The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
CHILDREN IS
SUNRISE STORIES
UNCLE WICcHY AND
BILLIE.S SAIL.
~ HowARD N. GARIs


Down came the rain, all over
everything in Woodland, near the
Orange Ice Mountains, where Uncle
wiggily was staying at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bushytaii, the squirrel
folk. And, as the rain came down,
| IL frose. covering everything with q
sheet of slippery sleet.
oh, dear met chatted Mrs. Bushy-
tail. IT shalln ever be able to 60 TO
the store this morningr'
what did you want from the
storer asked Uncle Wiggily.
II wanted some calico to make lit
tie jackets for Billie and johnnie, /"
spoke Mrs. Bushytail.
but IL Is SOW cry slippery, and the
,, rain Is freezing as fast as IL comes
down. so / don't see how I shall be
able to get to the eight and nine
cent store said the squirrel lady.
"I1l go for you." offered the bun
ny rabbit gentleman. II love to be
out in a storm"
But this storm Is so terrible" ex-
claimed Nurse Jane.
BY this time Johnnie had found
his books and had hurried off to
school.
Hurry. Biiife. or you'll be iats.-
called Mrs. Bushytail to her other
squirrel boy.
I'm looking for my spelling
book" said Billie. '1t has lot of
hard words in I learned for the lady
mouse teacher"
And because II has such hard
words in 1t, suppose that is why
II IL 80 hard to find" laughed Un-
Gle Wiggily. 'T'll help you, Billie" :"
D..N q Al
Mrs. Bushytail said:
I'm sure you'll be late for school,
Billie"
I'll go with him and hurry him
along" offered Uncle. wiggily. '1'll
go now and get you the calico"
Soon Uncle wiggily and Billie, the
squirrel chap, started out together.
The rain had now changed to snow
and this, falling on the frozen sleet.
had made the paths and fields a.
slippery as the frozen duck pond
ocean.
II guess the only way for US to do
is to Slide" said Uncle wiggily. II
haven't forgotten how"
So the rabbit gentleman and the
little squirrel boy began to slide,
one on his way to school and the
other to go to the eleven and twelve
cent store.
Uncle wigigly would slide for
ward two steps and then he would
slip back three steps.
And Billie would slide along seven
steps and then slip back eight steps.
"Oh. I'll never get to school this
way!" chartered Billie with a laugh,
and to tell you the truth, he did not
seem to mind very much.
yes, II is slippery, and We don't
seem to be getting along very fast"
spoke Uncle wiggily. as he took nve
slides ahead and went back ten
places. But I know how We can
manage, Billet"
How" asked the squirrel boy.
1--WE can turn around and go
backward" suggested Uncle Wig
gily. Then the more We slip back
the nearer the twelve and thirteen
cent store, and the hollow stump
school. we shall be-"
"oh. let's do IT," chattered Billie.
And they did.
Now you had better hurry on to
school. Billie" said the rabbit gem
tleman. And I'll go back home"
But now something else happened.
Uncle wiggily and Billie could not
seem TO get anywhere Iney snp-
ped, stumbled and slid all over but
in the right direction.
"Oh. I shall never get to school,"
chattered Billie.
1T we only had, umbrellas we
could hoist them. hold our feet still
and then we would be blown along
just like ice boats" said Uncle Wig
gily.
But we have something just as
goodT exclaimed the bunny gentle
man as he looked at the bundle OF
calico cloth under his paw, I'll
tear off a piece Of this and make you
sail. Billie"
Uncle Wiggily soon made a calico
sail for Billie ando ne for himself.
So this teaches us that even on
ions have some uses in this world.
And IL the canary bird doesn't take
the sugar spoon out of the cake
basket to slide down the ironing
board on and tickle the gas stoves
legs. I'll tell you next about Uncle
Wiggily and Johnnie's Jack.