South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-13
Uncle WiggiIy


When Uncle W!gs.y hoped back
70 his hollow stump bungalow one
day, after having been ont looking
for adventures. the bunny gentleman
found a litte note written on piece
OF white birch bark
AIRS Bushy.aI. the squirrel lady.
left this for you" said Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy. g.~-ng Mr. Longears
the birch bark note.
Hum ! wonder what rs about
murmured the bunny gentleman a.
ne put on his glasses and stood his
rel. white and blue striped rheuma-
tism c-utch up ~ the corner.
Wei. what IS ..7' asked Nurse
Jane curious Ike. when the rabbit
had finished reading.
i don't know. Mrs Bushy-ail just
asks ne 10 run over 20 her nest
noa-s when 7 have time, said Uncle
wiggily. u guess there lsn't any
special trouble there-I mean nothins
20 hurry abou.. so I'll have lunch
and then hop over
Ent stA.a AaA-lA -aa-A EeA-A NAaNA
was no special hurry" remarked the
musitrat lady. $50 you might as
we, take your time"
And after lunch. when Uncle wig
giiy hoped over the fields and
through the woods 20 the nest house
OF the squirrel family, Mrs. Bushy-
-au met him az the front door.
ITS about my two new baby
squirrels. Nifty and Naftty" whisper
ed Mrs BushytaI They woa't
crack nuts"
OH said Uncle Wiggily. not ex-
acuy g15erst8nd 'Ds: go they wont
crack nuts. ea7'
NO" went on AIrs. Bushytan.
"and YOU know squirrel 20 get
elors IN this wcr.-, must lean how
20 cracl, nuts 60 their teeth. cr else
they win starve. JCnr 80 and Bile.
my otie- squirrel boys. are very
good nut crackers But up 10 now
] have been cracking nuts for Nifty
and Nafty myself However, IL is
time -hey learned. but they seem TO
be afraiC. so I thought I'd ask you
20 see IL you could teach them.
Their father and brothers and I
haven't been able to-.
Uncle Wigg.ly twinkled his pink
nose as he zaid;
We'll, now. If it was 10 teach them
70 gnaw a cabbage stump. or bic a
carrot i could teach them that easily
enough. but you know we rabbits
haven't the kind of teeth needed to
crack nuts
II know that" whispered Mrs.
Bushy.ail But you're so smart
Uncle Wiggiiy and you've had so
many adventures that I'm sure you
can think Of a way to make Nifty
and Nafty crack nuts. Really there
is nothing TO be afraid Of"
"Of course not,' laughed the bun
ny. We'll. I'll try. Give me some
nuts and send Nifty and Nafty. as
well a. Billie and Johnnie, on. TO
me 81 the back yard"
Mrs. Bushytau gave Uncle Wig
gily some hickory nuts in a birch
bark basket and the bunny rabbit
took them 70 the yaro, where. in a
lttle while, came the four squirrels
the two older boys and the TWO
new little Bushytails, Nifty and
Nafty
wow. Nifty and Nafty, what IL
this I hear about you?" asked Uncle
WigElIy. IT mean about you not
cracking nuts?'
"We-we're just sorter--skeered. +"
shy,y whispered Nifty.
what are you afraid of" asked
Uncle Wiggily. smiling.
Cause uow-er-the nuts are 80
hard they'll break eff our tech or
the sharp shells will cut our
mouths" said Nafty
"Ho, Ho," laughed Billie and
Johnnie. Look herei We don't get
cut or break our teetn." and those
two older Squirrel boys began nib
bling and gnawing and cracking he
hard hickory nuts until they had
taken the sweet inner kernels from
half a dozen The kernels they ate.
throwing the sharp. hard shells
away
That's the way to do IT," said
the bunny
But .hough Nifty and Nafty held
nuts i'm their front paws and sat UP
on their hind paws. as Billie and
Johnnie did. the little squirrels
wouldn't bite into the shells hard
enough 90 crack them. It was like