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Uncle Wiggily's June Bug friends : $b or, How the June Bugs brought joy to Uncle Wiggily; and The Skillery Scallery Alligator; also, How Uncle Wiggily picked some flowers

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Uncle Wiggily's June Bug friends : $b or, How the June Bugs brought joy to Uncle Wiggily; and The Skillery Scallery Alligator; also, How Uncle Wiggily picked some flowers

by Howard Roger Garis

EN·~17 minutes·1 chapter

Chapters

1 total
1

17:47

Description

Uncle Wiggily, the gentle rabbit gentleman, returns to his hollow‑stump bungalow after a day of woodland wandering. A huge June bug bursts through the open window, startling Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, but the rabbit calmly scoops the insect into a tea strainer and promises it a cozy pansy bed. He hints that a kindness offered today might earn him a favor later.

The following morning the rabbit, accompanied by the goat children Nannie and Billie, wanders deeper into the forest when hidden sticks give way and they tumble into a pit dug by the scheming Bazumpus. From the depths they call for the June bug, recalling its earlier rescue, and the buzzing insect promises to gather its many relatives to fashion a ladder of grass stems. Their hopeful shouts echo as the woodland’s tiny heroes prepare for a daring rescue.

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Language

en

Duration

~17 minutes (17K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: Charles E. Graham & Co, 1919, copyright 1920, copyright 1922, copyright 1924.

Credits

Bob Taylor, David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2023-04-23

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Howard Roger Garis

Howard Roger Garis

1873–1962

Best known for creating Uncle Wiggily, this prolific American writer helped shape early 20th-century children's reading with cheerful adventures, animal stories, and series fiction. He also worked as a newspaperman before building a long career in books for young readers.

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