South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-24
UNCLE
WIGGILY
THE STORY OF THANKS
GIVING.
CBY HOWARD r.. GARIs,
BY HOWARD r.. GARIs,

"Oh, dear. just can't go. I just
| can't goi" exclaimed Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy IN the hollow stump
I bungalow one morning after
! Thanksgiving.
Cant go where?" asked Uncle
| Niggily as the bunny rabbit gentle
man rubbed a bit Of orange skin on
his red. white and blue striped rheu-
matism crutch TO make il smell nice
rs it to the movies you wish to go
If so, I'll take you"
NO, but Mrs. LOngtau, the
mouse lady. just te.ephoned over"
said Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy, and asked
me TO come and help her bake
= cheese cake for the church social to-
night. I'd love to go and help, but
1 can't"
why nOt?" Uncle wiggiy wanted
10 know.
Because have TO do the wash
ing answered Nurse Jane. You
know it rained Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, and the only time
have to wash the clothes is today.
And now Mrs. LOngtail wants me to
come over and help with the cheese
cake"
Then tOddle along!' exclaimed
[ Uncle Wiggily, smiling like. "Toddle
along and bake the cheese cake"
But what about the washing?"
asked the muskrat lady housekeep-
er.
I'll do it," declared the bunny,
maganimous hike and care free.
"You! almost screamed Miss
Fuzzy Wuzzy
certainly, l." answered the
bunny twinkHng his pink nose sur
reptitious like. 1T will not be the
first time 1 have done some wash
ing. 1 know how to put the clothes
into the tub. with some soap and
water, sozzle them around and hang
them out"
oh. but YOU must blue them-put
them in the blue water or they'll be
all yellow" cried Nurse Jane.
Blue they shall BELL make
them as blue as the summer sky"
sang Uncle Wiggdly.
oh but not too bluel" begged
, Nurse Jane. Not too blue!"
Come. come! Toddle ont"
laughed the bunny. Leave the
washing 10 me. Toddle on"
So Nurse Jane, with many a sigh
and shake Of her whiskers, toddled
, on to help Mrs. Longtail. the mouse
lady, while Uncle Wiggily made
| himself ready to do the washing.
, Il just know he won't sozzle the
clothes enough, or he'll get the wa
ter too blue or something" said the
| muskrat lady. But 1 suppose
can wash them over, and 1 must
help with the church social"
Now wo'll see what Uncle Wiggily
did. Nurse Jane had the clothes all
picked up for him, and he carried
them to the Laundry and tumbled
them into a tub. Then he ran on
: some hot water and put in some
], soap.
Now for the sozzling," cried the
bunny rabbit, as he rolled up lis
sleeves and dipped his paws into the
soapy water TO rub the clothes I'D
and down on the board But. lust
as he was about to do this the door
Of the bungalow opened and a voice
cried
What is going on here?"
For a moment Uncle Wiggly was
! frightened, but when he saw a big
white, shaggy fur-covered creature.
with a jolly face the bunny an
!, swered:
"Oh, hello, Mr.. WhitewaSh! Come
right in. my dear old Polar Bear
friend You may see me wash the
, clothes" and he told about Nurse
Jane going out.
"Hai I'll do more than see YOU
wash the clothes IN help you!''
roared the Polar Bear in his jolly.
frosty voice. "On with your shoes
and socks!"
what for? 2" asked the bunny.
wen get right in the tub with
our paws and jump up and down on
, the clothes. That's the only way TO
: wash them! That's how L always
wash my clothes!" laughed the
Polar Bear. "On with emf
SO Uncle Wisgily took off his
; shoes, and so did the Polar Bear
I gentleman, and then they hoped
Up into the tub of clothes and be-
San dancing together. Splish.
splash! went the soap water and the
> clothes were sozzled as they never
We're before. as Mr.. Whitewash sang.
Up and down we dance,
Round and round We prance!
Wen wash these clothes.
r For goodness knows
It is our only chancei'
Nurse Jane came back. Just as
q Uncle Wigg.ly and Mr.. Whltewash
, were dancing their hardest. splash
} ing the sOapy water all over the
floor.
e Whatever are YOU doinE?" cried
the muskr1t lady IS She saw the
two friends in their bare paws,
! standing i'm the tub.
Washing the clothes" politely an
! swered Mr.. Whitewash Il think
youn find them so white as never
was" he added
'WeH so they are" spoke Miss
e Fuzzy Wussy. as she blued them and
= hung them out. But I never heard
S OF washing clothes by dancing or
them
r "Oh, that's how I always do it,
- laughed Mr.. Wnitewash. blinking
Z one eye at the bunny. And Mr..
/ Longears tried not TO laugh.
P But everything came out ali right
= and If the cabbage cutter doesn't tie
! knots In the string bean and make
cats cradle Of it, the next story
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