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THE SECOND
ADVENTURES OF
UNCLE WIGGILY
THE BUNNY RABBIT GENTLEMAN
AND HIS MUSKRAT LADY HOUSEKEEPER
THE SECOND ADVENTURES OF UNCLE WIGGILY AND HIS MUSKRAT LADY HOUSEKEEPER
“Hurray! Hurrah!” cried Uncle Wiggily in his hollow stump bungalowone day, as he twinkled his pink nose and danced aroundwith his red, white and blue striped rheumatism crutch that Nurse JaneFuzzy Wuzzy had gnawed out of a cornstalk. “Why are you so joyful?”asked the muskrat lady housekeeper. “Because it will soon be Thanksgiving,”answered the bunny rabbit gentleman, “and you will make mea pumpkin pie.” Nurse Jane laughed and said: “I’ll make you a pie ifyou will get me the pumpkin.” Uncle Wiggily danced again and said:“I’m going to hop along now and find one. I’ll ask Uncle Butter, thegoat, or some of my friends, to go with me. I’ll take a wheelbarrow inwhich to give the pumpkin a ride.” Nurse Jane told Uncle Wiggily tobring a large pumpkin, and he said he would. “I feel so jolly, becauseThanksgiving is coming, that my rheumatism is cured!” he cried. “Iwill not need my crutch.” So he left his crutch on the piano andstarted off with the wheelbarrow. “I hope you have a funny adventure,”said Nurse Jane.
Uncle Wiggily had nothopped very far, trundlinghis wheelbarrow,before he reached a fieldwhere grew many golden,yellow pumpkins. “Ahha!” joyfully cried thebunny, “one of these willbe just what I want forNurse Jane to make apie.” Uncle Wiggilyrolled a large pumpkinup on the wheelbarrowand started back to hishollow stump bungalow. Just as he reached the house where UncleButter, the goat gentleman lived, the rabbit bumped the wheelbarrowinto a stone. “Oh, dear!” sighed the bunny, “it’s broken!” UncleButter, looking over the fence, said