Uncle Wiggily Goes Swimming: How the Frog Boys Surprised the Fox

One day, as Uncle Wiggily was hopping through the woods, he looked toward a pond and saw Bully and Bawly No Tail, the frog boys, jumping from the end of the spring board. “Ah, that reminds me of the time I was young!” thought the bunny gentleman. “As long as Nurse Jane isn’t here I’m going to dive in and swim.” Into the swimming hole splashed Bully and Bawly as the bunny rabbit took off his coat. “Oh, hurray! Here’s Uncle Wiggily!” croaked Bully. “Come on in, the water’s fine!” rumbled Bawly. “Thanks, I’ll try, though I am not a very good swimmer or diver,” answered Mr. Longears. He stood on the end of the teeter-tauter spring board. “One, two, three!” counted Bully. “Jump in!” Uncle Wiggily twinkled his pink nose, and, hoping he would not get too much water up it, in he jumped! Uncle Wiggily did not think he was going to jump so hard, but he did and his head was stuck in the mud of the pond bottom. “Blubble! Ubble! Blub!” cried the poor rabbit gentleman. “Quick! We must pull him out! Get hold of his other leg!” croaked Bully. The two froggie boys, on the end of the spring board, pulled as hard as they could. “If we get him out we’ll put him on a raft,” croaked Bully.