Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-02

that to you and some of the other
animal ladies and I will bake cake.
pies and cookies"
I'm sure the boys will like this
as well as shooting off italian can
dies" spoke the bunny uncle. "I'll
| go to the store now to get the
molasses," which he did, limping
along on his pink. twinkling
Say, I'm getting everything twist
ed! But 1t is so near the Fourth of
July you'll excuse me, will you not
Anyhow, Uncle Wiggily hoped
to the store after the molasses, and
when Dickie Fliptail, the sparrow
boy, flew around through Wood
land, with invitations to all the ami
NAL children to come to the Fourth
of July picnic. Mr.. Longears start
ed to make the molasses taffy. He
began early so he would be sure to
have it finished in time. Mean
while Nurse Jane and the other
ladies baked the pies, cakes and
cookies.
At last Fourth of July came. 1t
was bright. beautiful day. and the
animal boys heard so much about
the good things they were to have
to eat that they did not, mind not
having firecrackers, torpedoes and
other noisemaking things.
will there be candy?" asked
Jackie Bow Wow, the puppy dog
boy as he helped Nurse Jane carry
the basket of cakes.
Eyes. Uncle Wiggily will bring
that" said the muskrat lady. "He
told me to run on ahead, and said
he would follow with the molasses
taffy."
well, he isn't coming" said
Johnny Bushytail. the squirrel boy,
looking back toward the bunny's
hollow stump bungalow. "pll skip
back and help him carry the
candy"
Mind you don't eat any of it!'
bleated Eilly Wagtail, the goat boy.
who was helping Aunt Lefty carry
the cabbage tarts.
Back through the woods scam
pered Johnnie, and as he reached
the hollow stump bungalow he
heard a voice saying:
This time I've caught you, and
you can't get away until ] nibble
your ears!"
"Oh, dearp thought the squirrel
boy. "Uncle Wiggily must be in
troubled"
And when Johnny locked
through the partly open door, into
the kitchen of the bungalow, he
saw the bad old Skillery Scallery
Alligator reaching out a. claw to
grab the bunny gentleman,
But did Uncle Wiggily allow him
70 he caught that way? Indeed
he did not. All of sudden he
gave the Alligator a push back
ward toward chair and cried:
"Stay there until l can get
Policeman Dog and have you ar
rested" Down sat the Gator, and
though he tried hard to get up
out OF the chair he couldn't. And
as the chair was screwed fast to
the floor, being one Nurse Jane
used for beating eggs, the bad
chap couldn't move.
"Come on, Johnnie!" cried I'm
Gle Wiggi!y, catching up a basket
and. hurrying out. We'll go to
the Fourth of July picnic, and
leave the Gator to the Policeman
Dog"
"What makes the Alligator
stay stuck fast like that. Uncle
Wiggily?" asked Johnnie, as he
skipped along with the bunny
gentleman.
"It's because of molasses can
dy," answered Mr.. Longears. II
had some soft. sticky pieces of
molasses candy left over. ! put
them on that chair while look
ed for some waxed paper In
which to wrap them. Then the
Gator came In to get me, but !
thought Of that way Of holding
him fast! Wasn't 1t good way?"
"Fine!" chartered Johnnie. Then
he and Uncle Wiggily went to the
picnic and the Gator went to jail
and the animal boys. girls and
everybody said the bunnys mo-
lasses candy was Just fine and 1t
was the incest Fourth of July
that ever happened.
And II the cough drop doesn't
fall off the bath room shelf and
break the cake of soap, I'll tell
you next about Uncle Wigglly and
the Balloons.