Uncle Wiggily on Roller Skates

Once upon a time Uncle Wiggily met Baby Bunty on her skates. “Oh, Uncle Wiggily!” laughed the little rabbit girl, “why don’t you get a pair and come roller skating with me?” The bunny sort of twinkled his pink nose doubtful like. “Do you think an old rabbit like me could skate?” he asked. “Of course you could! I’ll teach you if you’ve forgotten!” kindly offered Baby Bunty. “All right,” said Mr. Longears.


Uncle Wiggily, in his heart, felt that something dreadful would happen. But he did not like to disappoint Baby Bunty, so he bought himself a pair of roller skates and began. “This is how you do it!” called back the cute little rabbit girl, as she started boldly off, for she was a good skater. “Ye-ye-yes, my de-de-dear! I—I see how you do it,” stammered Uncle Wiggily. “But it isn’t so-so-so easy!”


All went well for a while, though Uncle Wiggily, of course, could not skate as fast as Baby Bunty. All of a sudden one of the bunny’s paws shot out from under him. “Oh, Baby Bunty! Look!” he cried. “Uncle Wiggily! Stop that!” scolded Bunty. “You shouldn’t try any fancy tricks before you learn to skate straight!” Mr. Longears twinkled his nose. “Trick!” he cried. “I couldn’t help doing this!”


After some hard work Uncle Wiggily managed to get his elevated leg back on the ground where it belonged, and he started off once more. But he tried to go too fast and, all of a sudden he turned a peppersault in the air. “Oh, Uncle Wiggily! Why do you keep on doing those tricks?” cried Baby Bunty. “I—I’m not doing them on purpose!” said the poor bunny. “They just—just—seem to happen!”


Well, after a while, Uncle Wiggily landed right side up with care, and he and Baby Bunty skated off once more. But, all of a sudden, they reached the top of a hill, and, before he knew what was going on, Uncle Wiggily started to glide down. “Oh! Oh!” he cried. “Look out!” shouted Baby Bunty. “See the puddle!” “I see it!” shouted Uncle Wiggily, “and I don’t like the looks of it, either! Wow!”