El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-10
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILYS CORN ROAST.
By HOWARD n. GARIs.

TNCLE WIGGILY LONGEARS. the
nice bunny rabbit gentleman, was
hopping over the fields OF his
farm. not Tar from his hollow stpmp
bungalow one day
Yes. everything fs coming along
nicely" said the bunny 10 himself. II
shall have plenty OF turnips, CARROTS
lettuce and potatoes for the winter
Nurse Jane and I shall not starNe,
aud there viii even be enough 70 give
some to the poor This has been
good year for me 49,
farther. 20 notice. how the parsnips
were growing, when. all OF a suocen.
he heard voice saying:
Uncle Wiggilys why don't you give
g harvest party.
he saw Jackie Bow Wow. the little
puppy dog boy. scramble out from
under the fence. where he had hidden
a bone away from his brother, Peetie-
whats a harvest partyZ
why" explained Jackie, when al
the things have grown Up In your
fields. YOU gather them IN your barn,
and YOU invite everybody TO help you
and then you give party and tnere
are lots OF things to eat ana We p--y
games and maybe have bonfire anl
roast potatoes and nla mar vs.
soh. I seer laughed Uncle Wig
gily. IT'S an eating party you're
thinking off,
well. Of course, it's nicer II you
have things TO eat" went on JACKIE,
sficllng out his red tongue Il see
you have q lot q corn growing "a
Gle Wiggily. Why not nave q corn
roasting party
I might do that" said me ounny-
/ sT'Ii speak to Nurse Jane about II
she's the one to get Up gooo INNS
I 10 eat Glad you mentioned X Jackie'
and you'u be one OF the Iirsr n
vited." - -
py dog boy, and he scanpered away
a corn roasting party sounds very
nice" spoke Uncle Wiggllys as ne
I hoped back to his hollow stump pun
T galow. IN see what Nurse Jane
/ Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy. the musiSrat
[ lady housekeeper, thought the icea
/ was Just dandy one
I wen invite all our friends she
I said, rand you can build q fire IN the
[ field. Just as Jackie spoke OF, and
Z ven get some roasting ears OF corn
and It viii be lovely,
I I'll 20 back 10 the field and get
I the corn" offered Uncle Wigguy-
Get nice, roasting ears, and also
/ some potatoes thar nay oe BAKED
L called Nurse Jane altar hin The
I bunny said he would and he cane
Il back with q big basket fLlsd with
Il good things from his farm
\ Al last the evening Tor Dncls WIG
II Efly'S corn roase harvest picnic sup
4 per arrived Al the animals boys and
Z girls, and their fathers, their mothers,
their uncles, their cousins and their
aunts were invited
Some lightning bugs very kindly
lighted the big pile OF leaves and
I brush. in which the corn was 10 be
roasted and the potatoes baked.
I Jackie and Peetia Bow Wow. win
\ their sharp teeth. helped Toodle and
Noodle Flat Tail. the beaver boys
EuaW out sharp sticks on which the
hot corn and potatoes could be stuck
I Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewob-
be, the ducks. helped sweep clean
some broad Tat 81 nps 70 be used
as tables The fire roarsd and
some hot embers.
Now put 10 the corn and pOta-
toes" said Nurse Jane who knew al
: about cooking and such ike
The ears OF corn, wrapped IN the
husks. we're placed on hot stones near
the hot Goals, ana the potatoes in
their skins. were buried in the warm
[ ernbers- Then Uncle Wlggily and his
friends sat about the harvest supper
fire and sang songs and told stories
Uncle Wiggily Just finished telling
a little Bedtime story about Johnnie
: Bushytail, the squirrel, when Nurse
Jane said
Nov the corn and potatoes are
. done. Take them out OF the fire
Wiggilyl"
on sharp sticks Uncle Wiggily tool
, the ears OF corn and the baked pota-
, toes from the embers, passing thg
. good things around among his friends
They used other sharp sticks 70 hold
The things, so they wouldn't burr
their paws, claws or wings, whatever
they happened 20 have Nurse Jane
] passed the salt and butter and she
/ had a nice chocolate strawberry long
4 cake 20 cut Up later.
All OF a sudden, just as every one
, was eating. and having q lovely time
= some voices cried