THE FRIGHTENED ALLIGATOR JUMPED UP AND RAN AWAY.
“Aren’t you glad we made a Jack o’ Lantern out of the pumpkin?” squealed the piggie boys. “Indeed I am!” said Uncle Wiggily. The next day Nurse Jane made some pumpkin pies, and Curly and Floppy each had a piece. It was a few weeks after this, near Christmas time, that Uncle Wiggily made himself an ice boat out of a wash tub, a board and two sleds. “Come ice-boating with me, Nurse Jane!” he called to his muskrat lady housekeeper. “The lake is frozen and we shall have a fine ride.” Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy dressed warmly, for it was a cold day, and Uncle Wiggily helped her to a seat in the wash tub. Away they glided. They had not gone far when the wind blew harder. The ice boat tilted up in the air. “Oh, I am falling out!” cried Nurse Jane. “Don’t be afraid!” called Uncle Wiggily. Mrs. Twistytail started across the ice. “Don’t bump into her!” begged Nurse Jane. But, oh, dear! The ice boat knocked the lady pig off her feet.
THE ICE BOAT KNOCKED THE LADY PIG OFF HER FEET.
“Oh, Mrs. Twistytail, I am so sorry to have bumped into you!” cried Uncle Wiggily, as he hopped out of the wash tub ice boat. He helped the lady pig to her feet. “Are you hurt?” asked the bunny gentleman. “Oh, no, not much!” laughed Mrs. Twistytail. “It’s a good thing I am so fat! Being bumped doesn’t hurt me.” Nurse Jane invited the lady pig to have a ride in the ice boat. “Yes, please get in and I will give you a fine ride,” said Uncle Wiggily. So Mrs. Twistytail got in the wash tub, though it was rather crowded. But, with all that, they were having a jolly time, until, all of a sudden, Nurse Jane pointed and called: “There’s a traffic police dog, and he has turned the ‘Stop’ sign against us!” The police dog barked: “Look out! The ice is broken!” Uncle Wiggily saw it, and steered the boat up in the air. Mrs. Twistytail was spilled out, but, just then along below her, ran her piggie boys with their sled. “Sit on our sled, Mother!” they grunted.