Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-15
IB e dime Stories
For Little Ones
Copyright, 1921, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
RUBBER BALL.
BY Howard b, CARTS.

One day, when Uncle Wiggily
was sitting on the front porch OF
his hollow stump bungalow, alone
came a monkey doodle gentleman
who had been with a circus. The
monkey doodle gentleman carried
on one paw a large basket.
"What have you there?" kindly
asked Uncle Wigglly. Are you
selling toy balloons or popcorn
balls?" For we'll the bunny gen
tleman knew that such Things are
sold at the circus.
II have here" answered the
monkey, "a lot of rubber bounc-
ing balls. I bought too many OF
them, and | didn't sell all of them
at the circus. Now, alas, they are
left on my paws, so to speak, and
cant get anything to eat, or
travel on to he with the circus
unless I sell this basket full OF
rubber balls"
THAT is too bad" exclaimed the
bunny gentleman. "T'll buy tue
basket full of rubber balls from
you. Mr.. Monkey Doodle. Here
is the money. Now get yourself
something to eat and travel on to
join the circus" =
ooh, thank you chartered the
fuzzy chap, and, taking the money,
the monkey doodle gave Uncle
Wiggily the rubber balls and hur-
ried on. Nurse Jane came out on
the porch.
well, for mercy sakes, Wiggy!"
exclaimed the muskrat lady. "Are
you going into the circus or rub
Der ball business; buying SO
many?"
ooh, no." answered the bunny
gentleman, lightly and with calm
disregard of the consequences.
"But l have many little boy and
girl animal friends and l think it
will be fine to give each of them
a present of a rubber ball"
well, of all things!" exclaimed
Nurse Jane.
Tut! Tut" laughed Uncle Wig
gily. Now don't say I'm queer,
or eXtravagant or foolish or any,
thing like that. Just get your hat
on, and We'll go out riding in the
auto and give every animal boy
or girl we meet one of these rub
Der balls!"
"WelI, there isn't much us esay-
ing anything as long as you have
bought the balls" said Nurse Jane.
Il only hope some good comes of
it."
Perhaps there may" gaily
spoke the bunny. II may have an
adventure out Of it, and that will
be good"
A little later Uncle Wiggily and
Nurse Jane. with the basket of
rubber balls-nearly hundred of
fhem-went riding in the auto.
Soon Uncle Wiggily saw Sammie
and Susie Littletail, the rabbits.
Here's some rubber balls for
YOU cried Mr.. Longears, and he
tossed one each to Sammie and Su-
sic.
"Oh, how fine!" cried Susie, and
she smiled happily, as did Sammie,
each bouncing a ball.
There! I'm repaid already,
just " Sco ilOW BIdu lHey are!
cried Uncle Wiggily.
But that was not the end of his
fun. Soon he met Johnnie and
Billie Bushy Tail. the squirrels and
gave them each a bouncing ball.
Then along came Lulu, Alice and
Jimmie Wibblewobble, the ducks
and how they quacked with glee
when they splashed theirs in the
pond. ~
Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow
were also given rubber balls, as
we'll as Tommle, Joie and Kittie
Kat, Mamie and Beckie Stubtail,
the bears, and Dottie and Willie
Flufftail, the lambs.
In turn all tie animal boys and
girls were given bouncing balls,
but still many were left in the
basket.
What are you going to do with
these?" asked Nurse Jane, as she
stirred them up with her paw.