South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-21
UNCLE
WIGGILY
THE STORY OF THE BABY
BEAR.
BY HOWARD r.. GARIs.


venture, Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy,
the muskrat lady housekeeper, came
running i'm from the front steps. all
excited
ooh. Uncle Wiggily!" cried Nurse.
Jane. You ought TO. see! Such a
great big one!"
Big what?" asked the bunny.
do you mean big icicle hanging
down of the roof"
no. indeed" answered Miss F'uz-
~ Wuzzzy
DO YOU mean n big SNOWFALL
them asked the bunny gentleman.
"Oh, tits worse than a big snow
balli' said the young housekeeper
muskrat. There's a great big Bear
just coming up our front steps,"
Uncle Wiggily stood for "A mo-
ment, twinkling his pink nose first
upside down and then downside up.
before he said:
Wen, let us hope this is my
friend Good Mr.. Bear. come to get
| some more honey"
"Oh indeed, yes. let US hope that"
cried Nurse Jane. But suppose It
should be the Bad Bear"
"Tll look and see" spoke Mr..
l Longears, which he did, peeking out
I Of the window. And then a Joyous
/ look came over the face OF the bunny
rabbit gentleman as he said: It's
my Good Bear friend whom / met
/ yesterday-the one who drove the
/ WOozie Wolf away. 1 must see what
\ the Good Bear wants"
Opening the door. Uncle Wiggily
/ let the Good Bear stick his head
i'm. for the Bear was so large he
/ could not get all of himself inside
the small rabbits hollow stump bun
galow
"IIave YOU any more honey to
spare?" asked the Good Bear
Yes. plenty. answered Uncle Wig
billy. Nurse Jane, please get some
more honey for the Good Bear"
And while the muskrat lady was do
/ ing this Mr. Bear said to the bum
ny.
u wish. when you get time. you'd
come over to my cave"
What for?" asked Mr.. Longears.
We'll my wife. Mrs. Bear. has
| the dearest. cutest now little baby
bear to show you" chuckled Mr..
Bear Our baby has never been out
side the cave yet. but is the weather
keeps as warm as IL has been OF late
Wen soon have spring. and then our
baby can come out"
Indeed, yes agreed Uncle Wig
sily. 81 should very much like to see
the Baby Bear. IN come over the
first chance / have. Here is some
extra honey for the Baby Bear"
"Oh. thank you, grunted the Faith
err Bear. as ne ambled away to his
den amid the rocks
few days after this Uncle Wig
gily thought he would go see the Br-
I 10y Bear. II was a warm day and all
the snow had melted from the
ground. leaving It bare and brown.
I'm a little while the bunny came
90 the cave house of his friend Good
Mr.. Bear But just as the bunny
reached 1T. "A little brown bundle Of
fur tunbled out Of the front door.
'Koo-g goo dada! Gump. Eurgled
the little brown bunch OF fur.
"Ah. that must be the Baby Bear 50
said Uncle Wiggiiy. and so st was,
and a dear. cute little chap, too.
Hello said the bunny. I'm your
Uncle Wiggilyi"
"Hey-O." gurgIed the Baby Bear.
90 tum 10 tee me?" he asked. for
he could talk baby bear talk even
though he was very small All baby
animals can talk much sooner than
can baby girls or boys
Yes, / came TO see YOU" said
Uncle Wiggily, But YOU had better
get back in your cave. don't believe
p your mother knows you're OUT"
And Just then, an of sudden. f.
began 10 snow Big white flakes
sif-ed down to the ground from the
sky
ooh, oh, 'Ook," cried the BABY
Bear. "Sugger, Sugger! Nice, sweet
white -urger' J eats sugger. I does,'
And with that tho Baby Bear began
sCoOp.0g mp the white flakes i'm mi,
paws TO eat them.
no, 40, Mustn't exclaimed Tn
Gle WicgiIy. This isn't SUGAR
it's SNOW. Not SUGAR-SNOw Ba.
by Beart'
What's snow" asked the little
fellow. opening wide his eyes.
Dear met said Uncle Wiggily Z
homseIf How can 7 ten him VIVA
snow is when he nevere saw any be
force This is the first snow he ha
seen and he thinks il is sugar! How
rInuyl"
BABY Bear stuffed a lot OF the snow
into his mouth And then he mad
a funny face and began TO cry.
Eo, Who is hurting my Bah.
Bear," cried Mrs. Bear. rushing iron
the cave.
80 one is hurting him" answere'
Uncle Wigglly "But he viii hur
I himself II YOU don't take him in.
for the little bear was slapping a
the snow because It was wet an
cold instead OF being sweet sugar
"ITe never saw any snow before,
guess said the bunny.
''No. he never did" answered Mrs
Bear t'Tootsie! Stop that at once.
she pretended TO growl. And the
the Baby Bear stopped trying {
eat and slap the snow, and into tn
house he ran. frightened half Z
Is pieces on account OF his first snow
But later on ne came 20 know wha
snow was. and he used 90 Ike
d slide in il with the bunny. But ever
y time Mr.. Longears thought OF Sab
i Bear eating the white fakes r
sugar the bunny had 10 laugh