Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-01
Bedtime Stories
For Little Ones
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Copyright. 1921, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
UNCLE WIGGILY'S APRIL FOOL
JOKES.
BY Howard B. Garis

"Oh, Uncle Wisgilyl what's
that behind you! / hope 1t isn't
the Fuzzy Fox!" cried Baby Bunt-
ing one morning. The little rabbit
girl had come over to the hollow
of flour.
whats that? The Fuzzy Fox
in here?" exclaimed the rabbit
gentleman, and he gave such a
jump that he nearly slipped over
backward.
april fool!' laughed Baby Bun
ty.
"Oh!" exclaimed Uncle Wiggily.
so suddenly that his pink nose al
most stopped twinkllng. "Oh, so
this is the first Of April, is it,"
Yes, and l caught you first of
alll" laughed Baby Bunty.
And she had. for she had come
over early to the hollow stump
bungalow on purpose to do this
did l really make you think
the Fuzzy Fox was there. Uncle
Wiggily?" asked Baby Bunty, as
the bunny gentleman sat down to
his breakfast.
you surely did, for a moment"
answered the bunny with a laugh
II had no idea this was April Fool
day. But no matter. My turn will
come" and he carried his glass OF
water to the sink, splitting it out.
''Why did you do that ?" asked
Baby Bunty In surprise.
Because" answered Uncle Wig
gily, II have known 1t to happen
in times past, that my glass of wa
ter on April Fool morning would
be full of salt. AS / don't want to
drink salt water now l just emp
tied my glass. I'll fill it myself
with fresh water"
"Oh, there wasn't any salt In
your glass" said Nurse Jane.
mo" added Baby Bunty. 81
never thought of that trick / wish
1 had. But maybe-Oh, Uncle
Wiggily! Look OUT" she suddenly
cried. "Is that pin in your
chart"
Uncle Wiggily jumped UP as II
a gun had gone off. He looked in
his chair, but there was nothing
there.
April FOOL" laughed Baby
Bunty again.
Uncle Wiggily said nothing. but
he sat down rather hard and ate
his breakfast. And when Baby
Bunty said:
ooh. look out the window and
see who's coming!"
Uncle Wiggily never looked up
from his morning paper. But
some one was coming along the
path to the hollow stump bunga-
low They were Curly and Floppy
Twistytail, the piggie boys. Floppy
had little basket.
do you want TO look in this and
see what there ISL" asked Floppy,
as he and his brother came in, af-
ter carefully wiping their feet on
the mat.
Well I can pretty nearly guess
what's in the basket" said the
bunny gentleman. tits some
sneezing powder or a lot Of dried
leaves! You can't April Fool me
again"
ooh, really, we wouldn't do
such a thing" grunted Curly.
I'm open the basketw chied Baby
Bunty. So she did. and inside was
a lovely piece of cake that Mrs.
Twistytail had sent to Uncle Wig
gily.
april FOOL" grunted the piggie
boys
well, this is a proper kind of
of April Fool joke" said the bunny
as he ate the cake. which was very
good. 1T seems l can't be sure
OF anything this morning." he told
Nurse Jane. when the children had
run out and the bunny was finish
ing his breakfast.
"You must be very careful" said
Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy.
Il will" promised Uncle Wiggi-
ly, and he was. But at that lum-
Der Of April Fool jokes were
played on him--nothing very seri-
Gus though. Once Jackie Bow
Wow barked:
"oh, is that big hole In your