Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-30
|B e dime Stories
For Little Ones
By Howard 3, CARTS.
Copyright. 1921, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
UNCLE WIGGUY AND THE
TEETER BIRD.

NOW please dont forget, Uncle
Wiggily, what told you to bring
me from the store today" called
Nurse Jane to the bunny rabbit
gentleman, as he hoped down the
steps of his hollow stump bunga-
low one morning.
Let me see," murmured Mr..
Longears. as he twlnkled his pink
nose. Il think you said you
wanted salt"
mo, indeed 1t was sugar
just the opposite of salt!" laughed
Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy. please bring
me sugar, Uncle Wiggily, and not
salt, l have plenty of salt, but l
need sugar TO make cake"
"Tll get it," promised the bunny
rabbit gentleman, and then off he
hoped, over the fields and
through the woods, to look for an
adventure.
Uncle Wigglly had not hoped
very far before, all of a sudden,
as he reached brambly brier
patch, he heard voice, as he
thought, calling:
Sweet! Sweet! Sweet"
"Ha, l must be near sugar
bush or a sugar store" exclaimed
Uncle Wiggily. II" take some
granulated sugar." he went on.
Some sugar, if you please, for
Nurse janet"
Dear me-" sang a Jolly little
voice. Il didn't say 1 had any
sugar."
Didn't you call Sweet sweet!
SWEET just now?" asked the bun
ny. Who are you, anyhow" and
he began to feel bit frightened.
"Oh, | am the Teeter Bird" was
the laughing answer. Some of
my other names are Spotted Sand
piper, or Tip-Up. And my song
is 'weet! weet! and not sweet!
sweet as you seemed to think"
"Oh, laughed Uncle Wiggily, as
a rather long cared bird, with a
long bill, wearing white feathers
underneath and brown on his
back, with spots all over him,
hoped along the ground. And
when the bird stood still and
looked at the bunny, Uncle Wig
gily saw the feathered chap bob
bling his tail and bowling his head
up and down, faster and faster
all the while.
ooh. how do you do? Glad TO
meet you. l hope you are Welt"
and Uncle Wiggily bowed his head.
for he thought the bird was bow
ing to him. And the bunny also
twinkled his pink nose.
But the bird kept on lettering
his tail and nodding his head un-
til Uncle Wiggiy began to get
neck ache from trying to bow
back politely as often as the bird
bowed to him.
You'd better stop bowing!"
laughed the Sandpiper, or Teeter
Tip-Up bird. This is a habit /
have-bobbing my head. I'm not
bowling to you. ! just can't stop.
So don't try to bow back or you
may bow your head off. l know
you are very polite, but you could
never bow, bob, teeter or tip up
as fast as do! Never! No, in
decd"
And Uncle Wiggily soon saw
that he could not, so he gave up
bowling; though the Sandpiper or
Teeter Bird still nodded his head
and flipped his tail.
Then you haven't any sugar."
asked the bunny.
Not grain" answered the
bird. II sing a 'wcet! weet.' song
but / have no sugar. 1 wish /
had"
81 am going to the store to get
some and when | return I'll give
YOU all the sweet grains you
want" promised the bunny, and
and this he did, stopping on his
way homo to feed the teeter bird. !
ooh, I wish l could do you a
favor" sang the Sandpiper, as the
bunny was about to hop back to
his bungalow. You have been
so kind to me and
Yes, and now Uncle Wiggily is
going to be kind to ME! He is |