The Washington herald., 1920-05-13
cHILDREN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
NJ HOWARD n. GARls
UNCLE WIGGIY AND
JIMMIE'S JUDY SHOW.

Are you coming. Uncle wig
giiy! Are you coningY chartered
Johnnie Bushytail, the squirrel boy.
as ne saw the bunny rabbit gentle
man hopping through the woods
Am coming? Don't you mean
an going" answered Uncle Wig
Ely II you ask that, am. I am
going to the drug store to get some
sassatras-peppermint candy for
mo, Il didn't mean that" chat
terea Johnnie. Il mean are you
coming to Jimmie wibblewobble's
Punch and Judy show?"
Well. 1 hope so," said Uncle
Wlgsily as he pinkled his twink
nose Now. when the bunny gentle
man rabbit reached his hollow
stump bungalow with the candy for
Nurse Jane (for he had now built
nimself a new one after the hreJ
the muskrat lady housekeeper said:
Wiggily"
Il guess it's the invitation to
Jimmie's Judy show" said Mr..
LSongears. Yes, that's it," he went
on as he read 1t. wen both 20,
Nurse Jane.
Jimmie. the boy duck, had built a
llttle theater in his yard 1t was
made from an old dog house that
Mr.. and Mrs. Bow Wow, the father
and mother of Jackie and Peetie.
old not want any more. Jimmie
made a curtain for the front of the
kennel, and near 1t he put some
seats for the audience.
Where are you going to sit, Jim
mie?" asked Lulu and Alice, the two
duck girls, who were Jimmie's sis
ters.
oh. I'm going to be inside, be-
hind the curtain. I'm the one who
moves Punch and Judy about, and
says the funny things, and makes
Mr.. Punch hit everybody with his
club" went or Jimmie. I'm like
the works inside a clock. make
the show 60"
They took seats in front of the
old dog house. and pretty soon the
little curtain went up and there
was Mr.. Punch dancing about just
as though he might be alive. OF
course. it was Jimmie. the duck,
who was hidden beneath the stage,
moving Mr.. Punch about.
We'll. here ann" cried Mr.
Punch, in his soLeaky voice. only.
really. II was Jimmie. of course,
talking through a quill.
Yes. and here / am" cried Judy,
as Jimmie moved her about.
oh. here you are. are YOU"
squawked Mr.. Punch. and with his
club he tickIed Judy over the head.
'oh. dear! Oh. dear! oh, dear.-
cried Judy, and all the animal chill
drer laughed, for they knew il was
all in fun and she wasn't hurt at
all.
Then Jimmie made Punch and
Judy do other funny things. anG
Uncle Wiggily liked it very much.
All of sudden, Judy. who was
having a hard time being tickIed
by the club of Mr.. Punch, suddenly
threw a bean bag at him. 1t struck
him on the nose and sommersaulted
him down behind the stage.
"Ha. Ha! That's the way l do II,
That's the way / do II" squeaked
Judy. almost like Mr.. Punch. And
then, all at once Judy seemed TO be
looking straight at Uncle wiggily.
You get on out OF here" cried
Judy though of course il was Jim
mie making her talkl. Get out of
here
At first all the animal boys ane
girls thought Judy was speaking
thus impolitely, to the bunny gen
tleman, but when they turned they
saw the bad old Skeezicks had sud-
denly come into the show. and was
creeping up beSind Mr. Longears,
ready to get his souse.
Run away from here" cried
Judy to the Skee.
Not until l get some souse""
howled the bad chap.
Well, try this first" sQuawked
Judy. and with that she caught up
the club. which Nr. Punch had
dropped when she hit him with the
bean bag. And Judy threw the
club at the Skee. and IL landed on
his nose and bumped him so hard
that he yelled:
oh. wow, don't want to see
any more Judy shows" Then he
ran away. and he didn't get Uncle
Wiggily's souse. and Jimmie's show
went on, and everybody said il was
fine. So If the rubber band plays a
nice tune for the refrigerator to
dance with the tea kettle, I'll tell
you next about Uncle Wiggily anc
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