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Maryland State Archives Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland mdsa_sc3410_1_81-0216 Enlarge and print image (5M) |
| Uncle Wiggily's Adventures 0cpyrigM, 1014, ky TtH UcOlmrm Newspaper Syndicate. Trade-Mark Registered. JACK B. NIMBLE O'ER THE CANDLE STICK JUMPED. BUT UNCLE WIGGILY HAD HIM STUMPED. FOR THE BUNNY JUMPED OVER THE MOON PRETTY SOON. Text by HOWARD R. OARIS Auihor of the Famous UNCLE WIGGILY BEDTIME STORlEjS Pictured by LANG CAMPBELL i. When Uncle Wiggily started out one day to seek an adventure, he met a queer little gnome who carried a large pair of boots. "Who are you?" asked the rabbit. ''I am Gazinka," was the answer, "and 1 have brought you a pair of Jumping Boots because you are so kind and good." The bunny laughed. "Thank you, Gazinka, but I'm a good jumper; I don't need boots. When the Bears get here I'll show you." 2. "What do you mean—Bears?" cried Gazinka, the Gnome. "Will they bite me ?" Again Uncle Wiggily laughed. "Of course the Bears won't bite you," he said. "They are friends of mine—Mr. Whitewash and Mr. Stubtail. Just to show you 1 don't need any jumping boots, I will leap over the backs of the two friendly Bears!" The brown Bear and the white Bear stood together. "Here I go!" cried the rabbit. 3. Uncle Wiggily made a fine jump over the backs of his two Bear friends. "How is that?" asked the bunny of Gazinka the Gnome. "Very good," answered Gazinka, "but with my jumping boots you Can do much better. Please try again!" So, to please the little man, IA*. Longears put on the magical boots. "Come down to the bif lake," said Gazinka. "With my boots you can leap across wide watex" t/f^—x 4. "Oh, I hardly think Uncle Wiggily can jump as far as that," grunted Mr. Whitewash. "Wait and see!" chuckled Gazinka the Gnome. "Go ahead, jump, Uncle Wiggily!" he cried. The rabbit, who now had on the magical boots, leaped as hard as he could. All of a sudden he rose in the air like a feather, or a balloon. Far out above the water and over the heads of the Gnome and Bears sailed the bunny. * 5. Up and away jumped Uncle Wiggily. "These boots certainly Tire magical!" cried the rabbit in delight. "I must give Gazinka the Gnome a loolypop for being so kind to me. I wonder where my jump will end?" The bunny looked down. He could no longer see Gazinka or the Bears. But he saw a funny little chap sitting in his doorway. "Who dares jump over the Man in the Moon?" cried the funny chap. 6. "Please excuse me for leaping over you, Moon-Man!" called down the rabbit. "But 1 am Uncle Wiggily and I am trying a new pair of boots given me by Gazinka the Gnome." The Moon-Man laughed and said he didn't mind. On and on leaped the bunny until he saw a big dog. "Can that be Old Percival?" asked Mr. Longears. "No, I am the Dog Star," was the answer. "Look out for the star on my tailI" Uncle Wiggily was careful not to knock against the tail of the Dog Star, but leaped over his back, and kept on running and jumping through the air. Suddenly he felt one of his boots coming off. "Oh, if 1 lose it I'll fall!" he thought, and looking back, saw a cow lady chasing him. "I'm the Cow who jumped over the Moon!" she mooed. "The only one who ever did! You shouldn't have done it, Uncle Wiggily!" fc <* i> •a- 8. The rabbit heard what the cow lady said. "She must be angry at me for jumping over her Moon," thought the rabbit. "Oh, she will catch me and hook me with her horns. And I am losing my boots—! can't jump much farther!" As he spoke his other boot dropped oft', and he fell upon a bank of clouds. To his surprise, the cow lady flopped beside him. "Don't be afraid, Uncle Wiggily," she gently mooed. 9-14-24 9. Uncle Wiggily was glad when the cow lady told him not to be frightened, for he knew she wouldn't hurt him. "But how am 1 ever going to get back to earth ?" the rabbit asked. "I have lost the jumping boots of Gazinka the Gnome." The cow smiled and said: "I will ride you to earth on my back." And so she did. .And when the Bears and Gazinka saw Mr. Longears returning, they weft* very happy indeed. And if the lemon pie doesn't turn over on its back and talk in its sleep when the pussy cat is washing its face, the next pictures and story will be about UNCLE WIGGILY'S APPLE FEAST. |