Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-03-27

thing she called a sock menlerr
~ WAS SNAPPED like a lemon with n
Hahdle on, only it was made of
WOOD. This mender went down in
SIDE the sock and then. with needle
and yarn, Nurse Jane mended the
hole. '''e
II must find Nurse James socl,
hender, said Uncle Wiggily when
ne mad managed to pick up needle
and thread out of the muskrat
lady housekeepers sewing basket
But the sock mender-the thing
tlke lemon with q handle-could
not be found.
Let me see," said Uncle Wig
gily to himself. Anything else
shaped like a lemon. will be lust as
good. Hal | have it! An egg, only
there isn't any handle to an egg.
But III put an egg inside my sock
and then l can stretch the hole
over the round part and put in the
Stitches"
There we're eggs in the hollow
stump bungalow. and Uncle Wig
gliy soon slipped one inside his sock
at the place where the hole needed
mending. Gathering the sock, with
the egg inside, up in his paw, Uncle
Wiggily started to take the first
stitch. but all of Il sudden some
thing went Crack"
oh, my good land! I've broken
the egg" cried the bunny GENTLE
man, Il squeezed it too hard.
thinking it was Nurse James wood.
en- member. oh, dear"
Well might he say that. for the
white and yellow of the egg was
running out of the sock like mo-
laSSes.
That's bad luck" thought the
bunny. But [ can wash that sock,
and while it is drying I'll get an
other egg and mend the hole in my
other sock" He had discovered a
hole in each one.
Uncle Wiggily took the broken
egg shell out of the one sock, ana
washed away the sticky white and
yellow. Then he hung his sock up
to dry. ana, getting another egg, he
slipped that into the second sock.
I'm be careful not to squeeze
this too hard" said the bunny gem
tleman. He was just taking the
first stitch to mend the hole when
the door of his bungalow opened
and some one came in.
Hello, Nurse janet" called the
bunny, Come and see me mend
a hole in my sock!"
This isn't Nurse Jane" cried a
voice with a sort of mewing sound.
I'm the Wildcat after your ears!"'
and in popped lynx, or wild cat,
eager to nibble Uncle Wiggily's
ears. II don't care whether you
mend any holes in your socks or
mott" snarled the lynx.
"Oh, but l care" said, the bunny.
"And Feally I think I am quite
clever to use an egg for a sock
mender. Here. I'll show you, as
you might want to do the same
some day" The bunny got up
from his chair and walked over,
with the egg in the sock. close to
the bad chap.
Stuff and nonsense! I never
wear socks!" howled the lynx. II
want ears"
"The only thing about using
eggs went on Uncle Wiggily. sis
that they break so easily-like
this 8,
With that be raised up the sock
and brought the egg that was in
side it smack down on the nose of
the Wildcat. The egg broke, and
the white and yellow ran all over
the face of the bad chap! Z
. "Oh, what has happened! The
roof must have fallen on mel"
howled the lynx, so frightened that
his tail wobbled And then, all
white and yellow as he was. away
he ran, not hurting the bunny at
all.
Two eggs broken. but my ears
are safe" said the rabbit uncle. as
he washed the second sock. II
guess I'll wait for Nurse Jane to
do this mending" SO the muskrat
lady did. But if the ice cream
doesn't catch cold by going skating
with the bag of salt in the spoon
holder. I'll tell you next about I'M
II III