Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-25
Bedtime Stories
For Little Ones
Copyright, 1921, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
PEANUT CANDY.
By Howard R. CARTS.

''Uncle Wiggily! Hello, Uncle
Wiggily!" called a jolly little voice
outside the hollow stump bungalow
one morning, just as the nice old
gentleman bunny had finished his
breakfast lof lollypop cakes with
molasses kisses sprinkled down
the middle.
Eyes, Yes! Who's there? Not
the bad old black bear, whose nose
l bumped with my bad luck UNI
brella yesterday; is hep" asked
Uncle Wiggily, quickly jumping up
from his easy chair.
"Oh, no! Don't be frightened. 1t
is only Willie Flufftail, the little
boy lamb" explained Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy. the muskrat lady
housekeeper, as she looked from a
side window.
why, hello, Willie! Glad to see
you!" laughed Uncle Wiggily, as
the boy lamb came in, Hopping his
fluffy tail from side to side.
you'll be late for school if you
don't hurry" said Mr.. Longears.
81 don't have to go to school to-
day." bleated Willie. "Dottie, my
sister, has a cold on account of
mother cutting off a little too
much of her wool, so she doesn't
have to go to school, either"
But you haven't any cold Will
lie" said Uncle Wiggily. II don't
see why you don't go to school"
Because mother said l could
stay home and amuse Dottie," an
swered the lamb boy. "And Dottie
wants some peanut candy. SO I'm
going to make her some and I'm
on my way to the store now to get
the peanuts. | thought maybe you'd
come with me and then hop over
to our house and help me amuse
Dottie and make the candy"
"Why, of course / Will" laugh
ed Uncle Wiggily. eff there's one
thing / like more than another
it is peanut candy. Wait until get
my red, white and blue striped
rheumatism crutch, Willie, and
I'll keep along with YOU
Soon the bunny rabbit gentle
man and the little boy lamb were
going along together. AS they
passed a place where Uncle But
ter the goat gentleman, and
Grandpa Whackum, the beaver
gentleman, were putting a new
roof on the coop in which Charlie
and Arabella. the chickens, lived,
Willie, the lamb boy saw a heap
of little pebbles.
ooh, may have some of those ?"
asked Willie. ... .....
Eyes, take as many as you like"
bleated Uncle Butter, the goat.
I'VE mix these pebbles with tar,
and put them on the chicken coop
roof. But we have lot more than
Wen need. How are you, Uncle
Wiggily?"
Fine" answered the bunny rab-
bit, gentleman as Willie put some
of the round and half-round white,
yellow and brown pebbles in his
pockets.
"Wen, I guess this will be
enough" Willie said after a
while.
What are you going to do with
the pebbles. Willie?" asked Uncle
Wiggily, as he and the lamb boy
hoped on again.
"Oh! I'm going to build a make
believe fairy castle for Dottie," said
the lamb boy, land / want these
''That will be time" said Uncle
Wiggily, and pretty soon he and
Willie were at the peanut store.
They bought the nuts already
shelled, as uncle Wiggily said
then the shells wouldn't get on
Mrs. Flufftail's carpet And little
later, the bunny gentleman and
Willie were at the Flufftail home,
making the peanut candy for Dot
tie.
ooh, I am so glad you came,
Uncle Wiggily!" said the lamb girl.
shifting just a teeny bit with her
cold. And may l put the peanuts
in the candy?"
Yes" said Willie. The molass-
es, sugar and other things that go
to make candy, had been boiled on
the stove. Soon it was time for
Dottie to put in the shelled nuts,
which she took from Willie's pock-
ct. Then the peanut candy was set
out on the back stoop to cool
Uncle Wiggily was telling Dot
tie and Willie little suppertime
story, and they were wondering