The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
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SUNRISE STORIES
~ HOWARD n. cAais
! UNCLE WICGlY AND
AIcE.S PIES. i

Uncle wisgiiy, oh, Uncle wig
giiyi Where are You woinefs
quaoked Alice wibbiewobble, the
duck girl. one morning. a. she saw
the rabbit gentleman giving his air.
ship . drink OF gasoiins 90 Il would
not get hungry and want . cloud
pun In the middle OF the night.
oh, I'm Just going to take little
ride down to the seashore and back.
answered Uncle wiggiiy. -Nurse
Jane Ia not feeling very well. and a
trip to the shore win do her goodF
-oh. Uncle wiggiiyI WIN you
please bring me back some clam
shells from the seashore7- asked
Alice Il want to bake some little
pies"
-of course I'll bring Won sorne
clam Shells" promised the rahI,st
pies"
I'm make you a special one.
Quacked Alice.
Then I'll take you and Lulu and
Jimmie to the hollow Q. uuip school
In my airship on my way to the sea-
Snore with Nurse Jane" said adr.
Soon the ai-ship was ready, and
Nurse Jane came out to Ies IN.
wheel.
When the airship reached the hoi-
low stump school, taugh, by the lady
inoure, Uncle Wiggfly steered A low
down, toward the ground, and Lulu.
Alice and Jimmie few on.
On and on he flew in his airship
with Nurse Jane, and soon they
reached the seashore. Uncle Wig
si!y gathered clam shells for Alice.
uncle Wiggily and Nurse Jane
started back to Woodland, near the
ORANGE Ice Mountains, early that
same afternoon. And the airship
went so fast that It reached the
hollow stump school just as the
! children were coming out.
/ Did you bring my clam shellsf"
asked Alice.
Yes. here they are" said Uncle
Wiggily.
Uncle wiggily had just put his
! airship in the garage when he hap
4 pened to meet Alice walking along,
| with a coverSi basket on one wing.
What have you there?" the bunny
asked the duck girl.
These are the pies I made In the
clam shells you brought me-" said
Alice.
My! You didn't lose much time"
spoke Uncle Wiggily.
And then. all of a sudden, there
was a rustling in the bushes, and
out popped the bad old Skeezicks, a.
thin as a fence rail. but as bad as
the Pipsisewah.
Did you say there were. pies in
that basket?' asked the Skeezicks OF
Uncle wiggily.
YES" answered the bunny.
They are pies that Alice baked
and she Is going to take some to
Grandpa Goosey and"
she is not going to take them
anywherer' impoIitely interrupted
the Skee. II am going to take them
myself! I'll cat Alice's pies and
then I'll take some souse OF your
ears. But first for the pies,"
| Rudely he snatched the basket
off Alice's wing. Still more rudely
he tore OF the white paper napkin
"Oh you pies!" gurgled the Skee
He took a large bite from one and
then he suddenly cried: ''Oh, wow
o. double wow! oh, what kind oi
pies do you call these?' And ther
holding both paws to his mouth
away he ran through the woods a.
fast as anything. not hurting Uncle
Wiggily or Alice at all.
That's funny" said the bunny
What kind of pies did SOU make
lAlice?
They were mud pies!" quacked
Alice. Il was going to tell you they
were mud pies, and wouldn't do for
lGrandpa Goosey, when the Skeezicks
burst in on u.s."
"Oh, no: Mud pies!" laughed
Uncle Wiggily. We'll. 1t served him
right"
!. Some day I'll bake you and
Grandpa Goosey a real pie" promised