The Washington herald., 1920-04-13
CHILDREN.S
SUNRISE STORIES
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UNCLE WICcMY AND
LULUS LOiLYPOPS.

One day when Uncle wlgEi1y
Longears. ths bunny rabbit gentle
man, was passing tina heIiow stump
school, he saw Lulu, the duck GIRL.
coming out with . little paper bag
undar one wing.
ouack! ouaeki Halo, Uncle
Wiggtly". called Alice.
Dear me! Why LuIui Coming
out Of school 10 latsT" exclaimed
the rabbit gentleman. Il fear ms you
have bean kspt In he went ON.
speaking as II he had q part In the
school play.
I was" Lulu answered. sort Of
bashful and :wobbly Like. while she
crdnkled up the edges of the paper
bag. I" I did something I ought not
to have done." she went on.
I hope 1t wasn't Whispering
spoke Uncle wiggily, IN a hushed
and shocked sort of voice.
No. 1t was Just that I forgot
and took this out of my desk In
school,, said Lulu. holding up the
paper bag.
They had not gone very far, and
they were thinking how nice IL was
to have the April showers to bring
out the May flowers when, all of
q sudden, something grabbed Uncle
Wiggtly on one side and something
grabbed Lulu on the other side. and
pulled them down on a log.
Dear me! What's this?- cried
Uncle Wiggily. as he put on his
glasses, which had fallen OF.
III this Is you. Jimmie, trying to
play a joke, don't think it's at all
nice of your quacked Lulu.
1t isn't your brother Jimmie -
said a harsh and unpleasant voice.
and then, when Uncle wiggily had
on his glasses, and Alice had poked
oack her bonnet from her bill, they
saw who had them.
II was the unpleasant Pipsisewah,
and he had slipped one paw around
Uncle Wiggily and the other paw
around Lulu and had pulled them
down on a log.
s"Rather surprised to see mo,
! aren't your asked the Pip. unnec-
essarily.
Surprised isn't the word said
Uncle Wiggily contemptuous like
and infiammatory. What do you
mean, anyhow
h IL mean to have some souse, of
course" said the Pip. $50 TIL Just
take your souse. Uncle Wiggily, but
I'll hold Lulu here while / get 1t
so she can't run and call a police
man dog to arrest me-"
Il just wish l could, though"
quacked Lulu.
Now then for my souse." said
the bad chap. and he leaned for
| ward. First he looked at Uncle
Wiggily's right ear and then at his
left. Then he looked at his left
ear and next at his right.
Il declare! They both look so
appetizing and souse-like 1 hardly
know which one to nibble first"
said the Pipsisewah. refiective-like.
But I'll begin on the right one and
won't be wrong" he spoke, jok-
ingly.
Then all Of a sudden Lulu, who
had been twiddling the paper bag
of lollypops, gave a loud quack and
cried:
Jump up and run, Uncle wiggily!
l
fiutter and mar aged to break away
from the Pip's raw.
At the same time the bunny rab-
bit gentleman gave a jump. and he
| likewise, got loose from the bad
chap. Ard then Uncle WiggiIy and
Lulu ran off through the woods.
what makes him stay stuck
fast?" asked Uncle Wiggily whcr
he and Lulu were out of danger.
Its my lollypops." laughed Lulu
When he was looking at your diff.
ferent ears. wondering which one
to bite souse from. ! slipped the
bag of lollypops under him as ht
/ sat on the log. The lollypops melt
ed, and now they're like sticky fly.
paper"
And II the parrot picks rose of
the rag dolls hat. and let's the per,
fumery bottle smell the flower. II
tell you next about Uncle Wiggily
and proud Alice.