Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-18
Here ! am, who wants me z

called the bunny gentleman. I'll
wait for you. Where are you go
ing?"
I'm going to school," chartered
Johnnie. My Brother Billie went
on ahead and I'm afraid I'll be
late"
Then I'll take hold of your
paw and help you to hop FAST"
laughed Uncle Wiggily. Come
on"
He and Johnnie were just
about to start off, when. all of a
sudden, the squirrel boy looked
at what seemed to be a round
ball of gracs down on the ground.
"Oh, here is n little football.
Pm going to kick it," cried the
squirrel boy. watch me kick,"
"No. don't do that" cried Uncle
Wiggily. THAT isn't football
made of grass, Johnnie"
what is it," asked the squir-
rel boy.
at is the nest of, the oven
bird" answered the bunny. This
! bird makes its nest on the ground.
weaving grass and sticks into the
/ half-rounded shape you see here,
so that it looks like n ball, or an
old fashioned Dutch oven. That
is how the bird gets one of its
names. If we look we may see
the bird, but please don't kick its
nest or you might break some of
/ the eggs"
"Oh. l wouldn't do that for the
world" cried the squirrel boy.
Il didn't know that was a nest
"Well, l have to thank Uncle
Wiggily for telling YOU" sang a
voice in the bushes, and out flew
slender light, brown bird, with
queer black streaks in the white
feathers of it's breast.
Are you the oven bird?" asked
Johnnie.
Yes" was the answer. "And
a dear old Nature Gentleman,
named Burroughs, has called me
\ the Teacher Bird"
"Why is that" asked the squir-
rel boy.
We'll" began the oven bird. ~
suppose 1t is because
But just then Uncle Wiggily
caught Johnnie by the paw and
said:
Excuse me. but if you don't
hurry to school, Johnnie. you'll be
late, and the lady mouse teacher
will not like that"
Right you are" exclaimed the
squirrel boy. Then he and Uncle
Wiggily said goodbye to the bird
and hurried on. But when they
reached the hollow stump school
they found that something had
happened.
ooh, what do you think ?" cried
Baby Bunty, hopping up to Uncle
Wiggily. 1.-THE lady mouse teacher
isn't here yet, and it's most time
for school, and what are we 60
ing to do?"
1.-THE lady mouse teacher not
here YETI" exclaimed the bunny
in surprise. as his pink nose
twinkled very fast. "That is
strange! I hope nothing has hap
pened to her."
Maybe the Woozie Wolf or the
Fuzzy Fox caught her when she
school" said Mamie Wagtail, the
goat.
"oh. maybe!" mewed Kittie
Kat. And maybe we'd better &c
through the woods looking fol-
her." suggested the pussy girl,
"That isn't bad idea" agreed
Uncle Wiggily. "Come on, wei
try to find the lady mouse teach,
err" So the bunny gentleman and
the boy and girl animal pupils
hurried through the woods calling
for their teacher, whom they loved
very much.
Suddenly there was flutterine
in the bushes, and the oven bird
flew out.
II think / can help you, Uncle
Wiggily," twittered the bird.
"How?" asked the bunny.
"By flying through the forest
and calling Teacher! Teacher,
Teacher" answered the bird
"That is one thing l do very we'll
the cry of 'Teacherl' OF course, II
isn't really that, but 1t sounds
very much like It. Perhaps the
Lady Mouse may hear me whei
she would not hear you. Beside,
can fly in many places you could
not redcn.
'Please dol" begged the bunny
So the oven bird flew through thu
woods calling Teacher! Teacher
Teacher" as all oven birds call
And, all of a sudden, a voice
answered: Here | am. who want,
me" And there was the Lad,
Mouse herself On her way L
school she was so tired from ex
aminations the day before tina
she sat down on a log to rest
There she fell asleep. and sht
might have slept all day excep
that she heard the shrill cry o
the teacher bird and awakened.
Then she hurried on to the hoi
low stump school. 1t being th'
first time she was ever late. Bu
J the animal children forgavc her
and fl1afilp H fhe AVIAN hid 8,