Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-31
Bedtime Stories
For Little Ones
Nv Howard b. Garis
Copyright. 1921, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE TWO
JUGS.
BY Howard b. CARTS

Now please don't get them
mixed, Uncle Wiggily," said Nurse
Jane, as the muskrat lady house
Aeeper came in the room where the
bunny rabbit gentleman was read
\ ing the paper one morning MISS
Fuzzy v uzzy carried Two jugs, one
in paw.
please don't get who mixed?
asked Uncle WIggily. Are you
speaking Of Curry and Floppy
| Iwistytail, the two little pigs? /
know they lock a great deal alike
but | can always tell them apart
There is no danger OF me getting
them mixed, for Curly has a funny
tail and tIoppy has a funny ear.
Il wasn't speaking of the plggle
boys" laughed Nurse Jane.
was talking of these two jugs. one
| is for molasses and the other for
vinegar. | want you to take them
70 the store for me, have them TILED
land be careful not to get them
| mixed"
ooh, | see what you mean!' said
the bunny. "You don't want me to
| get molasses in the vinegar jug or
any molegar in the vinlasses--why,,
| | guess I'm getting mixed already!
he chuckled, trying to untWist ms
tongue.
Il should say sol" laughed Nurse
Jane. What l want you to do is 10
get some lassegar in the vinemo--
10, that isn't right. is it?' she asked
with a puzzled look.
II should say not!" agreed Uncle
Wiggily. what you should have
said was that you wanted me to get
some garmego in the lassijug---
"Here!" cried Nurse Jane, giving
Uncle Wiggily the two jugs and
holding her paws over her ears.
Enough of thisl Hop to the store,
and don't get things mlXed-that's
all ] ask of you"
"All right" said the bunny. "Tll
get both jugs filled and l hope the
ginlassegar-'
But Nurse Jane, with laugh,
pushed the bunny and the jugs out
on the stoop and closed the door.
"If he tries to twist his tongue
ground those two words any more
I'll have a compton fit" she said.
Uncle Wiggily, with laugh, took
the molasses and the vinegar jugs
there, / have them right at last
he took them one in each paw and
hoped over toward the store.
81 hope nothing gets Mixed" he
thought. ut would be too bad il
vinegar got in the molasses jug. or
molasses in the vinegar jug. / can
say the words all right v len look
at the names on the jus be said
to himself.
For there was little paper label
pasted on each jug. MOLASSES
on one and VINEGAR on the other.
Nurse Jane had pasted the papers
there.
Uncle Wiggily hoped safely to
the store, and had each jug filled,
and he was hopping back home to
his hollow stump bungalow when,
as he reached the middle of the
woods, he felt sleepy and lay
down OH messy green log to take
little sleep. And as he slept
along came Johnnie and Billie
Bushytail, the squirrels.
II know how we can have some
fun with Uncle Wiggilyw chat
tered Billie in whisper to his
VI OlIlCI.
How" asked Johnnie
"We'll change those jugs" said
the first squirrel boy. wen take
the VINEGAR sign and put it on
the MOLASSES jug AMI do the
same with the other. Then when
Nurse Jane goes to make a cake
she'll put some vinegar in it in
stead of molasses."
"Oh, what fun that will bel"
chuckled Johnnie. So he and his
brother changed the names on the
jugs and scampered away up in q
tree before Uncle Wiggily awak-
ened. The bunny sat up, rubbed
his eyes, and was about TO hop
along with the two jugs, when, all
of a sudden, out from behind
bush came the Skillery Skallery
Alligator.
'Hello.' grIRtcd the Alligator.