The Washington herald., 1920-11-06
Chldren's S Sunrise Stories
UNCLE wIccILY AND JENNIE's BEADS.
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piece among the leaves and then
pretend to nnd Il.
In that way Johnnie can get
Jennie's beads." thought the bunny
gentleman But as he pol<ed smong
the leaves and got all ready 20 drop
the lo-cent piece. Uncle wikgily
saw something that made him
change HIS mind.
i viii try another plan" he said.
4 think Jennie will like these beads
even better than the kind Johnnie
was going TO get"
So. instead of dropping one OF
his own Io-cent pieces. and pretend
ing to hnd It for Johnnie. the bunny
gentleman said:
Why don't you make q bead neck
lace for your cousin. Johnnie7"
Make a necklace7 How can IL
asked the squirrel boy. They have
nice ones down in the & and scent
store. was going TO buy one OF
those, only ! dropped the dimei on
dear! Jennie will think don't like
her IL don't get something for
her birthday"
she will like something Won
make yourself much better than
something you buy" Uncle wigg1ly
said Come, Johnnie. III show you
now 70 make some nice beads for
the little chipmunk girl"
On, 4 can never make a neckIacs
OF beads" declared johnnie.
les, you can" insisted Uncle
Wiggily. See, on the ground are
hickory nuts, chestnuts and acorus.
Ihese nuts strung on q cord, will
/ make as hne a necklace as any lit
tie chipmunk girl could wish"
But where shall / get a cordr'
asked Johnnie.
"Ho! Ho! You aren't much Of a
boy II you haven't a lot of string In
your pocket" said Uncle WIRgilv.
With a laugh Johnnie pulled out
some strong cord.
That's to begin WITH" said the
bunny. Now help me gather some
hickory nuts, chestnuts and acorps.
There are plenty left even after you
SQUIRRELS gather your winter sup
ply"
But the nuts have no holes in. as
beads have" objected Johnnie. Even
II 1 have a string / can't put the
nuts on for they have no holes"
| Dear me-" said Uncle wiReflv
with a laugh. You must do a little
thinking Johnnie! Haven't YOU
sharp and pointed teeth. Just made
for gnawing?"
of course have" said Johnnie.
All squirrels have sharp teeth and
/ can gnsw nuts"
Then you can easily make holes
In the nuts and you and / are going
to string for Jennie's beads" the
bunny gentleman said.
"Oh, so / cam" cried johnnie ana
he at once gnawed holes in a hick-
ory nut. a chestnut and an acorn.
Now we shall start TO make the
necklace for Jennie's birthday"
spoke Uncle wiggily.
oh. but the nuts are not pretty
colors. like the beads I could have
bought IL ] hadn't lost my Io-cent
piece" chsttered the squirrel boy.
beads.
I'VE can color the nuts with the
autumn leaves" said Uncle wiEgily.
The leaves are red and purple.
golden and brown. yellow and pink.
I'm sure there could be no more
lovely colors"
That's right" cried Johnnie
I, Then he and Uncle wiggily began
to string the nuts for Jennie's
beads. Johnnie making holes in
them with his sharp teeth And
the nuts were colored red. green.
gold. purple, pink and yellow with
I tints from the fallen leaves.
And just as the last nut was
slipped on the string. the bad old
Fuzzy Fox came sneaking along,
crying:
I'm hungry I'm hungry"
well, have some left over hard
nuts" cried Johnnie
Then he and Uncle wiggily threw
hard nuts at the Fuzzy Fox. hitting
the bad chap on his soft and tender
nose, until he cried:
oh, I've had enough, I've had
enough" and away he ran. as fast
as he could go.
''oh. what a lovely string Of nuI
besds." said Jennie. when Johnnis
gave her the birthday present, and
she kissed him and Uncle wigCily.
So this teaches us sometimes il IS
good luck TO lose 10 cents. And II
the lollypop doesn't jump on his
stick and try to go 90 the moving
pictures all alone, I'll tell you next
about Uncle wiggily's carrot roast