South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-10
UNCLE
WIGGILY
JNCLE WIGGUY AND THE
PEPPERMINT.
BY HOWARD h. GARIS.

turing today. Uncle Wiggily?' asked
the muskrat lady housekeeper in
the hollow stump bungalow one
morning
Thank you for asking. Nurse
Jane. but 1 hardly think SO" an
swered the bunny rabbit gentleman.
Though the toothache which I had
yesterday no longer hurts me, IL is
so blowy and windy today that
think 1 had better not go out-that
Is unless YOU want me 10 go 10 the
store" he asked politely.
"Oh, no." exclaimed Miss Fuzzy
Wuzzy. And as long as you are go
ing 20 he home I think I'll do a lit
tie washing. There are some bed
sheets that need eozzling in the
soap suds."
And I'll. help you hang them out
on the line" offered Uncle Wiggily.
Its very kind OF you, said Nurse
Jane. but I'm afraid it's too windy
Your tooth might ache again"
The rabbit gentleman said he
hardly thought so, as ne wasn't
afraid Of a little wind. But Nurse
Jane told him TO sit in his easy chair
and read the paper while she wash
ed.
A little later Uncle Wiggily, look
ing from the window. saw Nurse
Jane trying 10 hang up the washed
sheets. The March wind blew under
one Of the big white pieces of linen
as the muskrat lady was hanging It
1v,-a
Nurse Jane knew it the sheet turn
cd into a sail like one on boat
and lifted her up off her paws
ooh, Wiggy! Help" cried Nurse
Jane Don't let me blow awayi"
With bound Uncle Wiggily
sprang from his chair. rushed out
and caught hold Of Nurse Jane. just
as she was sailing off over the fence,
being blown by the wind, with the
sheet for a sail
II grabbed you just in time'''
laughed the bunny, as he PULLED her
back into the ward.
Yes" agreed Miss Fuzzy WuEzy.
CT had idea the wind was 50 strong.
7 must use twice as many clothes
pins TO hold the sheets on the line"
With Uncle Wiggilys help the
wash was hung out-not q very big
wash. just a few sheets-and then
Nurse Jane went back in the bun
galow 10 do the sweeping, busting
and baking.
The wind kept on blowing harder
and harder, soon drying the sheets
and whipping them about on the
line so that they doomed and
cracked like guns. Nurse Jane was
i'm the kitchen making cake and
! Uncle Wiggily was looking from the
window at the fluttering sheets or
the line when. all Of a sudden, the
bunny gentleman saw some OF the
clothespins coming loose and a sheet
started sailing away
"Oh. Nurse Jane! Your sheets VIII
blow away! Your sheets will blow
away" shouted Uncle Wiggily. rum
ming TO the door I'll save them for
you! I'll stop them!-
Nurse Jane was putting the cake
in the oven. so she couldn't drop II
in a moment, and IL was a second
or two before she could run out into
the yard. When she did she saw
something that made her gasp for
breath.
Uncle Wiggily had caught hold
Of the corners Of two sheets which
were just going to blow away off the
line. The rabbit gentleman held
tightly 10 the big white squares Of
cloth and then. all Of a sudden, the
wind blew harder than ever, off
went the sheets and away went
Uncle WiggiIy sailing. sailing. sail
ing!
Up over the fence he went, for he
would not let go the sheets. and
they were just like the sails of a
boat, taking him along. Up, UP. up,
higher, higher and higher sailed the
bunny
oh, Uncle Wiggily! Come back
Come back cried Nurse Jane.
II can'ti'' faint and far away
sounded the bunnys voice from high
i'm the air.
Oh, help. Helri Help" screamed
Nurse Jane. Come on, everybody
Uncle Wiggily is being blown away
with my sheets"
Uncle Booster the woodchuck;
Uncle Butter. the goat. and Grand.
pa GoOsey Gander, the goose gentle
man. all came running up. but they
could do nothing It looked as
though Uncle Wiggily would be
blown away off TO the North Pole
by the March wind when. all Of a
sudden. Grandpa Goosey cried:
The wind is changing, It's blow
ing back this way Uncle Wiggily
viii return safely. never fear"
They all waited The bunny. who
had been but a speck in the sky
as large as a postage stamp, soou
doomed about the size Of an orange.
then he grew as large as a honey
dew melon and then like a water
melon. Soon he showed bigger than
a washtub and then, all at once. the
wind blew him safely down into the
yard, where Nurse Jane and his
friends waited for him.
Here are your sheets. Miss Fuzzy
WuzZy," Chuckled the bunny. bow
ing politely and handing them 70
his housekeeper. Il just took them
for a little sail"
Well I'm glad the wind brought
YOU back with them" laughed
Nurse Jane. Il was quite worried
about youl" But everything came
out AL right, and II the lead pencil
doesn't forget It's rubber when Il
goes wading in the ink well with a
piece Of paper, III tell you mex,
about Uncle w1Ezilv fixing a chair