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Maryland State Archives Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland mdsa_sc3410_1_81-0120 Enlarge and print image (5M) |
| »-v*^l^,,. .»«-4!r Uncle Wigglly's Adventures Oopyrlaht, i99»Ji &i/ TAc McClure Newspaper Syndicate. Trade-Mark Registered. MANY FUNNY THINGS MAY HAPPEN, AS EXCURSIONING TeXt by HOWARD R. GARIS YOU GO. ONE MOMENT YOU WILL SING FOR JOY----THE Author of the Famous UNCLE WIGGILY BEDTIME STORIES NEXT BE DEEP IN WOE. BUT—WE ALL LIKE IT! Pictured by LANG CAMPBELL 1. "1 should like to go on a little excursion to the woods and eat a picnic lunch near a beautiful lake," said Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy one day. "That's easv,'* answered Uncle Wiggily. "We shall go!" The muskrat lady said': "Let's ask Mr. and Mrs. Twistytail." The bunny said he would he glad to have his pig friends go on the excursion. Packing the lunch in baskets, they started, the ladies in wheelbarrows. 2. "We shall have a jolly time in the woods!" laughed Uncle Wig-gily as he and Mr. Twistytail raced along, pushing the barrows. "1 hope there will be plenty to eat!" grunted Mr. Twistytail. And, all of a sudden, his wheel hit a stone. "Plop!" out tlew Mrs. Twistytail. "Oh, my, isn't that funny?" laughed Uncle Wiggily. "Funny!" squealed Mrs. Twistytail, shaking a hoof at her husband. "1 can't see it!" 3. At first Mrs. Twistytail was quite angry, thinking her husband had upset her oh purpose. "Oh, Esmerelda, I wouldn't do such a thing!" he grunted. "Then I'll forgive you," said the lady pig. Uncle Wiggily stopped laughing, and they hurried on into the woods. "Let's eat lunch here!" squealed the pig gentleman. When they were gathered about the stump table, a big snake reached down to get the lunch-baskets. 4. "Here, Mr. Snake! What are you taking our lunch for?" cried Uncle Wiggily.. "Oh, excuse-me!" hissed the snake; "1 thought you didn't want it" I'll put it hack!" Which he did. "He is such a polite snake, let's ask him to come excursioning with us," whispered Nurse Jane. So they did. When they reached the lake, where they we're going to eat the rest of the lunch, all of a sudden Mr. Twistytail fell in! 5. "Oh/ Archibald will drown!" squealed Mrs. Twistytail, as the rabbit caught her when she fainted and fell. In her excitement Nurse Jane threw a stone to the pig gentleman. But the kind snake awakened and hissed: "I'll pull Mr. Twistytail out. Don't be afraid!" So the snake caught the pig gentleman by his trousers, and with Uncle Wiggily pulling on the snake, they soon had Mr. Twistytail out on dry land. 6. When Mr. Twistytail had dried himself, Uncle Wiggily said: "We had better find another flat stump table and eat the rest of our lunch before anything more happens." So the remaining good things were taken from the baskets and put on the stump. "Oh, we must go pick some flowers to make the table look pretty!" cried Nurse Jane. And while they were off in the woods, a queer visitor came to have lunch. 7. "This is very kind of some one!" whispered the circus elephant as he ate the lunch "I suppose a good fairy left Ibis here for me." As he ate the last sandwich he heard a noise. It was Uncle Wiggily and his friends returning "I'll hide and surprise them," whispered the elephant. "Who has taken our lovely lunch V grunted Mrs. Twistytail. "It must have been another snake!" cried Nurse Jane, pointing. 8. The elephant, hiding in the bushes, heard what Uncle Wiggily's friends said. "I guess 1 made a mistake—^eating that lunch!" thought the big fellow. "I'd better slip away." So he did, going to the lake to get a drink. Then, all of a sudden, the Bob Cat and Fox sprang out of the bushes to catch Uncle Wiggily. "Oh! Oh!" screamed Nurse Jane and the lady pig as they leaped up on the stump "Help! Help!" 9. The kind elephant, getting his trunk full of water at the lake, heard the cries for help. "Now I can make it up to Uncle Wiggily for taking his lunch," whispered the big fellow. Back he rushed to the stump. "Whuff! Whizz!!" he squirted a stream of water at the Bob Cat and Fox. "Wowzie zow!" howled the Bob Cat. "Zippie zoo!" snarled the Fox. "Oh, goodie!" cried Nurse Jane and the lady pig. And if the rag doll doesn't put the baked beans in the soap dish so they can ride around the bath, tub-with the wash rag, the next pictures and story will be about UNCLE WIGGILY'S MELON PARTY. \ 4and State Archives mdsa_sc34io_i_8i-oi2< |