The Washington herald., 1920-03-03
CHILDREN IS
SUNRISE STORIES
UNCLE WlCClLY AND
JOHNNIE.S JELLY.
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to 60 to schoolr' called Mrs. Bushy-
tail. the squirrel lady, one morning.
"oh. mayn't we just stay a little
llorger ana talk to Uncle wiggilyY'
asked Billie.
"rll talk 70 you when you come
home from having had the lady
mouse hear your seasons said the
old rabbit gentleman. who had gone.
for time. to live with the Busky-
tails. after having. with Nurse Jane
Fuzzy wuzzy. made long visit to
the Littletaii rabbit family.
"I think I know everything but
my jumping .lesson,t chartered
Johnnie. please hear it for me,
Uncle wiggily. This is the book
and he handed one. with dried au-
tumn leaves in, to the rabbit gentle
man.
Then Johnnie began to recite:
Five times two jumps are ten
jumps. Five times three jumps are
fifteen jumps. Five times four
| jumps"
"well. you squirrel boys had bet
ter jump on to school. IL you don't
want TO be later cried Nurse Jane.
coming around the corner OF tree
just then. "Skip along"
"All right" answered Johnnie.
.Tll take a walk and see IL can
find an adventure" said the, rabbit
gentleman.
Over the fields and through the
woods he hoped, and he was think
ing IL was about time, with spring
coming on, to begin to build a new
hollow stump bungalow for himself,
when all of a sudden, Uncle Wig
gily heard a rustling in the bushes.
"Ha! hope that isn't the fox,
trying to catch me-" said the rabbit
gentleman, looking around the cor
ner of his pink. twinkling nose. II
don't want to be caught by a fox.
must be CAREFUL"
Uncle wiggily went on very slow
ly. and, just rs he came under a big
pine tree, with thick, green
branches, like a Christmas bush, all
of a sudden, out from behind this
tree jumped the bad old Bazoopa!
"Oh, joyw cried the Bazoopa, who
was something like the Pipsisewah.
only worse. ''Oh, joy. Now / shall
have all the souse I want.
Turning to the Bazoopa. who had
hold of him by the ears, Uncle Wig
gily asked:
"wiil you kindly let me go for
two snowballs?"
mo, nor for ten ysnowballs, nor
ten times ten snowballs!" .howled
the Bazoopa. II have you now, and
am not going to let you 60,
either"
"Sammie Littletail. the rabbit,
isn't here now % help you get away
on his kite. Nor Johnnie isn't here
with his nut cracking teeth, to scare
me. l have you good and proper"
snickered the Bazoopa.
YES" said Uncle wiggily, sadly
enough, Il am afraid you have. But
tell me-" he went on, ''if you won't
let me go for ten times ten snow
balls, will you Let me go for ten
I"Now snapped the BaZoopa. Get
ready to have your souse nibbled."
How many are fiye times two%'
came a voice from the pinetree.
"Ten," answered the Bazoopa, be-
fore Uncle wiggly had the chance
to say anything. Five times two
are ten. But I'm not going to let
Uncle wiggily go for ten times two
snowballs, so don't ask IL, whoever
you are!"
I'm not going to-" went on the
voice, and Uncle Wiggily began to
guess who it was. How many are
five times three?T was the next
question.
Fifteen, Of course" was the an
swer. But I am not going to let
Uncle Wiggily go for even fifteen
icicles and part of another. want
his souse."
How many are five times five?"
asked the voice for the third time.
Look here" cried the Bazoopa,
looking up but seeing no one. Just
stop asking those silly questions,
and let me alonei I don't care how
many five times five are"
well l do, they're twenty-five.
and five times six jumps are thirty
| jumps" cried the voice. But !
think IL 1 jump on you real hard
that once will be enough! Here
comeR'
And then down out of the tree
| Jumped Johnnie Rushtail. the brave
| squirrel boy. Right on the soft and
| tender nose of the Bazoopa jumped
Johnnie, and, as he had some hard
hickory nuts in his pocket. they
hurt the Bazoopa very much, to say
nothing of tickling him.
do you want me to jump again.
chartered Johnnie as he~leaped to
the ground. THE next lesson is nve
times seven jumps are thirty-five
| iunDs and-"
"Oh. one is enough! One Is
| enough. My nose is too sore TO
| sniff any snuff" cried the Bazoopa,
and away he ran, not getting any
/ of Uncle WiggiIy's souse at all.