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A gentle rabbit with a twinkling pink nose and his faithful companion, Nurse Jane, set out for a stroll in the forest, hoping to meet the curious Squiggle Bugs and enjoy a quiet picnic. Their cheerful plans quickly turn playful when they discover a makeshift table laden with treats that belongs to a mother bear and her two cubs, who soon return looking for their honey‑sweet snack.
What follows is a series of light‑hearted mishaps: a clumsy cub tumbles into a pitcher of lemonade, sticky flypaper catches another, and Uncle Wiggily’s quick wit turns potential trouble into giggles. With a basket perched on the bear’s head and a few friendly tickles, the rabbit and Nurse Jane manage to escape the woods unharmed, hopping home with stories of their brief, breezy adventure.
Language
en
Duration
~16 minutes (16K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Charles E. Graham & Co, 1924.
Credits
Bob Taylor, David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Release date
2023-07-13
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1873–1962
Best known for creating Uncle Wiggily, this prolific American writer helped shape early 20th-century children's reading with cheerful stories, adventure series, and radio work. He wrote for young audiences with a lively, accessible style that kept him popular for decades.
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