The Washington herald., 1920-02-17
CHlLDREN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
UNCLE WIGGILY AND
SAMMIE'S SKIPPER.
By HOWARD n. GARIs

Out in the woodshed OF the bur
row house where the LittIstalI fun-
lily OF rabbits lived Uncle wisgiiy
one day heard a pounding, paas-
ing noise.
On going out Uncle wiggiIy, saw
tfere samnsfe. the b,y rabbit. \
What are you making. sammie;
q boat?" asked the rabbit gentle
man. -I
Sort of a boat" the boy an
swered,
Then 1t must be an Ice boat"
went on Uncle wiggily. "for the
duck pond is frozen now"
THAT'S what I'm making" said
Sammie. only I call It a. skipper.
susie and I skipped over the Ice
yesterday when the Bar oop chased
Us" said the bunny gentleman, with
a sort of sideways twinkle OF his
pink nose.
so / heard" said Sammie. We'll,
after 1 get my skipper don. you
and Susie may ride over the ice
on that, if you like"
Thank you" spoke Uncle Wig
gily. How does 1t work."
oh. you Just put the skipper on
the ice. sit on it and push yourself
along" Sammie answered.
Then he went on hammering and
pounding. and Uncle Wiggily start
ed out to look for an adventure.
"Pll try your skipper when 1 come
back, Sammie," called the rabbit
gentleman.
Uncle Wiggily! Uncle wiggilyw
called Nurse Jane after him. as
the rabbit was hopping of down
the hill.
What is it," he turned back to
ask. do you want a pound of
sugar from the s end Scent store?"
mo. but you had better take your
umbrella" spoke Nurse Jane.
Truly IT did look as il it might
storm. so he went back after his
trusty umbrella. Sammie was still
hammering and banging away at
the ice skipper.
"Sammie is great boy" thought
the bunny gentleman.
The wind started to blow harder
and II looked more and more like
storm. The bunny gentleman
said.
81 guess I'll go back home!"
He turned around. and as he did
so he saw the queer old Fuzzy Fox
jump from behind a snow bank.
"Oh. no." barked the fox, twisting
his left handed whisker into a grim
This is the time I'll get you, Uncle.
WigSily! You haven't Susie with
you. now, to sew your button on.
and sew me fast to a chair, Susie
isn't here!"
mo. and I'm glad she isn't!" said
the bunny gentleman. You can't
hurt her. And now you run along,
you bold, bad creature"
'rHa! Run along! Yes. I'll run
along after YOU" yelped the fox.
Here I comet"
With that he ran, but do you
s'pose Uncle Wiggily stood still?
Indeed the bunny did not-he ran,
too, and he kept ahead of the fox.
'I'll take a short cut across the
frozen duck pond ocean, said
Uncle Wiggily, as he ran away from
the Fuzzy Fox. And when the
bunny reached the shore of the
frozen pond. there was Sammie. the
rabbit boy. with his new skipper
boat, ready to glide over the Ice.
'Oh. Uncle Wiggily. Come on.
Get aboard my boat!" cried the rab-
bit boy. Tt skips as fast as any
thing. my skipper does"
Push, Sammie. push!" cried Uncle
Wiggily. as he stood up on the
skipper and looked at the fox drib-
bling along over the ice.
''I am pushing!" painted Sammie.
II am pushing. But my skipper
doesn't go as fast with two on as
with only one. The wind is blow
ing hard. II I only had a sail"
Then he opened the umbrella and
held II out in front, as he stood up
on the skipper. The wind blew on
the open umbrella, as 1t blows on
sail. On came the fox, but the
skipper boat went so fast that 1t
soon left the bad chap far behind
and he didn't get Uncle Wiggily, or
Sammie. either.
We'll" said the bunny gentle
man, ITS good thing you made
your skipper, Sammie."
And it's good you had your UNI
brella." laughed Sammie, and so 1t
was.