of q sudden.
along comes the bad. old Bazoopa,
crashing his way through the
woods.
I'm hungry howled the Ba-
zoopa. I'm hungry and want rab-
bit ear souse and eggs for my fanchi
I must have hummingbird's eggs,
too, rs all the other eggs are too
large! I'll take some hummingbird's
cggsy
with that the Bazoopa reached
up. and he was just going to pull
down the dear. .scute, little humming-
birds nest, and take out the tiny
eggs when Uncle wiggily suddenly
held out his paw.
Are these what you wantr Ne
asked.
The Bazoopa looked at what I'm
Gle Wigsily held out. They were
little round objects; q half a dozen
Of them.
Hal Humminsbirds eggs, Just
what want. snickered the bad
chap. Bot thought humming-
birds only laid three eggs. However.
no matter. I'll eat these. and then
I'll take your souse. Uncle Wig
giiyr' S
with that the bad chap made a
grab Tor the tiny. white. round
things on the .bunny's paw. Into
his mouth the Basoopa popped them.
OH love humhningbird.s eggsy'
he cried and then as he chewed ON
the things he had taken from Uncle
wisgily. the Baxoopa made = funny
face and then he wrfnkled mn his
nose. and he twisted his. ears
around. and no crsed: -oh WOW, oh
jiggily-wobble! oh what hitter
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