The Washington herald., 1920-05-10
cHILDREN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
ny HOWARD n. GARIs
! UNCLE W1cCHY AND
EIJLu,S SHOES.

I'll LOLC - ~ RSA>S. Ill
One day Uncle wiggiiy. Longears
saw Lulu Wibblewobble. the. duck
Egirl. coming home from school. and
Lulu did not look very happy.
whats the natter" asked the
bunny rabbit gentleman. did you
miss your lessons, Lulu7 And did
the lady mouse teacher make you
stay inT'
"oh. no" quacked Lulu. "But Jen-
ME Chipmupk Is going 20 give
little party and
Whats THAR, cried the bunny
rabbit. and he was SO excited THAI
his pink nose twinkled like the star
on top, Of d Christmas tree. you
don't mean to say Jennie chipmunk
il going to give q party. and hasn't
asked you! Don't tell me that
aoh. Jennie has asked mo all
right" said Lulu. "Bpt I have NO
shoes TO wear"
.No shoes@ exclaimed Uucie Wig
gily Why what have you on your
feet nowT' rsNt
Those are old Shoes" Lulu an
swered. II want n nice pair of let
party"
Green shoesp' cried the bunny
and he was so excited that he tried
to quack like q chicken. why 1
never heard of such a thing. I've
seen purple hats and red dresses.
but / never saw green shoes"
"Oh. fancy shoes are all the, style
now" said Lulu. Susie Littletaii
has n pair of carrot colored ones,
Kittie Kat has milk colored ones,
and Mamie wagtail is going to wear
shoes colored like strawberries. !
want green ones for the party"
II should think they'd be easy to
get" said Uncle Wiggily. TIL 60
down to the seven and eight-cent
store and see IL can fnd you
pair"
oh. thank you!" quacked Lulu,
and she was SO happy that she flung
her school books up in the air. and
they stuck in a tree and Billie
lBushytail, the boy squirrel, had to
/ climb up and get them down.
So Uncle Wisgily hoped over the
fields and through the woods to
the and 13-cent store.
| Il want a pair of green shoes
for Lulu, the duck girl, to wear
/ 70 JenDle SHlIHlunh . party SpOhS
the rabbit gentleman.
Green shoes? I never heard OF
them" squeaked the little mousie
girl behind the counter. Try next
door,
Try next door," said the bakery
bear gentleman who was friend
of Mr.. Stubtail, the nice bear father
of Neddie and Beckie.
| drug store
81 hardly think they'll have green
shoes in there. but I'll try" said
Uncle wiggily. and in he went
NO" said the gentleman lizard
clerk who was behind the counter.
~ haven't any green shoes, but /
have something just as good"
| Let me see it." suggested Uncle
Wiggily, and when the clerk showed
him, Uncle wiggily said: Il be-
Ilieve that will do. Give me five doz-
en-" and taking them under his paw,
he hoped home.
ct hope the Pipsisewah doesn't
Ichase me before 1 get home and help
Lulu fix her green Shoes" said Uncle
wiggily. But nothing like that hap
Ipened, and as the bunny uncle came
within sight of the duck house. Lulu
ran out, crying:
did you get my gren shoes?"
mo, but know a way to make
told me how spoke the bunny.
I"Give me your best white shoes,
Lulu"
Are you going to dye them, like
Easter eggs?" she asked, sort of dis
appointed.
mot exactly" answered Uncle
Wiggily, laughing.
So Lulu brought out a pair OF
white shoes that were almost new
and Uncle Wiggily took, from his
pocket a lot of one penny green
postage stamps.
"The drug store lizard gentleman
said IL I'd paste these green stamps
on your white shoes you'd have as
pretty a green pair as ever was"
said the bunny.
"Oh, how cutew quacked Lulu
Then she and Uncle wiggily pasted
the green stamps, one at a time, on
the white shoes. turning them the
| And when they were almost fin
ished, all of a sudden. there was a
rustling in the bushes. and out
jumped the Skeezicks!
ct want souse" howled the bad
chap.
Let me see your tongue, bravely
demanded Uncle Wiggily, just like
DR.. Postum. And when the Skee-
ticks put out his tongue the rabbit
| gentleman quickly stuck on 1t one
green postage stamp he had left
over from Lulu's shoes.
"Oh, WOW! Oh, ouch! Oh. how 1t
tickles" cried the Skee, and he ran
away making such a funny face,
trying to get the postage stamp Off
his tongue, that the duck girl
laughed so hard she turned a SOM
ersault.
But Lulu wore her stamp green
shoes to the party, and every one
said they were too cute for any
thing. And there was no cake for
| the Skeezicks. But IL the curtain
stick from the parlor window doesn't
try to get inside the milk bottle
when the goldfish is having a swim.
III tell you next about Uncle Wig
gily and Sammie's rattle.
| II NJ