South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-19
UNCLE
WIGGILY
TIE STORY OF CHRISTMAS
HORN
tBY HOWARD r. GARIsJ
E STORY OF CHRISTMAS
tBY HOWARD R. oARIs,

/ do you mean you are going 10
+ get the pawful Of wood I asked you
10 bring in?" Nurse Jane Fuzzy
/ Wuzzy wanted TO know.
/ "Oh. did you tell me 10 bring in
some wood? I quite forgot!" ex-
claimed Mr. Longears But I'll get
the kindling for you at once, Miss
Fuzzy WuzZy, and then I'll get some
thing else I must not forget"
What is that2" the muskrat lady
I housekeeper wanted 20 know as
the bunny gentle nan started out
through the snow 20 the woodshed.
"a Christmas horn" Uncle Wig
! gily answered. " Each Christmas, as
I YOU know, I blow the horn early in
/ the morning 10 let the animal boys
and girls know that Santa has been
around, so they may safely arise and
look at their presents And each
year I blow a new horn. I'm going
10 get one as soon as bring In your
wood"
And when the box behind the stove
was we'll filled with dry kindIings.
so Nurse Jane could start the fire
again II 1t went out visiting, Uncle
/ Wiggily started over the fields and
through the woods.
you want TO be very careful
today. Uncle Wiggily!" quacked
| Grandpa Goosey as the gander gen
tleman met the bunny halfway
through the forest.
Careful? What do you mean
About dropping the Christmas horn
In the snow7" asked the bunny un-
Gle.
mo, about the Fuzzy Fox" said
Grandpa Goosey. Il just saw Sam
ME Littletail, the rabbit boy, hop
ping as fast as he could hop, and
when I asked him why he was run
ming. he said he had seen the bad
old Fuzzy Fox, who chased him."
"Oh, WELL" spoke Uncle Wiggily,
IF the Fuzzy Fox chased Sammie
and didn't catch him, as I don't be-
lieve he did, why, the Fox will be
so tired and out OF breath that he
can't get me. I'm not afraid"
But you had better be careful,
that's what I'm telling you" warned
Grandpa Goosey. I'm going in my
pen and shut the door" Which he
did. locking II, too.
Uncle Wiggily kept on until he
reached the toy store kept by the
Monkey Doodle gentleman, and
there the bunny bought a fine Christ
mas horn, all striped red, green, blue
and yellow.
foot! Tooti Tootity- foot -toot!"
went the horn when Uncle Wiggily
blew in IT,
"Oh, this Will wake up the animal
children so they will see what Santa
Claus brought them" laughed I'm
Gle Wiggily, as he hoped out with
the horn.
The rabbit gentleman was think
ing so pleasantly Of the joys Of the
coming Christmas that he scarcely
looked where he was going, and the
first thing he knew he was in a part
OF the forest where he seldom came
alone, for the Fox and Wolf lived
there.
oh, I had better hurry out of
/ this" said Uncle Wiggily. as Re
tightly Slasped I'm his paws the
/ Christmas horn.
He started to hop toward his hol-
low stump bungalow, but he had not
taken more than three steps before,
all at once. a rough voice cried:
! What are YOU doing in my
4 woods ?"
And the Fuzzy Fox grabbed IN
Gle Wiggily in his paws.
"Oh, please let me gol" begged
I the bunny gentleman.
No! Now snarled the Fox. I'm
going 20 take you off 20 my den and
what's that" he suddenly asked,
/ pointing to the bundle in Uncle Wig
gily's paws.
That's horn "a Christmas
horn" the bunny answered.
/ What's IL for-to eat?"
I mo. to blow. I blow it TO tell the
\ children Santa Claus has brought
] them Christmas presents"
Z "Oh, ho!" snickered the Fox. well
\ I have a present, too-yOu are my
: present, and I'm going 70 nibble you.
I Santa Claus didn't bring you, but
; I'll blow the horn just the same.
Here! Give Il 10 mel"
Uncle Wiggily shivered so, being
afraid you know. that ne dropped
/ the horn, big end first, into the snow
bank. But the bunny quickly lifted
( up the horn and gave IL 10 the Fox.
/ "Ill blow a loud blast and then
IN nibble you" barked the bad chap.
/ He put the horn TO his mouth and
/ puffed out his cheeks. But there was
no too'ity- toOt-toOt. What's the
matter2" asked the Fox.
You must blow harder-take a
/ bigger breath" said the bunny.
The Fox pulled himself up. and
blew and blew, but still no sound
came from the horn.
What's the trouble ?" howled the
Fox.
BLOW harderl" said Uncle Wig
gily. The Fox pulled himself up still
more, and blew so hard that he be-
came dizzy. his neck ached. and
down he fell in the snow. sQuirming
around, and not able TO see out OF
his eyes.
Here is where run away"
laughed Uncle Wiggily. and, pick
ing up the Christmas horn, away he
hoped. before the Fox got over be-
ing dizzy. And the bunny safely
reached his bungalow. i wonder
why that horn wouldn't blow for the
Fox?" said the bunny. He looked
and saw that the big end OF the horn
was all stopped up with snow where
II had fallen into the drift.
'Hol hot laughed Uncle Wiggily
1T was q good thing the horn was
stopped up The Fox nearly burst
himseh trying to blow the snow OUT
ia. Hal" Then the bunny thawed
out the snow and the horn was all
ready for Christmas.
And If snowfakes don't tickle the
face OF the pOstman's watch and
make its hands go around backward
I'll tell you next about Uncle Wig
gily and the Christmas bell
CHRISTMAS CANDIES.