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Uncle Wiggily's silk hat

Chapter 1: UNCLE WIGGILY’S SILK HAT or A TALL SILK HAT MAY BE STYLISH AND ALSO USEFUL and HOW UNCLE WIGGILY BROUGHT HOME COMPANY WITHOUT TELLING NURSE JANE also HOW UNCLE WIGGILY TRIED TO MAKE SALT WATER TAFFY
By Howard Roger Garis
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A collection of three short, illustrated children's tales centers on a kindly rabbit gentleman whose tall silk hat repeatedly serves practical purposes: catching leaking milk, bailing water from a sinking boat, saving spilled sugar, and even acting as a vase. In another episode he invites a porcupine home, prompting domestic commotion that resolves when the prickly guest helps with chores and provides quills for toothpicks. Humorous episodes emphasize improvisation, polite manners, and cooperative problem solving among anthropomorphic animal neighbors.

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Title: Uncle Wiggily's silk hat

or, A tall silk hat may be stylish and also useful; and How Uncle Wiggily brought home company without telling Nurse Jane; also How Uncle Wiggily tried to make salt water taffy

Author: Howard Roger Garis

Illustrator: Lang Campbell

Release date: January 3, 2024 [eBook #72607]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Charles E. Graham & Co, 1919

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

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UNCLE WIGGILY’S SILK HAT
or
A TALL SILK HAT MAY BE STYLISH AND ALSO USEFUL
and
HOW UNCLE WIGGILY BROUGHT HOME COMPANY WITHOUT TELLING NURSE JANE
also
HOW UNCLE WIGGILY TRIED TO MAKE SALT WATER TAFFY

TEXT BY
HOWARD R. GARIS
Author of THREE LITTLE TRIPPERTROTS and BED TIME STORIES
PICTURED BY
LANG CAMPBELL
NEWARK, N. J.
CHARLES E. GRAHAM & CO.
NEW YORK