Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-11

who needs help" Looking around
Uncle Wiggily saw a large, flat
stone, and the voices seemed tc
come from beneath it.
Help! Helpw again came the
cry
"Who are you and what's the
troub!e?" asked the bunny. for
well he knew it could not be the
Fuzzy Fox or the Woozie Wolf I'M
der the flat stone.
I'VE are some black bugs" was
the answer. THE wind blew the
stone over on us and we can't get
out from under"
III help you then" offered Mr.,
Longears, and with his strong paws
he soon raised the flat stone.
From beneath it crawled some
round, black, shiny bugs, each one
about the size of Il twenty five cent
piece.
THANK you for taking the stone
off our backs" said the round
shiny, black bugs. "You did us a
great favor, Uncle Wiggily, and
some day perhaps we may do one
for you"
On, don't worry about that,''
spoke the bunny gentleman. and on
he hoped to have an adventure
He had not gone on very much
farther until, all of a sudden, as
he was going through a field OF
goldenrod, he brushed off some of
the golden yellow dust. The dust
blew up the bunny's nose, tickling
1t and, almost before he knew il
Uncle Wiggily felt that he was 60
ing to sneeze.
And L know what will er-ker-
choo-happen when I-ker-snitzio
- when | - er - ker-CHOO!-
sneeze. OH" cried Uncle Wiggilv
And he gave such a loud sneeze
that immediately half the buttons
burst off his tight coat.
"Oh, dear" cried the bunny
This is-er-most-ke -foozium-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" And
he sneezed again, bursting off an
other button.
Il had better hurry home before
get to laughing, and shed all nv
buttons" said Uncle Wiggily but
just then a little hoptoad boy came
skipping along, and when he saw
Uncle Wiggily the hoptoad boy be.
gan laughing.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ho! Ho! Ho! Oh
you look sofia! Ha.-funny-so
funny-such a funny bunny-Hal
Ha!--with half your buttons gone
Uncle Wiggily-Ho! Ho!!" laughed
the hoptoad boy. And he had such
9 hearty laugh that Uncle Wiggily
couldn't help joining in.
"1a! Ha! Ha! Ho! Ho, Hot
laughed the bunny, and then the
rest of the buttons burst off his
tight coat. "Oh, dearu" cried Mr.
Longears when he saw this. "Al
my buttons gone, just as l feared
and no way to sew them on.
shall have to wait until after DARK
to go home. for I would never dare
walk along with my coat all IN.
buttoned. Oh, dear!"
I'VE will help you!" called some
voices from the grass.
who are your" asked the rab.
bit.
THE round, black bugs" wa,
the answer. 1--WE are shiny like
your buttons. We will hold fas
to one side of your coat with on,
front legs and to the other side O,
your coat with our hind legs" SAID
the largest black bus "and in tina,
way We'll pull your coat edges to-
gether. And we'll look Just Xix,
buttons; see II we don't"
So ten Of the round black hing,
very kindly made believe they wer,
buttons on Uncle Wiggily's coat
holding 1T together as he hoppef
along, and everyone who saw hin
thought his coat was buttoned a,
1T always was. And when IN
reached his bungalow the bug,
flew away, after the bunny haf
thanked them, and Nurse Jan,
bought Mr.. Longears a new anf
larger coat with real buttons on n
So everything came out al
right, you see, and IL the suga,
spoon doesn't climb out of the sal
cellar to go riding in the gray,
boat, I'll tell you next about Uncls
Wiggily and the buzz bug.