Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-13

keeper. IF you could go out In
the fields and pick a few yellow
dandelion flowers, and bring them
home, boiling them UP into tea
could drink that, and my head
would stop aching" said Nurse
Jane.
ut shall be done as you desire, y
spoke the bunny gentleman, with
low and polite bow Of his pink
twinkling nose. as he was not Their
wearing his all. silk hat.
Uncle Wiggily got his own break
fast, and then he set out after the
yellow dandenon flowers, which
grew not far from his hollow stump
bungalow in the fields next to the
woods.
Don't pick any of the fluffy
uffy dandelions," called Nurse Jane
as Uncle Wiggily started out, They
are going to seed. Bring only the
bright yellow blossoms"
"I'll do that" promised Mr.
Longears.
over the fields he hoped, and
through the woods but, for some
reason or other, he could find nc
yellow dandelions growing near his
bungalow. Then he hoped on q
little farther, and, all of a sudden
he gave a loud aker-choo sneeze.
"Dear me! / hope I'h not catch
ing cold" said Uncle Wiggily.
mo, indeed" chirped a little
black cricekt. who was getting ir
tune for the fall concert. TITS
just some of the fluffy dandelion
fuzz getting up your nose"
"Dandelion fuzz!" cried the rab-
bit. I've been looking foraker
choo! That is l haven't exactly
been looking for sneeze," he went
on with a laugh, "but for some
yellow dandelions to make tea fol-
Nurse James headache. Only
can't find any. don't want the
sneezie kind"
"Well, went on the cricket
You'll find plenty of yellow bios.
SONS, and some that have gone tC
seed, Just over the top Of the HILL
I'm not going to pick the seedy
fuzzy sort" the bunny gentleman
said as he hoped away. "Nurst
Jane doesn't want them. Thanh
you, little black cricket, for telling
me-"
you are welcome" chirped the
tiny chap.
over the top of the hill hoped
Uncle Wiggily, and soon he fount
himself amid field of yellow dan
delion flowers. He was pickins
some, and hoping the tea woult
help Nurse James head when, all o
a sudden, out from behind busl
jumped the bad old Skillery Scaller,
Alligator with the double-jointeC
tail.
"oh ho!" cried the flippy-floppy
chap. Here you are, Uncle Wig
gily! And ! am just in time to nib
BILE your ears"
The bunny gentleman looked
around for something to throw a
the Alligator, and oh! how HI
wished he had his red, white ant
blue rheumatism crutch. But /
was back in the bungalow.
However. Uncle Wiggily say
something that made him smile
This was a bunch of fluffy dande
lion blossoms that had gone to seed
Quickly picking up stone tn,
bunny threw it into the midst of TIL
old blossoms. A cloud of white
fuzzy stuff was blown by the wine
right into the Alligator's face, blu
none reached the bunny
"Ker choo! Ker snizzio! Ke
foodleum" sneezed the Gator ..nt
he sneezed so hard that he turned
a back somersault and Hoppe,
himself far, far away.
That's the end of him for J.,
WHILE" said Uncle Wiggily, as h,
went on picking the yellow bios
SONS. I'm glad I found out, Low
to make him sneeze with the fluffy
feathery Seeds"
The dandelion tea made Nurs,
James headache better. And hov
she laughed when Mr.. Longear
told her how he caused the Cato
to sneeze. And II the lump O
cheese doesn't hit the piece of pi
on the end of its nose and spjll tn,
powdered sugar, I'll tell you mex
about Uncle Wiggily and the pinol
bugs.