Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-12-25

somewhat wider and saw on the
steps a little brown bear, one of
| the bear children of the big, black,
bad, bushy bear!
"Oh, the poor little fellow" said
Nurse Jane, who had also come
downstairs. "He is too small to
harm us, Uncle Wiggily. Let US
take him in, and give him some
warm milk! He's LOST"
"All right, and I'll light up the
| Christmas tree for him to see"
whispered Uncle Wiggily, as Nurse
Jane warmed the milk. II can't
show him Santa Claus, but he'll
| like the tree"
So, Mr.. Longears slipped in the
! other room to set the Christmas
tree all aglow. and 10 and behold,
When he entered the room and the
, tree was lighted up. there We're a
lot of presents on it, and the stock
ings of Uncle Wiggily and Nurse
Jane were filled to the tops.
"Why-why!" stammered Uncle
| Wiggily in surprise as he twinkled
! his pink nose. Santa Claus must
have been here early. Hello, there,
little Brown Bear" he called
Come in here You may see where
Santa Claus has been. even if you
can't get a sight of st. Nicholas
himself
ooh. did he leave anything for
me?" asked the little brown bear
as he finished the milk Nurse Jane
had given him. Into the Christmas
! tree room he scrabbled.
Uncle Wiggily and Nurse Jane
looked at each other. Then they
looked at the Christmas tree, and
| just as true as I'm telling you,
| there was a red rubber ball, a
jumping jack, a train of cars, a
drum, some toy soldiers and a pair
of roller skates for some one.
| oh! Santa Claus must have
known you were coming here. and
left these things for you. my dear"
said Nurse Jane to little Fifty
Fluffy, as she called the bear.
"Oh, how happy l ami" cried
Fifty Fluffy. as he banged the
drum and bounced the rubber ball
Then he ran in back of the Christ
mas tree to look at the golden red
stars and other ornaments. And.
while the little bear was thus out
of sight for the moment, into the
room came the big black bushy
bear.
"oh, no. Uncle Wiggily! You.
made it very easy for me this
time!" growled the bear. "You
left the kitchen door open. so I
could come in and nibble you,"
But just then, out from behind.
the Christmas tree ran little Fifty
Fluffy.
"Oh, Daddy! Look" cried Fifty
Santa CLAUS didn't come TO me, so
1 hunted him, and | found him."
TWhat! You here?" growled the
big black bear. and he looked very
much ashamed of himself. And
did Uncle Wiggily and Nurse Jane
take care OF you. bringing you in
out of the cold and
Eyes, and look what Santa left
for me. on Uncle Wiggily's Christ
mas tree" squealed Fifty Fluffy,
holding up his toy soldiers.
The black bear seemed to have a
terrible cold in his head, for he had
to wipe the tears out of his eyes.
Then he picked Fifty Fluffy up
under his paw, and took the little
boy bears presents in the other
paw, and went softly out. But ass
he reached the door the big bear
turned and said. very gently:
Merry Christmas. Uncle Wig
gily. Merry Christmas"
Merry Christmas to YOU" replied
the bunny gentleman and then, as
n wos manly OnOrnipv ha wished
Merry Christmas to Nurse Jane.
And so Uncle Wiggily wishes a mil
lion Merry Christmas greetings to
each and every one of you.
And if the cranberry sauce
doesn't try to slide down hill with
the mince pie and scare the candy
clock SO it jumps over, the fence
and falls on its face, I'll tell you
next. about Uncle Wiggily and the
broken drum. e