Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-07
Bedtime Stories
For Little Ones
Copyright, 1920. by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.
UNCLE WIGGILY'S AUTUMN
LEAVES.
(By Howard Il. Garis.)

Ane day, as Uncle Wiggily was
out in the woods. looking around
Tor an adventure, and wondering
what would happen when he found
one, he peered through the trees
and bushes, and then he rubbed
his eyes.
Dear mel" said Uncle Wiggily
to himself, as he twinkled his pink
nose, Il shall have to get new
pair of glasses if this happens very
often. My eyes do not often play
tricks on me like this. 1t looked
to me as though ! saw a sassafras
bush walking along. But of course
that could never happen"
Uncle Wiggily walked along a
little farther, hoping he was not
going to have trouble with his eyes,
when, all at once, he took off his
glasses.
Something surely is wrong"
said the bunny gentleman. u am
almost certain that / saw a branch
from a maple tree doing a hop,
skip and a jump. But of course
that could never happen"
So Uncle Wiggily went along
little farther, having rubbed his
glasses on his silk handkerchief.
He put them on again, and peered
through them.
But, no sooner had he done so
than he cried:
Goodness me sakes alive! ]
wonder what is the matter today?
I'm almost sure / saw little oak
tree off there in the woods. trying
to stand on its head. But Of course
that could never happen. Still it is
very strange that l have three
times, seen what | thought were
branches moving, and the wind
isn't blowing, either. This is very
strange!"
Uncle Wiggily sat down on log,
and he was just going to twinkle.
his pink nose to see if there was
anything wrong with that when, all
of q sudden, it seemed as il all
about him little trees, bushes and
shrubs, all bearing prettily colored
leaves. began to move about and
bob here and there. And some
voices cried:
Hello, Uncle Wiggily."
Goodness me sakes alive and
some roller skate lollypops!' cried
the bunny uncle. Bushes talking
as well as moving. This could
never happen
And then, to his surprise, the
branches and leaves seemed to fall
to the ground, and there stood
Sammie and Susie Littletail, the
rabbit children, Jackie and Poetic
Bow WOW, the puppy dog boys ana
Johnnie and Billie Bushytall, the
What are you doing?" asked
Uncle Wiggily. as he saw that II
was the branches, carried by the
animal children, which had moved
about. The leaves hid the children
from sight.
I'VE are gathering autumn
leaves" barked Jackie.
For the lady mouse teacher IN
the hollow stump school" chat
tered Billie, the squirrel. 80.
what is she going to do with
them ?" asked Uncle Wiggily. is
she going to make benflre of the
dried leaves?' -,o
NO, indeed" answered Susie
the rabbit girl. THE lady mouse
teacher said the autumn leaves
were so beautiful that she wanted
some to put around the school
room. SO she let us out early ana
we gathered bushes, branches ana
little trees. See, aren't the leaves
beautiful, Uncle Wiggily?'
Indeed they are" answered me
rabbit uncle, as he looked, at the
red, purple, golden brown, yellow
and greenish leaves on the branches
the animal children had gathered
"They are more beautiful than
some pictures / have seen. think
I shall take some home to Nurse
Jane to put on the walls OF my
hollow stump bungalow. Yes
that's what I'll do"
So Uncle Wiggily broke off some
branches of the autumn leaves
the brightest colors he
could find. Soon he had large
bunch Of autumn foliage which he
carried over his shoulder.
Just as Uncle Wiggily and the
animal children were leaving the
forest with their branches of aH-
tumn leaves, Peetie Bow Wow