South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-12

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ing7"
II shall be most happy 70 take
I your loaf Of bread 20 Grandpa
/ Goosey. said Uncle Wigg!ly with a
I low and polite bow And know
\ he viii be very glad 20 get Il. AS FOR
/ an adventure. : may happen 20 ind
I one and then. again. I may not
But Uncle WiEE.ly did, and %
going 10 tell you about o.
Nurse Jane had wrapped the fresh
. loaf OF bread in a clean napkin ~
white birch bark. and she gave the
I l.-ie bundle 20 Uncle Wiggily. The
bunny gentleman tucked the loaf
under his paw and hoped over the
i fields and through the woods
As ne was nearing Grandpa
/ Gooeev's house he changed the LOAF
\ Of bread from under his left paw TO
under his right paw. and, s ne did
/ so. ne noticed many loose crumbs in
the birch bark napkin
But 7 guess Grandpa Goosey can
eat the bread crumbs as well as the
whole loaf" thought the bunny. He
vas about 20 hop on again when. all
+ OF a sudden. he heard sad voice
saying:
"Oh. how hungry I am 7 think
came up from my warm Southland a
/ little TOO soon. for there isn't much
% eat around here. on. what shall
do2"
Uncle Wiggily stood still for q mo-
ment and thought The voice was
new one, and he was sure 81 was not
that OF the Wolf or Fox. Still the
bunny knew ne had better be care
full
He peered through the bushes
and sitting on the low branch OF a
tree. Uncle Wiggily saw a long-tail-
Cd bird. rather faded brown in col
or And as the bunny looked the bird
sang such a sweet song that tho
I bunny gentleman felt as though he
might be IN the Woodland church.
"Oh. who are ynn. sweet bird sing
err" asked the bunny
Il am cplled the hooking bird.
was the answer. They say can imi-
tate or mock, the song Of almost any
bird Would YOU like to hear me-"
indeed. 7 would. answered Uncle
Wlggily But heard YOU say you
we're hungry. and perhaps you can
not sing when you need something
20 eat"
II would be glad Of meal"
chirped the hooking bird. "but
where shall 7 find one >"
Here," quickly answered the rab-
bit gentleman.
He shook the bread crumbs from
the birch bark papkin and the mock
ing bird. flying down picked the
crumbs up in his beak and was no
longer hungry.
Vow I snail initiate n robin" he
said, and he sang "Cheer-up, Cheer
up almost as well as a Mr. Red
Breast himself could have done a.
Then the bird initiated a song spar
row and other birds. giving Uncle
Wiggily n most beautiful concert.
II could stay and listen TO you all
day" said the bunny. as he thanked
the bird, "but I must hop on with
this bread 10 Grandpa Goosey"
Il was when Uncle Wiggily was
coming back having left the loaf OF |
bread that the real adventure hap !
pened him. The bunny was hopping
along when, all OF a sudden. the /
Fuzzy Fox sprang out from behind /
a bush and zrowled:
Vow 7 am going TO nfbble your
ears"
ooh. please don't" begged Uncle
Wisgily. IF YOU will only let me
alone TT get Nurse Jane TO give you
a loaf Of breadi'
Pooh Nonsense I don't like
bread want ears to nibblet how
led the FOX.
lie was Just going 10 Jump up and |.
nibble the bunny's ears when. all Of
"a sudden. there sounded through the /
woods the cry Of:
New, New NIeaouvf''
ooh. there's a catl A big tom cat
Is coming and he'll scratch me-"
howled the Fox. "Oh. I'm 50 afraid |
of scratchy cats as never vast I'll
nibble YOUR ears some other day.
Uncle WiEgilyi" and away ran the
Fox not hurting the bunny al all.
IT wonder what cat that was >"
said the bunny out loud when he
knew he was cafe
1T was no cat. 7 newod like a cot
bird answered the hooking bird.
flying down out Of a tree. ct saw
Your danger and wanted to help You
And, as I can initiate almost any
bird. Just Initiated the cat bird and n
drove the Fox away"
"Oh, thank YOU thousand /.
hmesl' exclaimed Uncle Wiegily N
And then. as he hoped To his bun.
galow the hooking bird sang like a
canary.
And II the lemon squeezer doesn't
Try 10 hide In the sugar bowl and
quicker the hole UP so the Jumps
can't ger ont to sweeten the choco-
late cake I'll tell Won next about
Uncle WlEgily and the chimney \
birds
(Copyright 1920