South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-28
UNCLE
WIGGILY
UNCLE WIGGILY And THE
DRUM STICKS
BY HOWARD T.. GARIs

]. was a rainy day and when TN
er w.eeay besan putting on his
COAT ma4. from the leaves OF the
rubber plant Nurse Jane Fuzzy
WHY. the maskra- lady. exclaimed
"}ou aren't so.us out in all the
we. are sou W-ssE
Wav 80 course ann laughed
-ra bunny gentleman. "AIy rubber
plant coat Wl keep me dry and 1
really can't stay n rae bungalow all
dav Q must nave au adventure.
Ia twlukled his pink nose .n right
.oU. fashion buttaued Lls coat and
oa. into the storm he went Though
s. was raining hard .t Ws-s not cold
end even 10 .t had been Uncle Wig
-F would have been quite warm for
Ea wore his summer coat ~ fur. The
ta- was not es thick ID would be
va the winter but lt was plenty warm
enough
"Now Z wonder what sort of adj
venture shall have thought Iu-
Gle WIsgl.y 90 himself as he hoped
along ms feet going spi-u splash In
uuddles Of water -For some sort Of
adventure i must have he chuehled
ur Nurse Jane W- laugh az me-
Going out Boz tine rain and coming
back without having had au adEeu-
rlrc VIII seem very funny go Nurse
aaue
Yes ] really must have an adven-
49,. went on tine bunny gentleman.
he looked over tho field across
.h he was then hopping lie
Hoped he might see am adrentura
taa- he could take part in bur there
va no such thing in sight HOweyer.
mole Wlggily saw "a cute little house
ru n tree. and he knew who lived
tbrre
Johnny and Billie Bushytau the
saal rrels' said Uncle Wiggily 10
himself "Iu stop and see the squir-
rel boys II isn't yet time for them
TO 60 off in the woods nutting They'll
surely be at home
And Johnnie and Billie were Tn
Gle Wiggily could tel. that by hear
iuS the squirrel boys voices as he
drew near their tree house. But the
voices did not seem 90 be very jolly.
"Oh dear" Is what Uncle Wiggily
heard Billie saying Il think tais
rain is TERRIBLE We can't 90 out and
we can't have any fuu'
That's what say.' chartered
Johnnie. Nothing is any good"
why don't you take your drum
and play SOLDER asked Mrs Bushy
tail. the mother squirrel. You al
ways liked that game"
Now / wonder what they'll say to
that2" thought Uncle Wiggily. paus
Ing beneath the open window Of the
squirrel house TO listen 10 what Bill
lie and Johnnie might say.
We can't play soldier with our
drum. mother" answered Billie.
Cause we haven't any drum
sticks" added Johnnie.
Use clothes pins" advised the
squirrel lady. who was doing her
best TO keep the boys good natured
when they must stay ia because Of
rain.
Clothes pins aren't any g7od.'
declared Billie.
we want regular drum sticks.
long and thin with a little round
knob on the endl" insisted Johnnie.
They're the only kind that Will 20
Observation-Disclosures We want regular
drum sticks."
My, You squirrel boys are hard
10 please today." laughed Mother
Bushytail II wish it would stop
raining so you could go out!'
so do WEI chartered Billie and
Johnnie. and then they whined and
were so cross and fretful that I'm
Gle Wigglly said to himself:
III hop around in the fields and
woods and perhaps 1 can find some
regular drum sticks for those chaps.
IL they have a good game OF playing
soldiers they'll forget about the
rain"
over the fields and through the
woods hoped the bunny gentleman,
and soon he met a colony OF ants
who were marching along in rows,
almost Ike real soldiers
They ought to know about drum
sticks" said Uncle Wiggily. "Ill ask
them" And when he had spoken to
the head ant that little creature ans
wered and said:
Look behind you. Uncle Wiggily.
There YOU viii see the long, thin
stems OF the golden-rod flowers. And
those will be just right for drum
sticks"
They may be long and thin"
smoke the bunny but what about
the round rub-a-dub-dub knob on
a end?"
. II YOU Will look closely" said the
ant. you viii see that some Of the
roIden-rod stems have this round
knob on
-Oh. so they have" cried Uncle
Wlggily. as he saw the golden-rod
drum sticks. just as YOU have often
seen them. I have no doubt What
made them this way?' asked the
bunny.
well" answered the ant. some
insect bored a hole I'D the stem of the
eoIdeu-rod in which TO lay her eggs.
The go1deu rod. not liking this, BEGAN
20 build little round ball OF pith
around the eggs 20 keep them away
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