El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-16

" A RENT you afraid 70 go out
"A Uncle Wiggily2' asked Nurse
Jane Fuzzy WHY one lasf as
she saw the bunny gentleman getting
ready to leave his hollow stump bun
asfraid2 What of asked Mr..
Lougears as he rubbed a speck OF cusl
off his red, white and blue striped
rheumatism crutch-
why. have you forgotten how Bob
Cat. the Wild lynx nearly caught Us
yesterdayg' asked Nurse Jane.
'So, indeed. haven't forgotten
that" said Uncle M1ggilTs and 7
haven't forgotten how you frightened
him off BY making believe you were
going TO snip off with your scissors
his ear tassels for sofa cushions
Hal HAP laughed Nurse Jane
THAT was FUNNY But don't you
think hen chase you againl"
"Oh, no, said Uncle wisely. 4 m
not going that way To-Day j m gong
70 call on an old friend OF mine, Dir
Dippy Ringtalls the raccoon gentle
aDippy Ringtani What q funny
namei9 laughed Nurse Jane
We'll he IS called Dippy because
he IS 60 clean thar he dips al MS
food In water before he eats it, said
Uncle WiEEily. And he has a little
boy raccoon named spllsly, VINO not
only dips his food in water, but
gulaEhes the water about as he does
so. And they get their name t-inEti-ll
because the fur on their tails Is IN
broWnish gray and white rings
How iuLerestlnEI said Nurse
Jane. @Wel,Yif there is little Ring
tail boy. PERHAPS Tou viii like 20 take
him one o. my carrot turnoNefs- 4neJ
are like apple dumplings, only
ara clean. 60 he doesn't need 20 dip
them In water.
aTn ten him. promised Uncle
Wiggily. 7 shall be glad to take
splashy Ringtau one q your carrot
turuovers, Nurse Jane"
So the muszrat lady housekeeper
put the turnover, which was like a
little pie, in a clean paper bag and
gave 81 to Uncle Wiggily. OF the
bunny rabbit gentleman started,
I across the fields and through ne
woods There was some snow on the
ground. though the weather was not
quite cold enough yet to have frozen
the ponds and brooks
B As Uncle WiEgily hoped along he
/ looked IN the snow for the marks OF
I the tracks OF any birds or beasts
I don't want 70 see the paws OF
7 claws Of Bob Cat" thought the bunny,
as he held the carrot turnover under
I his coat Nurse Jane isn't here noW
I TO make believe she VIII snip of his
/ ear tassels, which all lynx chaps
wear
/ But Uncle Wiggily saw no marks In
I the suoW 10 frighten him He did
] see, however, some prints in the clean
snow that looked as II alittle boy OF
I girl had been playing there The
Z marks looked just like hand marks
/ But, as there we're other marks also
Z Uncle Wiggily knew them for Whai
+ they were.
"splashy Ringtal the little raccoor
chap, has been along here" said the
[ bunny 70 himself, as he followed the
I tracks until he came to small brook
.Raccoons make. with their hind feet
I marks in the snow or mud Just like
those OF children I wonder Whert
Splashy isG'
AS Uncle Wiggily reached hs
I brook, he heard q noise and, looking
I around the corner Of a stump, he saw
3 Splashy Rlngtail the little raccoor
; boy, himself. Splashy was dipping
/ his paws in the water and washing
/ his face, even II there was snow on
] the ground
oh, Splashyrr cried The bunny rab-
Z bit gentleman. Il have something
] for youi Nurse Jane sent it TO you
. as / was coming 10 your house 70 see
] your father. Here IL is" and Uncle
! WigEily handed Splashy the Carol
I turnover Nurse Jane had baked
oh you are very kind. said the
little raccoon boy, as he took the