Rabbit Adventures With Uncle Wiggily - Pt 11 – Children's Story

We’ve had some requests from our young listeners for more & longer Uncle Wiggily rabbit stories. So, here’s the next one. It’s part of the series about the lovely adventures of a kind, gentlemen elderly rabbit & all his animal friends, nieces & nephews. Uncle Wiggily in the Woods – passing on rabbit wisdom to help and teach the youngsters about nature, trees, life, life in the woods, and having fun! We discover more new plants, flowers, and creatures of the woods. This time, we bring you Part 11.

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Hi, It's Stefania, And here is part 11 of Uncle Wiggly in the woods. Uncle Wiggly and Johnny's Marbles. It was a nice warm spring day when the ground in the woods where the animal boys and girls lived was soft, For all the frost had melted out of it, And though it was a little too early to go barefoot, It was not too early to play marbles. Johnny and Billy Bushytail the squirrels, Sammy Littletail the rabbit, And Jimmy Wibblewobble the duck were having a game under the trees not far from the hollow stump bungalow which was the house of Uncle Wiggly Long Ears, The bunny gentleman. First shot, Eggies, Cried Johnny, Now I'm going to shoot first, Shouted his brother Billy. Oh, I holler before either of you, Cracked Jimmy the duck boy, And he tossed some red, White, And blue striped marbles on the ground in the ring. The marbles were just the color of Uncle Wiggly's crutch. The animal boys began playing, But they made so much noise, Crying Finn and Ebs and Knuckle Down. That nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, The muskrat lady housekeeper, Went to the bungalow door and called, Boys, Boys, Will you please be a little quiet? Uncle Wiggly is lying down taking a nap, And I don't want you to wake him up with your marbles. Oh, I don't mind, Cried the bunny uncle, Unfolding his ears from his vest pockets where he always tucked them when he went to sleep so the flies would not tickle him. It's about time I got up, He said. So the boys are playing marbles, Eh? Well, I'll go out and watch them. It will make me think of the days when I was a spry young bunny chop hopping about, Spinning my kites and flying my tops. I guess you are a little bit twisted, Are you not? Asked nurse Jane politely. So I am, Said Uncle Wiggly. I mean flying my kite and spinning my top. Then he pickled his twink nose. Oh gosh, You see, That's the time I was twisted. I mean he tickled. No, No, I mean he twinkled his pink nose, Uncle Wiggly did, And out he went to watch the boys play marbles. Billy, Johnny, And Jimmy, As well as Sammy, Wanted the bunny uncle to play also, But he said his rheumatism hurt too much to bend over, So he just watched the marble game until it was time for the boys to go home. And then Johnny cried, Oh, I forgot. I have to go to the store for a loaf of bread for supper. Come on, Fellas. Come on with me, Will you? But neither Jimmy nor Sammy nor Billy wanted to go with Johnny, So he started off through the woods to the store alone. When Uncle Wiggly cried, Wait a minute, Johnny, I'll go with you. I haven't had my walk this day, And I have had no adventure at all. I'll go along and see what happens. Oh, That will be nice, Shatter Johnny, Who did not like to go to the store alone. So, Putting his marbles in the bag in which he carried them, He ran along beside Uncle Wiggly. They had not gone far when all of a sudden there came a strong puff of wind, And before Uncle Wiggly could hold his hat down over his ears, It was blown off his head. I mean, His hat, Not his ears. Anyway, Through the trees, The tall silk hat was blown. Oh dear, Cried the bunny uncle. I guess I am not going to have a nice adventure today. I'll get your hat for you, Uncle Wiggly, Said Johnny kindly. You hold my bag of marbles so I can run faster and I'll get the hat for you. Tossing the rabid gentum and the marbles away scampered Johnny after the hat. But the wind kept on blowing it and the squirrel boy had to run a long way. Well, I hope he gets it and brings it back to me, Thought Uncle Wiggly as he sat down on a green moss covered stone to wait for the squirrel boy. And while he was waiting, The bunny uncle opened the bag and looked at Johnny's marbles. There were green ones and blue and red and pink, Very pretty, All of them. I wonder if I have forgotten how to play the games I used to enjoy when I was a boy rabbit, Thought the bunny gentleman. Just now, When no one is here in Tile Woods to laugh at me, I think I'll try and see how well I can shoot marbles. So he marked out a ring on the ground and putting some marbles in the center, Begin shooting at them with another marble, Just the way you boys do and girls. Good shot, Cried the bunny uncle as he knocked two marbles out of the ring at once. I am not so old as I thought I was, Even if I have the rheumatism. He was just gonna shoot again when a growling voice over behind the bush said, Well, You will not have it much longer. Have what much longer? Asked Uncle Wiggly and glancing up, There he saw a big bear, Not at all polite looking. You won't have the rheumatism much longer, The bear said. Why not? Uncle Wiggly wanted to know. Because, Answered the bear, I'm gonna eat you up and the rheumatism too. Here I come. And he made a jump for the bunny uncle, But did he catch him? The bear did not. For he stepped on one of the round marbles, Which rolled under his paw and he fell down on his nose. Uncle Wiggly started to run away, But he did not like to go and leave Johnny's marbles on the ground, So he stayed to pick them up. And by then, The bear has stood up on his hind legs again and grabbed a bunny uncle in his sharp claws. Now I have you, Said the bear, Grillery and growlery like. Yes, I see you have, Sadly spoke Uncle Wiggly. But before you take me off to your den, Which I suppose you will do, Will you grant me one favor? Yes, And only one, Growled the bear. Be quick about it, What is it? Well, You let me have one more shot, Asked the bunny uncle. I want to see if I can knock the other marbles out of the ring. Well, I see no harm in that, Slowly grumbled the bear. Go ahead, Shoot. Uncle Wiggly picked up the biggest shooter in Johnny's pack. Then he took careful aim, But instead of aiming the marbles in the ring, He aimed at the soft and tender nose of the bear. Bing, Went the marble which Uncle Wiggly shot right on the bear's nose. Bing, And the bear was so surprised that he cried. Whoa, Ouch, Lollipops. Oh, Sweet spirits of night. And away he ran through the woods to hold his nose in a soft bank of mud, For he thought a bee had stung him. And so, He didn't bite Uncle Wiggly after all. Well, I guess I can play marbles nearly as well as I used to, Laughed the bunny uncle when Johnny came back with the tall silk hat. And when Mr. Long Ears told the boy squirrel about shooting the bear on the nose, Johnny laughed and said he could have done no better himself. So everything came out all right. And next, I'll tell you about Uncle Wiggly and Billy's spinning top. Uncle Wiggly and Billy's Top. Uncle Wiggly Long Ears, The nice rabbit gentleman, Was sitting on the front porch of his hollow stump bungalow one day, When along came Billy Bushytail, The little squirrel boy. Hello, Billy, Called the bunny gentleman, Cheerful like and happy. For his rheumatism did not hurt him much that day. Hello, Billy. Hello, Uncle Wiggly, Answered the chattery squirrel chap. Then he came up and sat down on the porch. But he seemed so quiet and thoughtful that Uncle Wiggly asked, Is anything the matter, Billy? No, Well, That is nothing much, Said the squirrel boy slowly. But I'd like to ask you, What you'd buy if you had five cents, Uncle Wiggly? What would I buy if I had five cents, Billy? Well, Now, Let me see. I think I'd buy two postage stamps and a funny postcard and write some letters to my friends. What would you buy, Billy? I'd buy a spinning top, Uncle Wiggly, Said the little squirrel boy very quickly. Only, You see, I haven't any five cents. You have, Though, Haven't you, Uncle Wiggly, Eh? Why, Yes, Billy, I think so. And the old gentleman rabbit put his paw in his pocket to make sure. This is a funny world, Said Billy with a long, Sorrowful sigh. Here you are with five cents, And you don't want a top. And here I am without five cents, And I do want a spinning top. Dear. Ha, Ha, Ha, Left Uncle Wiggly in his most jolly fashion. I see what you mean, Billy. Now, You just come along with me. And Uncle Wiggly picked up off the porch his red, White, And blue striped crutch. Where are we going? Asked Billy, Sort of helpful like and expectant. I'm going to the store to buy a spinning top, Answered the bunny uncle. If you think I ought to have one, Well, I'll get it. All right, Said Billy, Sort of funny like. Do you know how to spin a top, Uncle Wiggly? Well, I used to when I was a young rabbit, And I guess I can remember a little about it. Come along and help me pick out a nice one. So the bunny uncle and the squirrel boy went on and on through the woods to the top store kept by Mrs. Spin Spider, Who had a little toy shop in which she worked when she was not spinning silk for the animal ladies dresses. One of your best tops for myself, If you please, Said Uncle Wiggly as he and Billy went into the toy store. Mrs. Spin Spider put a number of tops on the counter. That's the kind you want, Cried Billy as he saw a big red one and pointed his paw at it. Try it and see how it spins, Said the bunny man. Billy wound the string on the top and then giving it a throw while he kept hold of one end of the cord. He made the top spin as fast as anything on the floor of the store. Around and around whizzed the red top like the electric fan on Uncle Wiggly's airship. Is that a good top for me, Billy? Asked Mr. Long ears. A very good top, Said the scroll boy. Fine, Then I'll take it, Said Uncle Wiggly and he paid for it and walked out. Billy following. If the little chattery scroll chap was disappointed at not getting a top for himself, He said nothing about it, Which was very brave and good, I think. He just walked along until they came to a nice smooth dirt place in the woods. And then Uncle Wiggly said, Let me see you spin my top, Billy. I want to watch you and see how it's done. How you wind the string on, How you throw it down to the ground and all that. You just give me some lessons in top spinning, Please. I will, Said Billy. So he wound the string on the top again and soon it was spinning as fast as anything on the hard ground in the woods. Do you want me to show you how to pick up a top and let it spin on your paw? Asked Billy of Uncle Wiggly. Yes, Show me all the tricks there are, Said the bunny gentleman. So while the top was spinning very fast, Billy picked it up and holding it in his paw quickly put it over on Uncle Wiggly's paw. Ouch, The tickles, Cried the bunny uncle sort of giggling like. Yes, A little, But I don't mind that. Now, I'll show you how to pick it up. Once more he spun the top and he was just going to pick it up when all of a sudden a growling voice said, Again, I am in luck, A rabid and a squirrel. Let me see, Which shall I take first? And out from behind the stump popped a big bear. It was the same one that Uncle Wiggly had hit on the nose with Johnny's marble about a week before. My, Said the bunny man. Dear, Chattered Billy. Surprised to see me, Aren't you? Asked the bear, Sticking out his tongue. A little, Answered Uncle Wiggly, But I guess we'd better be getting along, Billy. Pick up my top and come along. Not so fast, Growled the bear. I shall want you to stay with me. You'll be going off with me to my den pretty soon. Don't be in a hurry. And putting out his claws, He grabbed hold of Uncle Wiggly and Billy. They tried to get away, But could not. And the bear was just going to carry them off when he saw the spinning top whizzing on the ground. What's that red thing? He asked. A top, Billy just picked out for me, Said Uncle Wiggly. Would you like to have it spin on your paw? Asked Billy, Blinking his eyes. Wink, Wink, And Uncle Wiggly funny like. I might as well before I carry you off to my den, Said the bear, Sort of careless like an indifferent, Spin the top on my paw. So Billy picked up the spinning top and put it on the bear's broad flat paw. And no sooner was it there, Whizzing around, Than the bear cried. Oh dear, How it tickles. It makes me laugh. It makes me laugh. It makes me giggle. Oh dear. And then he laughed so hard that he dropped the top and turned to somersault. And away he ran through the woods, Leaving Billy and Uncle Wiggly safe there alone. We came out of that very well, Said the bunny uncle as the bear ran fast away. Yes, Indeed. And here is your top, Spoke Billy, Picking it up off the ground where the bear had dropped it. My top? No, That's yours, Said the bunny uncle. I meant it for you all the while. Did you? Thank you so much, Cried Happy Billy. And then he ran off to spin his red top, While Mr. Long-Ears went back to his bungalow. And next, I'll tell you about Uncle Wiggly and the Sunbeam. Uncle Wiggly and the Sunbeam With little Wiggly Long-Ears, The nice rabbit gentleman was walking along in the woods one day, Sort of hopping and leaning on his crutch. And he was wondering whether or not he would have an adventure, When all of a sudden, He heard a little voice crying. Oh dear, I can never get up. I can never get up. Oh dear. That sounds like someone who can't get out of bed, Exclaimed the bunny uncle. I wonder who it can be. Perhaps I can help them. So he looked carefully around, But he saw no one. And he was about to hop along, Thinking perhaps he had made a mistake and had not heard anything after all. When suddenly, The voice sounded again and called out. Oh, I can't get up. I can't get up. Can you shine on me this way? No, I am sorry to say I cannot, Answered another voice. But try to push your way through and then I can shine on you and make you grow. There was silence for a moment. And then the first voice said again. Oh, It's no use. I can't push the stone from over my head. Oh, And such trouble I have. Trouble, Eh? Cried Uncle Wiggly. Here's where I come in. Who are you and what is the trouble? He said, Looking all around and seeing nothing but the shining sun. Here I am. Down in the ground near your left hind leg was the answer. I am a woodland flower and I have just started to grow. But when I try to put my head up out of the ground to get air and drink the rainwater, I find I cannot do it. A big stone is in the way. Right over my head. I cannot push it aside to get up. Oh dear, Sighed the woodland flower. Oh, Don't worry about that, Cried Uncle Wiggly in his jolly voice. I'll lift the stone off your head for you. And he did, Just as he once had helped a jack in the pulpit flower to grow, As I have told you in another story. Under the stone were two little pale green leaves on a stem that was just cracking its way up through the brown earth. There you are, Cried Buddy Uncle, But you don't look much like a flower. I have only just begun to grow, Was the answer. And I never would have been a flower if you had not taken the stone from me. You see, When I was a baby flower or seed, I was covered up in my warm bed of earth. Then came the cold winter and I went to sleep. When the spring came, I awakened and began to grow. But in the meantime, The stone was put over me. I don't know by whom, But it held me down. But now I am free and my pale green leaves will turn to dark green and soon I will blossom out into a flower. How will all that happen? Uncle Wiggly asked. When the sunbeam shines on me, Answered the blossom, That is why I wanted to get above the stone so the sunbeam could shine on me and warm me. And I will begin to do it right now, Exclaimed the sunbeam, Who had been playing about on the leaves of the trees, Waiting for a chance to shine on the green plant and turn it into a beautiful flower. Thank you, Uncle Wiggly, For taking the stone off the leaves so I could shine on them, Went on the sunbeam, Who had known Uncle Wiggly for some time. Though I am strong, I am not strong enough to lift stones, Know was the flower. But now I can do my work. I thank you and I hope I may do you a favor sometime. Thank you, Uncle Wiggly said with a low bow, Raising his tall silk hat. I suppose you sunbeams are kept very busy shining on and warming all the plants and trees in the woods. Yes, Indeed, Answered the yellow sunbeam, Who was a long straight lady. We have lots of work to do, But we are never too busy to shine for our friends. Then the sunbeam played about the little green plant, Turning the pale leaves a darker color and swelling out the tiny buds. Uncle Wiggly walked on through the woods glad that he had even this little adventure. It was a day or so after this that the bunny uncle went to the store for Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, The muskrat lady who kept his hollow stump bungalow so nice and tidy. I want a loaf of bread, A yeast cake and three pounds of sugar, Said Nurse Jane. It would give me the greatest pleasure to get them for you, Answered the rabbit gentleman politely. On his way home from the store with the sugar, Bread and yeast cake, Uncle Wiggly thought he would hop past the place where he had lifted the stone off the head of the plant to see how it was growing. And as he stood there, Looking at the flower, Which was much taller than when the bunny uncle had last seen it. All of a sudden, There was a rustling in the bushes and out jumped a bad old fox. Aha, Barked the fox like a dog, You are just the one I want to see. You want to see me? I screamed Uncle Wiggly. I think you must be mistaken. He went on politely. No, Not at all, Barked the fox. You have some sugar, Some bread and a yeast cake, Have you not? I have, Answered Uncle Wiggly. Well then, You may give me the bread and sugar and after I eat them, I will start in on you. I will take you off to my den to my dear little foxes, Eight, Nine and ten. They have numbers instead of names, You see. But I don't want to give you nurse Jane sugar and bread and go with you to your den. Said the rabbit gentleman, I don't want to, I don't like it. You can't always do as you like, Barked the fox. Quick now, The sugar and bread. What about the yeast cake? Asked Uncle Wiggly as he held it out, All wrapped in shiny foil, Like a looking glass. What about the yeast cake? I'll throw it away, Growled the fox. No, Don't you do it, Whispered a voice in Uncle Wiggly's ear. And there was the sunbeam he had met the other day. Hold out the yeast cake and I'll shine on it very brightly and then I'll slant or bounce off from it into the eyes of the fox, Said the sunbeam. And when I shine in his eyes, I'll tickle him and he'll sneeze and you can run away. So Uncle Wiggly held out the bright yeast cake. Quick as a flash, The sunbeam glitted on it and then reflected itself into the eyes of the fox. He sneezed. And tears came into the fox's eyes so he could not see Uncle Wiggly, Who after thanking the sunbeam, Hurried safely back to his bungalow with the things for Nurse Jane. So the fox got nothing at all but a sneeze, You see? And when he had cleared the tears out of his eyes, Uncle Wiggly was gone. So the sunbeam did the bunny gentleman a favor after all. And everybody was happy except the fox. But he felt better a bit later on and really sorry that he even tried to hurt Uncle Wiggly. And next time around, I will tell you about Uncle Wiggly and the puff ball. Not this time, That'll be in part 12. Bye for now. So just might

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Always the best!

Love it. Techinaly a fox is a wild dog it’s in the group. And we’ve had one when a bad guy helped Uncle wiggly so make one when he helps a bad guy.things are very cheap in the forest. We’ve heard that fox in uncle wiggly part three
Were you messing up on purpose. How do you make your stouries.