Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-24
Nellie is better at catching
them than | am. chuped Dickie

well, Dickie, what are you do.
ing"' asked Uncle Wiggily, paus
ing on hiss way to the store after
the soap.
"Oh, we are praeticing at catch.
ing floating feathers Nellie an.
swered. You see, Uncle Wiggily
when we grow up to be big spar.
rows, and have to build nests OF
our own, wen have to pick VI
feathers. Often the feathers float
in the air. blown by the wind. sc
every time we see a feather flying
now we do some practice and dart
after it."
Nellie is better at catching them
than l am" chirped Dickie. But
I'm going to practice hard"
That's the boy!" cried Uncle
Wiggily with a jolly laugh, as hi
hoped on, 1t did not take LONG
to go to the store and get the soar
for Nurse Jane.
II hope she isn't going to wash
your face with it" laughed the
monkey doodle gentleman store
keeper as he wrapped the soap up
Tor uncle W1gglly.
"Oh, no, just some clothes, ]
guess" replied the rabbit, and then
he went looking for an adventure.
But he couldn't seem to find any
that day.
Maybe I'll find one back at my
hollow stump bungalow" thought
the bunny. "At any rate, Nurse
Jane may want her soap. I'll take
it to her" ,..o ..
When the bunny rabbit gentle
man reached his hollow stump
bungalow once more he saw Nurse
Jane out in the side yard with
some tubs of water and some piles
of clothes.
Did you bring the soap. Wig
gy?" called the muskrat lady.
II did" laughed Uncle Wigglly.
"Whoop de- doodle How jolly
feel! Here's the soap"' and he
tossed it like a baseball at Nurse
Jane.
ooh. don't be so cut-up like"
laughed the muskrat lady, as she
ducked down so the soap wouldn't
hit her whiskers. Look Out!' she
went on, as the soap sailed over
the tub of blueing water and struck
a pile of clothes! "Oh, now you
have done,it, Wiggy!" she screamed
as big white cloud of something
arose from the stool where the pile
of clothes had been resting before
the soap hit them.
What did l do?" asked the bum
ny, as he looked in surprise at the
floating white cloud.
"You knocked down my pile Of
feathers!" said Nurse Jane. II took
the feathers out of some pillows
10 wash the ticking, and l piled
The feathers in a sheet on the stool.
You knocked the sheet down, with
your funny business, throwing the
cake of soap at me, and now look
the feathers are scattered all
over, flying through the air! Oh,
what shall | dol" cried Nurse Jane, |
sadly like.
"Tu help you catch your feath-
nrs, Nurse Jane" offered Uncle
Wiggily. (There, now you see
What | meant by the muskrat
ady's feathers.) 'Tll get them all
back for you
'eHow can you?" asked Nurse
zane, reaching up her paws and
to gather a few Of the
luffy things. :,
"rll jump up after them and
,rab them as Dickie and Nellie
Ship Chip did" said the bunny.
But he soon found that he was not
Is lively as a sparrow. He and
Nurse Jane did catch a few oil
he floating feathers, but most OF
hem were fast blowing away.
"Oh, dear!" sighed Nurse Jane
"Tm so sorry l cut up and was
oxy like, throwing the soap and
catering the feathers!" said IN
lie Wiggily. what shall j do?
1t seemed as if all the feathers
would be blown away. but, all OF
udden, along came Dickie an"
,eIlie Chip Chip, the sparrows.
"Oh, here is lovely place for
IS to practice catching Feathers!
hirped Dickie.
Pm with you!" whistled Dickies
the air the sparrows dart.
d, catching feather after heather
i their bills as boys catch base.
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