El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-30
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
= UHCLB WIGGILY and hukat JANIS CAhDt-
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7 TNCLE WIGGILT had hoped over
1 \ the fields and through the woods
Tor many a mile, but he had
found no adventure that day The
+ Fipslsewah had not chased him. nor
had the Skeekicks tried 10 get his
souse-
Dear me hum SUI dud and some
I hayseed lollypopE. with cranberry
sauce on.' said the rabbit gentleman
I 20 himself as he leaned up against a
stone wall and twinkled his pink
nose Isn't anything going TO hap
{ penz An not 70 have any adventure
az allg"
Just then he shifted the air, Uncls
{ WISELY did, and he. smsled some
thing very sweet spicy and delicious
~ wonder what that isg" he asked
Z himself Then, picking around the
corner or rubber ball that Johnnie
I Bushytail. the squirrel boy had for
gotten and left in the path. Uncle
I Wiggily saw candy monkey coming
down TIVE road.
Oh, my mol don't mean that
monkey made Of candy was walking
along. It was 5ust a regular monkey,
Z Ike Jacko or JUMBO Einkytaii, eI-
/ eept that this monkey had q little
wagon, on which he made and sold
candy. He had q little oil stove on
his wagon and there he boiled the
sugar and spice and other things nice,
20 make the sweet candy.
amy lsuyDops9 ANY gum drops
caramels2 ANY bonbons todayg'
asked the candy monkey OF Uncle
wisely
wen, I don't know spoke the
rabbit gentleman. slow Ike and
thoughtful II s'pnse I might take
Nurse Jane a box OF candy" he went
so you might" exclaimed The
monkey chap. cit would please her. I
know. Does she ike hard or soft
caudye" he asked as he looked over
the different boxes on his wagon
which had red wheels 7 mean the
wagon had red wheels. not the candy.
T guess she ikF soft candy" said
Uncle WigEily-
Here you arei A nice box OF soft
candy for Miss Nurse Jane FUZZY
WiEEy." spoke the candy monkey,
writing the name o. the muskrat lady
housekeeper on a card made OF white
birch bark He handed the box 70
Uncle Wiggily, and then the monkey
Does Nurse Jane ike chewing
canayE
"WelL she always cheWs her candy
II that IS what you mean spoke the
bunny rabbit gentleman, giving his
tail silk hat a little polish with the
end Of his pink. twinkling nose
Il didn't mean that, exactly" spoke
the monkey. "But / have here some
very sticky chewing candy The ani-
nal boys and girls like IL because e
lasts so long. They can chew on it al
day. nearly. Only you want 10 be
careful about r."
"Whyg' asked Uncle Wiggily. "Has
it any firecrackers In it2'
II should hope not! cried the
candy monkey. i don't sell april
Fool caudv. But this new kind IS so
very stifE and sticky that, ence you
bite down on Go, you can't open your
mouth for some little time 20 take
another bite. That's Why e lasts SO
long"
i see" said Uncle WigEily. you
might give me little Tor NuFse jana
She may like IT,"
So the monkey gentleman put on
tor Of the box some very extra spe-
cial sticky stiff chewing candy 1of
Nurse Jane. and Uncle MigEllE slaFt-
ed for his hollow stump bungaloW.
He was thinking how pleased MISS
FUZZY WuzEy would be when he gave
her the regular candy, and also the
chewing kind, when, all OF a sudden
out from under the edge OF sassa-
fras tree. popped the bad old squee-
dunkuui- The SQueedunkum IS q very
funny animal, like a lizard, with
very big mouth and very long Whis-
kers like Santa Claus. only he isn't
as nice as santa Claus, Of course
"HL therer cried the Squeedunkurn I
to Uncle Wiggiiy. I'm after your
souse. and Pm glad TO see you have -
an wrapped up for me- III take 70 I
now" and before the bunny gentle