Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-20

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garden, the tall stems of purple
and white flowers, which, as yet,
had no name.
-"Ah, hal" thought the Fox to
himself. ut will be good place
for me to hide among these tall
see me if 1 crouch down behind
them, and when he and Nurse
Jane come to smell the blossoms
l can jump out and nibble their
ears! I'll do it!'
So the Fox did. He hid him
self in among the tall stalks of
flowers.
Now while the Fox was hiding
there, waiting for Uncle Wiggily
to come back and have his ears
nibbled, the bad Fuzzy Creature
began to look at the flowers. He
saw that the blossoms were long
and deep, like the fingers of a
glove, and at once the bad chap
| had an idea. He looked at his
Naws, he looked at his tail. and,
by squirting his eyes, he man
! aged to look at his nose.
II know what I'll do" said the
Fox. "I'll pick some of these
flowers, and stick them on my
paws, and tail and nose. Then
Uncle Wiggily and Nurse Jane
| can not see me so easily. They
will come down very close to look
at the posies, and I'll have q
much better chance to grab them
and nibble their ears! I'll do it,"
So the Fox did. He put some OF
the long, finger-like blossoms over
the toes of his paws, and he man.
aged to stick an extra l.trge bios
som on the end of his bushy tail
and another one on his nose
Then, all blossomed up. so &c
speak, the Fox waited.
Uncle Wiggily came back from
his walk in the woods. The only
adventure he had was helping ar
ant lady get up out of a worm
hole into which she had fallen
when she was returning from the
three and four cent store.
Did you think up a name fol-
the new flowers?" asked Nurse
Jane. .
NO" answered Uncle Wiggily
II didn't. Let's go down to the
end of the garden and look al
them once more. l may think Of a
name then"
Down in the garden walked I'M
Gle Wiggily and Nurse Jane. The
tall purple and white blossoms. as
yet without a name, nodded in
the wind. Down among them hid
the Fox, who saw the bunny and
muskrat lady coming.
"Ah! Now for some good ear
nibbling!" whispered the bad chap
to himself.
Uncle Wiggily leaned over to
look through his glasses at the
blossoms. And he happened to
look at those the Fox had stuck
on his paws, nose and tail.
"Why, look, Nurse Jane, look!"
cried the bunny. Some of these
flowers are growing upside DOWN.
And surely enough, those the Fox
had picked and stuck on him
self were pointed end up. in
stead of with the open end up, as
nearly all flowers grow.
There is something wrong
here!" cried Nurse Jane, as she
saw the upside down flowers.
Then, having sharper eyes than
had the bunny, she saw the Fox
hiding.
Run, Uncle Wiggiiy! Run!"
cried the muskrat lady, and she
and Mr. Longears ran back in the
hollow stump bungalow and lock-
ed the door before the Fox could
get them. Seeing he had no
chance to nibble ears the Fox
pulled the blossoms from his paws.
tail anC nose and ran away.
When he had gone Uncle Wig
gily and Nurse Jane came out
again. They saw what the Fox
had done, putting the blossoms on
his paws like n.ittens.
Now / have a name for these
lowers said Mr.. Longears.
What is it?" asked Miss Fuzzy
Wuzzy.
Fox glove" answered the bum
ny. And from that day to this the
tall flowers have thus been called.
SO when you see the fox glove
blossoms you may think of this
story. And II the tack litter will
put some stockings on the legs
of the table to keep the flies from
biting them, Til tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily and the
empty nest.