Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-03

Goodness gracious sakes alive! -
laughed the bunny gentleman. Il
don't know how TO make doll.
Perhaps Nurse Jane does, but l
don't.
whats that?' asked NJ iss
Fuzzy Wuzzy, the ihuskrat lady
housekeeper. "Susie wants doll,
does she? Well, Susie, bring We
clothespin ont of the laundry and
III make you cute little doll. -
Glow can YOU make a doll out of
clothespin?" asked Uncle Wig
gily.
"I1l show you,' answered Nurse
Jane. And when Susie brought the
clothespin, the muskrat lady took
some pieces of cloth from her work
basket. She wrapped a piece of
calico around the lower part of the
clothespin.
"That's the dolls skirt said
Miss Fuzzy Wuzzv. Then she tied
bit of muslin ardAnd the upper part
of the clothepin, with a red ribbon
for a sash. "That S the doll s
NdlSl, Sdlu tHt
"But where's her face?" asked
the bunny gentleman. 81 never saw
a doll without a face"
"Let me take your fountain pen
and III make her face said
Nurse Jane, and with Uncle Wig
gily's pen Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy made
an inky nose, an inky mouth and
~ Il hn
of the clothespin.
ooh, now il looks like a doll,
cried Susie, in delight.
"Wait until put a sunbonnet on
her and she will look more like
one,' said Nurse Jane. With a
piece of red silk she made bonnet
for the clothespin doll, tying the
bonnet under her chin with little
streamers of blue ribbon.
ooh, what a cute little dolly"
laughed Susie when il was all fin
ished. "Thank you, Nurse Jane.
Now I am unhappy no longer
Susie sat down to play with her
doll while Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy did the
work around the hollow stump bun
galow and Uncle Wiggily sat down
in his easy chair to 90 to sleep
before setting out to look for an
adventure.
After while Susie's mother
called for her, taking her home.
Nurse Jane went TO the store to get
a quart of eggs and Uncle Wiggily
was left to himself in the hollow
Stuunn htiuUalow
"Ah, ha, Oh, hum!" yawned
Uncle Wiggily, stretching himself
after his sleep. 81 think I'll go out
and look for an adventure.
He arose from his chair but, all
of sudden, there was noise at
the door. The rabbit gentleman
thought it was Nurse Jane coming
back with the pound Of eggs, but,
all Of a sudden, the head of the
Fox was thrust into the room, and
his growing voice said:
you don't need to 90 out TO
look for an adventure, Your ad-
venture is right here, IN your ad-
| venture!' and the Fox looked at
Uncle Wiggily's ears in hungry
fashion.
cont exclaimed the bunny.
"Oh. you re here, are you?"
"Yes, and here / stay uptil ]
nibble you" snapped the Fox.
Then, all of sudden, Uncle Wig
gily thought Of a trick. lie looked
in Nurse Jane 3 work basket end
saw some bits Of calico, silk and
muslin. He also saw a clothespin,
for Susie had brought two in from
the laundry.
" Have you a little fox girl at
home, Mr.. Fuzzy Foxp' asked the
| bunny.
" Yes, | have. But what of it?''
snarled the Fox.
"Then l am going to make her
a clothespin doll, such as Nurse
Jane made for Susie" said Uncle
Wiggily. "Don't nibble my ears un-
til make clothespin doll for your
little fox girl. ] know how, after
watching Nurse Jane" So Uncle
Wiggily put some silk, muslin and
calico ON the elothespin, and made
an inky face with his fountain pen.