ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PUMPKIN BROKE LOOSE.
Down the hill rolled the golden, yellow Thanksgiving vegetable. “Ouch! Did you bump your nose?” asked Uncle Wiggily of his friend the goat. “I certainly did!” bleated Uncle Butter. “But never mind! Jump up! We must chase after that pumpkin if Nurse Jane is to make it into a pie.” Down the hill raced Uncle Wiggily and Uncle Butter. Before they could get hold of it, the pumpkin rolled into a clump of grass and stopped. “There! We don’t need to chase it any more,” said Uncle Wiggily. “I’m glad of it,” bleated the goat. “Let’s sit down on the log and rest.” Before they knew it Uncle Butter and Uncle Wiggily were fast asleep. Then along came Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the piggie boys. “Let’s make a Jack o’ Lantern out of this pumpkin!” grunted Floppy. With their knives the little pigs carved a face on the pumpkin. They set the Jack o’ Lantern on a funny old stump. Then a Squiggle Bug tickled Uncle Wiggily awake.
THE SQUIGGLE BUG TICKLED UNCLE WIGGILY AWAKE.
“Ker-choo! Ker-choo!” sneezed Uncle Wiggily as he felt the tickling of the Squiggle Bug. At first the rabbit gentleman did not know where he was. Then, when he saw Uncle Butter sleeping beside him, he remembered. By this time Curly and Floppy had stopped dancing around the funny Jack o’ Lantern Goblin, and saw Uncle Wiggily and Mr. Butter over by the log. “Ohee-e-e!” squealed Floppy. “Maybe that was Uncle Wiggily’s pumpkin! And we cut it! He may be angry! We’d better run!” Away ran the piggie boys. Then Uncle Wiggily, opening his eyes wider, saw the funny Goblin Jack o’ Lantern pumpkin. He hardly knew what it was. “Quick, Uncle Butter!” cried the rabbit. “We must get away from the Goblin!” Off they ran, but they met the Alligator who chased them. “Let’s run back toward the Goblin!” whispered Mr. Longears. “Maybe it will scare the Alligator!” And it did, for the frightened Alligator jumped up and ran away.