South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-31
UNCLE
WIGGILY
HE STORY OF THE TWO
JUGS.
THE TWO
By HOWARD R. GARIs.

the muskrat lady housekeeper came
in the room where the bunny rabbit
gentleman was reading the paper
one morning Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy car
ried two jugs. one in each paw.
please don't get who mixed 2'
asked Uncle Wiggily. Are Won
speaking OF Curly and Floppy Twisty-
/ tail. the two little pigs? I know they
/ look "a great deal alike, but ! can al
ways tell them apart. There is no
/ danger of me getting them mixed,
/ for Curly has funny tail and
FIoppy has a funny ear"
II wasn't speaking Of the piggie
boys" laughed Nurse Jane. CT vals
talking Of these two jugs. one is for
molasses and the other for vinegar.
/ want YOU TO take them 20 the store
for me. have them filed and be care
/ full not 10 get them mixed
"Oh, I see what you meant" said
/ the bunny. "You don't want me to
J get molasses in the vinegar jug or
any molegar in the vinlasses-why
/ guess I'm getting mixed already" he
/ chuckled trying to Untwist his
I tongue
81 should say So" laughed Nurse
| Jane What I want you TO do is TO
get some lassegar in the vinemO-no.
| that isn't right. IS it?" she asked
with puzzled look.
Il 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 hold
/ ing her paws over her ears. Enough
OF this Hop 70 the store. and don't
/ get things mixed-that's all I ask OF
| you"
"Au right" said the bunny. TH
get both Jugs filed and / hope the
! ginmOlasgar-"
But Nurse Jane. with a laugh
/ pushed the bunny and the jugs out
on the stoop and closed the door
"If he tries to twist his tongue
I around those two words any more
/ I'll have a conniption fit" she said
Uncle Wiggily with a laugh, took
the molasses and the vinegar jugs
| there. I have them right at last-he
( took them one in each paw and hop
/ ped over toward the store
II hope nothing gets mixed" he
thought. cit would be too bad if
/ vinegar got in the mOlasses jug. OF
molasses in the vinegar jug. can
say words all right when I look at
the names on the Jug" he 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 10 the
| store and had each jug filed 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 on a messy
green log TO take a little sleep. And
as he slept along came Johnnie and
Billie Bushytail the squirrels.
Il know how we can have some
fun with Uncle Wiggily," chartered
Billie in a WHISPER to his brother.
How" asked Johnnie
Wen change those jugs" said the
first squirrel boy Wen take the
VINEGAR sign and put it on the
MOASSES jug and do the same with
the other. Then when Nurse Jane
goes to make a cake she'll put some
vinegar in il instead OF molasses."
"Oh what fun that will be-"
chuckled Johnnie. So he and his
brother changed the names on the
jugs and scampered away up in a
tree before Uncle Wiggily awaken
ed. 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 a bush came
the Skillery SCallery Alligator.
Hello" grunted the Alligator.
What have we here?"
"Nothing-that is nothing very
much" said Uncle Wiggily.
Il should say there was a great
deal" said the Gator. There are
your two ears TO begin with, and
after that I'll try the jugs. Let's see
NOLASSES and VINEGAR. he read.
looking at the label. ION second
thought I'll take a drink Of molasses
first" he said. and then I'll nibble
your ears. I'm very fond OF mo-
lassesi"
But this is Nurse James," said
the bunny. IF you could see your
way clear TO taking a little vinegar
now"
Tut! Tut, I wouldn't dream OF
il" howled the Gator. "Molasses
want and mola sses shall have
Then I'll nibble your ears" He pick
ed IN the jug marked MOLASSES
dipped out the cork. raised il 10 his
mouth and took long drink. Then
he suddenly dropped the jug. held
his raws 70 his stomach and ran
away. crying:
you fooled me, You fooled me.
II was vinegar I drank, on, how
puckered ! ami
Dear me-" said Uncle Wiggily
twinkling his pink nose. THE jugs
got mixed after all My fault I sup
pose. joking So"
"No. we did II. Uncle Wiggily,'
chatered Johnnie and Billie. scamp
ering down a tree up which they had
been hidden. But Wei ,,et YOU some
more vinegar" And they did. chang
ing back the signs on the jugs SO
they were right again
We'll. I'm glad YOU played the
little joke" said the bunny. 1T saved
my ears" And so IL had And II the
boiled potato doesn't try 20 tumT
over the frying pan when the tea
kettle is trying TO tag the poker. TT
4 tell you next about Uncle Wiggily'.
April Fool jokes.