8. “Gentlemen! Bear gentlemen! Don’t rush so!” called Uncle Wiggily to Mr. Whitewash and Mr. Stubtail. “You are only in Susie’s hoop—not a trap. I’ll soon get you out.” The bunny jumped in between the two bears but, just then, the stretched-out hoop sprang together like a rubber band, and Uncle Wiggily was bunked between the backs of the bears. “Oh, I feel like a pancake!” he cried.
9. After a great deal of wiggling, the two bears managed to get outside of Susie’s hoop. And they stopped squeezing Uncle Wiggily. The bunny sat down on the ground, feeling very sad. “Never again will I roll a hoop!” he exclaimed. “And I—I can’t, either!” sobbed Susie, as the bear gentlemen dried her tears. “My hoop looks like a fried cake. Boo hoo!” But Uncle Wiggily gave her money for a new one.
And if the boiled egg doesn’t try to dance on top of the piano and fall off on the rocking chair where it might crack its shell, the next pictures and story, will be about Uncle Wiggily and the Snappy Shark.
WHEN SAILING IN A BOAT, IF NO WIND BLOWS, YOU FLOAT. AND IF THE BAD SHARK CHASES AFTER, WHY, GREET HIM WITH SOME HEARTY LAUGHTER.
1. Having nothing special to do, Uncle Wiggily built himself a sail boat from a wash tub and some old boards. “Come and take a ride with me, Nurse Jane,” he invited. “You need a little rest from washing dishes all the while.” The muskrat lady housekeeper thought this would be great fun. “But suppose something happens to us, Uncle Wiggily?” she asked. “It will be an adventure!” laughed the rabbit.
