Albuquerque morning journal., 1921-01-02

sprinkle some Of the ashes or h
slippery sidewalk in front 6 nf
hollow stump bungalow.
Up and down on the slippery
places Uncle Wiggily scattered the
ashes, and, now and then, the wint
blew some of them on his pink
twinklins nose, and he had tt
sneeze.
"But I shouldn't mind little
thing like that" said Uncle Wig
gily. "F'or 1 am helping Nurse
Jane by taking out the stove ashes
for her. And I am also making
the walk so it isn't so slippery.
don't want any of my friends tc
fall down and get hurt"
And, just as he said this to HIM
self, Uncle Wiggily looked up to-
ward the end of the walk, and he
saw his dear old friend, Grand
father Goosey Gander, come step
ping carefully along, slipping and
sliding on places where, as yet
Uncle Wiggily had spread no ashes
"Wait a moment, Grandpa Coos
ey. Wait a moment!" called Uncle
Wiggily. STAND where you are
and I'll scatter some ashes under
your webbed feet so you won't
slip" =,
"Ah, that is very kind of you!
auacked the old gentleman gandel
as he stepped on the ash-covered
ice, which wasn't slippery any
more. "You are very kind, Uncle
Wiggily. I wish everyone would
put ashes on their slippery walks.
Eyes, it would be az good thing,
said the bunny.
ibid you see anything IF the
Woozie Wolf or the Fuzzy Fox to-
day, Uncle Wiggily?" asked Grand
pa Goosey, as he waddled on, tax
ing little short steps, so he would
not fall.
"rhe Fox and Wolf? Gracious
sakes alive! I should hope not!
cried Uncle Wiggily. why do you
ask?"
Because" answered Grandpa
Goosey, "on my way here l caught
the sound of bowling and yowline
in the woods, and i think 1t may
have been those bad animals"
"I hope not" said Uncle Wig
gily, and he kept on putting ashes
over the slippery places on the
walk in front Of his hollow stump
bungalow.
There were still many slippery
spots to be covered on the walk
and Uncle Wiggily was going in his
bungalow to get more ashes when
all Of a sudden, he saw, at the tor
end of his path, big animal In q
fur coat coming slowly along. tax
ing short steps in order not to slip
IT wonder If that is my old
friend, Mr.. Stubtail, the bear gen
tleman 2" thought Uncle Wiggily
The bunny uncle was just. goine
to hurry to sprinkle what few ashes
he, had left in his box on the. ice
near the big animal when, all of Q
sudden, this animal cried:
"Ah, ha! Now I have you, I'm
Gle Wiggily!" gq I,
And then, instead of being good
Mr.. Stubtail, it was only the bad
Woozie Wolf. He had wrapped
himself in his biggest fur coat to
look like Mr.. Stubtail.
WdHt yOtJ ohSAV " s6oA'y
want you!" cried the Woozie Wolf.
II want to nibble your ears for my
New Years dinner!'
But just as he said that the
Wolf's paws slipped on the Ice
covered walk, and he would have
fallen only that he caught hold OF
the fence. n
"My! how slippery 1t isl" howled
the Wolf. "You didn't put any
stove ashes here. Uncle Wiggily!"
mo, / missed that place!'
laughed the bunny, and he had to
laugh and twinkle his pink nose ass
he saw the paws of the bad Wolf
slipping out from under him.
Here! You stop laughing at
mel" howled the Wolf. Come ard
put some ashes under my paws, as
you did for Grandpa Goosey! Then
l won't slip!"
well, the very ideal" cried Un-
Gle Wiggily. "As II I wonid put
ashes on slippery places for you,
SO you can get to me to nibble my
earsl / guess mott"
well, I'll gel. you anyhow ow--asil :;
es Or no ashes" how1ed the Wo6zis
Wolf. Well, he tried to walk along
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