Rabbit Adventures With Uncle Wiggily - Pt 9 – Children's Story

We’ve had some requests from our young listeners for more 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 and 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 9.

Transcript

Hi, This is Stefania, And here we are with part nine of Uncle Wiggly in the Woods. Today's story is Uncle Wiggly and the Dogwood. Where are you going, Uncle Wiggly? Asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, The muskrat lady housekeeper, As the nice old rabbit gentleman started out from his hollow stump bungalow one afternoon. Oh, Just for a walk in the woods, He answered. Nettie Stubtail, The little bear boy, Told me last night that there were many adventures in the forest, And I want to see if I can find one. My goodness, You seem very fond of adventures, Said Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy. I am, Went on Uncle Wiggly. With a smile that made his pink nose twinkle and his whiskers sort of chase themselves around the back of his neck. I just love to have adventures. Well, While you were out walking among the trees, Would you mind doing me a favor? Asked Nurse Jane. I wouldn't mind in the least, Spoke the bunny uncle. What would you like me to do? Just leave this thimble at Mrs. Bow Wow's house. I borrowed the dog lady's thimble to use when I couldn't find mine, But now that I have my own back again, I'll return hers. Where was yours? Uncle Wiggly wanted to know. Jimmy Kalka, The crow boy, Had picked it up to hide under the pump, Answered Nurse Jane. Crows, You know, Like to pick up bright and shiny things. Yes, I remember, Said Uncle Wiggly. Very well, I'll give Mrs. Bow Wow her thimble. And off the old gentleman rabbit started, Limping along on his red, White, And blue striped crutch. When Uncle Wiggly came to the place where Jackie and Petey Bow Wow, The little puppy dog boys, Stood, He saw Mrs. Bow Wow, The dog lady, Out in front of the kennel house, Looking up and down the path that led through the woods. Were you looking for me? Asked Uncle Wiggly, Making a low and polite bow with his tall silk hat. Looking for you? Why, No, Not specially, Said Mrs. Bow Wow. Though I am always glad to see you. I thought perhaps you might be looking for your thimble, Went on the bunny uncle. Nurse Jane has sent it back to you. Oh, Thank goodness, Said the mother of the puppy dog boys. I'm glad to get my thimble back, But I was really looking for Petey and Jackie. You don't mean to say they have run away, Do you? Asked Uncle Wiggly in surprise. No, Not exactly run away, But they have not come home from school, Though the lady mouse who teaches in the hollow stump must have let the animal children out long ago. She did, Uncle Wiggly said. I came past the hollow stump school on my way here and everyone was gone. Then where can Jackie and Petey be keeping themselves? Asked Mrs. Bow Wow. Oh, I'm so worried about them. Don't be worried or frightened, Said Uncle Wiggly kindly. I'll go look for them for you. Oh, If you will, I'll be so glad, Cried Mrs. Bow Wow. And if you find them, Please tell them to come home at once. I will, Promised the bunny uncle. Giving the dog lady her thimble, Uncle Wiggly set off through the woods to look for Jackie and Petey Bow Wow. On every side of the woodland path he peered under trees and bushes and around the corners of moss covered rocks and big stumps. But no little puppy dog chaps could he find. All at once, As Mr. Long Ears was going past an old log, He heard a rustling in the bushes. And a voice said, Well, We nearly caught them, Didn't we? We surely did, Said another voice. And I think if we race after them once more, We'll certainly have them. Let's rest here a bit and then chase those puppy dogs some more. That Jackie is a good runner. I think Petey is better, Said the other voice. Anyhow, They both got away from us. This must be Petey and Jackie Bow while they are talking about, Said Uncle Wiggly to himself. This sounds like trouble. So the puppy dogs were chased, Were they? I must see by whom. He peeked through the bushes and there he saw two big bad foxes whose tongues were hanging out over their white teeth for the foxes had run far and they were tired. I see how it is, Uncle Wiggly thought. The foxes chased the little puppy dogs as they were coming from school. And Jackie and Petey have run somewhere and hidden. I must find them. Just then, One of the foxes cried, Come on, Now we'll chase after those puppies and get them. Come on. I must go too, Thought Uncle Wiggly. Maybe I can scare away the foxes and save Jackie and Petey. So the foxes ran and Uncle Wiggly also ran and pretty soon the rabbit gentleman came to a place in the woods where grew a tree with big white blossoms on it. And in the center, The blossoms were colored a dark red. There are puppy boys under that tree, Cried one fox. And surely enough, There right under the tree, Jackie and Petey were crouched, Trembling and very much frightened. We'll get them, Cried the other fox. Come on. And then all of a sudden, As the foxes leaped toward the poor little puppy dog boys, That tree began to bark and growl and it cried out loud. Get away from here, You bad foxes. Leave Jackie and Petey alone. And the tree barked and roared so like a lion that the foxes were frightened and were glad enough to run away, Taking their tails with them. Then Jackie and Petey came safely out and thanked the tree for taking care of them. Oh, You are welcome, Said the tree. I am the dogwood tree, You know. So why should I not bark and growl to scare foxes and take care of you little puppy chaps? Come to me again whenever any bad foxes chase you. And Petey and Jackie said they would. So Uncle Wiggly, After also thanking the tree, Took the doggy boys home and they told him how the foxes had chased them soon after they came from school. So they had to run. But everything came out all right, You see. Now I'll tell you next about Uncle Wiggly and the hazelnuts. Uncle Wiggly and the hazelnuts. Going out again, Uncle Wiggly. Asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy one morning as she saw the rabbit gentleman taking his red, White, And blue striped crutch down off the clock shelf. Well, Yes, Janey, I did think of going out for a little stroll in the forest, Answered the bunny uncle. What he meant was that he was going for a walk in the woods, But he thought he'd be polite about it and stylish, Just for once. Don't forget your umbrella, Went on Nurse Jane. It looks to me very much like there would be a storm. I think you're right, Uncle Wiggly said. Our April showers are not yet over. I shall take my umbrella. So with his umbrella and the crutch, The bunny uncle started hopping along over the fields and through the woods. Pretty soon, Uncle Wiggly met Johnny Bushytail, The squirrel boy. Where are you going, Johnny? Asked the rabbit gentleman. Are you here in the woods looking for an adventure? That's what I'm doing. No, Uncle Wiggly, Answered the squirrel boy. I'm not looking for an adventure. I'm looking for hazelnuts. Hazelnuts? Cried the bunny uncle in surprise. Yes, Went on Johnny. You know, There's something like chestnuts, Only without the prickly burrows, And they're very good to eat. They grow on bushes instead of trees. I'm looking for some to eat. They are nice, Brown, Shiny nuts. Good, Cried the rabbit gentleman. We'll go together looking for hazelnuts, And perhaps we may also find an adventure. I'll take the adventure, And you can take the hazelnuts. All right, Laughed Johnny, And off they started. On over the fields and through the woods went the bunny uncle and Johnny. Until just as they were close to the place where some extra early new kind of spring hazelnuts grew on the bushes, There was a noise behind a big black stump, And suddenly out pounced a bear. Oh, Hello, Neddy Stubtail, Called Johnny, And he was just going to go up and shake paws when Uncle Wiggly cried, Look out, Johnny, Wait a minute, That isn't your friend Neddy. And yet, Asks Johnny surprise light, And he drew back. No, It's a bad old bear, Not our nice Neddy at all, And I think he's going to chase us. Get ready to run. So Johnny Bushytail and Uncle Wiggly got ready to run, And it was a good thing they did. For just then, The bear gave a growl. And the bear said, In hope, A rabbit and a squirrel, Fine for me, Tag, You're it. He cried, And he made a jump for Uncle Wiggly and Johnny. But do you suppose the bunny uncle and the squirrel boy stayed there to be caught? Indeed, They did not. Over this way, Quick, Cried Johnny, Here is a hazelnut bush, Uncle Wiggly, We can hide under there, And the bear can't get us. Good, Said the bunny uncle, And he and Johnny quickly ran and hid under the hazelnut bush, Which was nearby. The bear looked all around as he heard Uncle Wiggly and Johnny running away. And when he saw where they had gone, He laughed. He laughed until his whiskers twinkled, Almost like the rabbit gentleman's pink nose. And then the bear said, Ha ha ha ha, And ho ho. So you thought you could get away from me that way, Did you? Well, You can't. I can see you hiding under the bush, Almost as plainly as I can see the sun shining. Here I come after you. Oh dear, Cried Uncle Wiggly, What shall we do, Johnny? I don't want the bear to get you or me. And I don't either, Smoked the little squirrel boy. I wonder if I could scare him away with my umbrella, Johnny, Went on Uncle Wiggly. I might. If I could make believe it was a gun, Have you any talcum powder to shoot? No, Said Johnny sadly. I have not. I'm sorry to say, Have you any bullets? Asked the bunny uncle. No bullets either, Answered Johnny more sadly. And I don't see anything for us to do but let the bear get us, Said Mr. Long ears. Here he comes, Johnny. But he shan't get us, Quickly cried this girl boy as the bear made a jump for the bush under which the bunny and Johnny were hiding. He shan't get us. Why not? Asked Uncle Wiggly. Because said Johnny, I have just thought of something. You asked me for bullets a while ago. I have none. But the hazelnut bush has. Come good hazelnut bush, Will you save us from the bear? Asked Johnny. Right. Gladly will I do that, The kind bush said. Then here he comes for us, Cried Johnny. Let's rattle down all over him all the hard nuts you can let fall. They will hit him on his ears and on his soft and tender nose and that will make him run away and leave us alone. Good, Whispered the hazelnut bush rustling its leaves. But what about you and Uncle Wiggly? If I rattle the nuts on the bear, They will also fall on you too as long as you are hiding under me. Have no fear of that, Said the bunny uncle. I have my umbrella and I will raise that and keep off the falling nuts. Then the bear with a growl made a dash to get Uncle Wiggly and Johnny. But the hazelnut bush shivered and shook himself and said, Rattle to bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Down came the hazelnuts all over the bear. Oh, Whoa, He cried as they hit him on his soft and tender nose. Oh, Wow, I guess I'd better run away. It's hailing. And he did run. And because of Uncle Wiggly's umbrella held over his head, The nuts did not hurt him or Johnny at all. And when the bear had run far away, The scroll boy gathered all the nuts he wanted and he and Uncle Wiggly went safely home. And the bear's nose was sore for a week. But it got better. But he'd learned his lesson. I'll tell you next, Not today, But later, About Uncle Wiggly and Susie's dress. And that's it for today. We'll be back again soon with the next part, Part 10 of Uncle Wiggly in the Woods. Bye for now.

Reviews

SO GOOD 🤫😴

Amazing! Could you do a horse one please?

I love this series so much. It puts me and my younger brother to sleep right away!💤💤 I love how st one part though uncle wiggly said to Johnny “ better watch out, here he comes Johnny!” Like it was casual😆😆🤣 lol!