The Second Adventures of Uncle Wiggily: The Bunny Rabbit Gentleman And His Muskrat Lady Housekeeper

9781465682215

213 pages

Library of Alexandria

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“Hurray! Hurrah!” cried Uncle Wiggily in his hollow stump bungalow one day, as he twinkled his pink nose and danced around with his red, white and blue striped rheumatism crutch that Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy had gnawed out of a cornstalk. “Why are you so joyful?” asked the muskrat lady housekeeper. “Because it will soon be Thanksgiving,” answered the bunny rabbit gentleman, “and you will make me a pumpkin pie.” Nurse Jane laughed and said: “I’ll make you a pie if you will get me the pumpkin.” Uncle Wiggily danced again and said: “I’m going to hop along now and find one. I’ll ask Uncle Butter, the goat, or some of my friends, to go with me. I’ll take a wheelbarrow in which to give the pumpkin a ride.” Nurse Jane told Uncle Wiggily to bring a large pumpkin, and he said he would. “I feel so jolly, because Thanksgiving is coming, that my rheumatism is cured!” he cried. “I will not need my crutch.” So he left his crutch on the piano and started off with the wheelbarrow. “I hope you have a funny adventure,” said Nurse Jane. Uncle Wiggily had not hopped very far, trundling his wheelbarrow, before he reached a field where grew many golden, yellow pumpkins. “Ah ha!” joyfully cried the bunny, “one of these will be just what I want for Nurse Jane to make a pie.” Uncle Wiggily rolled a large pumpkin up on the wheelbarrow and started back to his hollow stump bungalow. Just as he reached the house where Uncle Butter, the goat gentleman lived, the rabbit bumped the wheelbarrow into a stone. “Oh, dear!” sighed the bunny, “it’s broken!” Uncle Butter, looking over the fence, said: “That’s too bad! But never mind. We can put a stick through the pumpkin, fasten a rope to the stick and roll the pumpkin home.” They started up hill, pulling the pumpkin. “This is hard work!” cried Uncle Wiggily. They were nearly at the top of the hill when something happened. All of a sudden the pumpkin broke loose.