Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-09

Ira bring you, and 1 shall--old
straw hat and ALL"
every WE'LL" said Uncle wig
giIy, calm and resigned like. And
soon he was walking with the
muskrat lady to the home of the
pig lady.
ooh, Tn so glad to see youl"
grunted Mrs. Twistytail $50 good
of Uncle Wiggily to come"
Il almost left him home-with
his old straw hat" explained
Nurse Jane. ITS such shabby
! hat"
ooh. I'll get another If you
want me to-" said Uncle Wiggily,
and he put his old straw hat on
the porch, and then he and Nurse
Jane sat down to talk with Mrs.
! Twistytail.
Pretty soon Curly and Floppy
Twistytail, the piggie boys, came
along, and saw Uncle Wiggily's
hat on the porch. The bunny gem
! tlerlan and Nurse Jane had come
| inside to have a cup of sassatras
tea which Mrs. Twlstytail made.
"Oh, l know how we can have
some fun" grunted Floppy. We
can take Uncle Wiggily's old
straw hat, put paper sail on il
and have a boat to sail in the
duck pond"
| Maybe he won't like us to use
his hat for boat" said Curly.
"Oh, he won't CARE" laughed
| Floppy. 81 heard him say he was
going to get new hat. We can
take his old one"
So the piggie boys did, making
| a sail boat Of it, and sending it
back and forth across the duck
! old hat was stuck on a mud bank
but the piggie boys pushed 1t OF
with poles.
"Oh, let's don't play boat any
more" grunted Floppy after n
bit. Lets play tag" So they
! did, leaving Uncle Wiggily's old
straw hat in the grass.
| There, a little while later. Su-
J sic Littletail, the rabbit girl,
| found it.
"oh. 7 guess Uncle wiggily
doesn't want this hat any more
! said Susie. I'm make my doll a
hammock out of it," And she
did, swinging her doll, Martha
Matilda Lemonpie, in the old
straw hat, with strands of wild
grape vine to hang it between
two trees.
But, after n while, Susie be-
came tired of hammocking her
doll, so the little rabbit girl tossed
the hat away in the bushes. There
Billie Wagtail the goat boy, found
it. and, after eating a little piece
out of the brim, he used Uncle
Wiggily's old straw hat to carry
home some red raspberries in.
1.-The hat is a very good bas-
ket!" bleated Billie. And it was,
though some of the crushed ber-
ries made red stains on the hat.
Billie lived near Mrs. Twistytail
the pig lady. And just as he was
passing that house 1t was time
| for Nurse Jane and Uncle Wig
gily to start back home.
| But where's my old straw
hat?" asked the Bunny. II left It
out on the porch and now l can't
find It," Nurse Jane saw Billie
with the hat basket filled with
berries.
"There's your hat, Wiggy." said
the muskrat lady. But oh, such
sight as it Isl"
II didn't do it ALL" STAN
mered Billie. II found the hat aft
er Susie and the piggie boys had
finished playing with it, and"
mercy sakes, Billie. Don't say
a wordw laughed Nurse Jane. 81
have been trying for a month to
get Uncle Wiggily to buy a new
hat Now he'll just have to, for
he can't wear such a looking
sight"
mo, ] guess I can't" agreed
the bunny, twinkling his nose as
he looked at his torn, battered.
muddy and berry-stained hat. "Pll
go and get a new one right away"
and he did.
! SO after all, something good
came Of what happened. And If
: the pussy cat goes quietly to sleep
in the pansy bed. and doesn't
= tickle the string beans with her
tail, I'll tell you next about Uncle
| Wiggily and the cakes.