South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-01

stood up straight. just as the bum
nys did.
There Is some trick or joke IN
this" declared Nurse Jane.
you are right" exclaimed Uncle
Wiggily. There is. Listen and III
tell you about IT,"
Having finished making the
believe ears. the bunny sat
down in a chair and said:
This is the first of May. 1 am
going to give a little May party in
the woods for the animal children.
and I know. il ! do, that the Fuzzy
Fox. the Woozie Wolf. the Bob Cat
and Skillery Scalery Alligator will
sneak up and try to make trouble.
They'll be after my ears, and, while
they never yet have nibbled them,
the bad chaps may scare the animal
boys and girls and spoil my May
party"
THAT would be too bad" said
Nurse Jane.
But if you come to the party
you'll see how I fool the bad chaps
with these make-believe ears.
chuckled the bunny
I'll come" promised the muckrat
lady.
It was busy day in the hollow
stump bungalow. Uncle Wiggily
and Nurse Jane packed up boxes
and baskets of lunch for the animal
children. and soon the bunny gen.
tleman and his muskrat lady house
keeper, with a jolly crowd Of animal
girls and boys, were on their way
TO the forest.
cor. what lovely day for a par
| ~ in May" sang Susie Littletail
the rabbit girl.
1.-The April showers have brought
| May flowers recited Curly Twisty-
tail, the piggie boy.
Nov. boys and girls" cried jolly
! Uncle Wiggily. as they came to a
/ dingy dell grove in the woods
scatter about and have a good
time until noon. when Wen eat the
! lunches Nurse JaEe put up for us
What are you going to do
Uncle Wiggily?" asked Mamie Wag-
tai. the goat girl.
, "Oh. I'm going TO be busy for a
time in fooling the bad animals
that may come to nibble my ears
answered the bunny gentleman.
Then. while the animal boys and
girls Played tag and other games
! the bunny gentleman hoped over
| to a big fallen log. and on it he
| fastened, with some sticky gum
from a pine tree. the make believe
I cloth ears he had made. When he
| had finished it looked as though
I four rabbits were hiding down be-
hind the log. with just their ears
4 sticking up.
! And that's what the Bob cat, the
! Fuzzy Fox. the Woozie Wolf and the
/ Skillery Scalery Alligator thought
/ They soon came sneaking through
! the woods having heard the jolly
/ sounds of the May party.
"Oh. look at Uncle Wiggily''
/ ears" howled the Wolf
There are four Uncle Wiggily's
ears" howled the Wolf.
There are four Uncle Wiggilysi
barked the Fox. Enough ears fol
all of u.s."
Up rushed the bad chaps, and6
\ they began chewing the cloth ears
! of curse not hurting them at all
! Uncle Wiggily and the animal chill
! dren, hiding behind the bushes
saw the bad animals nibbling the
make believe ears.
! April fool" cried Uncle Wiggi'y
/ twinkling his pink nose: IT'S past
/ April, know" he said. but you're
/ fooled just the same"
And, surely enough the Fox
/ Wolf, Gator and Bob Cat were
! fooled. Soon their teeth were al
/ tangled up in the fuzzy cloth. and
it tickled their tongues so much
! that they had to run away to ge'
drinks Of water. So they didn
! bother Uncle Wiggily at all. nor the
animal children. and there was a
/ lovely time at the May party
Wasn't the bunny gentleman smar
to think Of fastening make-believC
I cloth ears on the log TO fool the bad
I chaps l think so.
And, if the scissors don't cut the
| tail off the long thread when 4
tries 10 tickle the needle in the eve
/ I'll tell you next about Uncle Wig
! gily's whipped cream.