"Hello, boys!" called Uncle Wiggily. "Why haven't you gone to school
today? It is time, I'm sure."
"Oh, we don't have to go today," answered Billie, as he looked at his
tail to see if any chestnut burrs were sticking in it. But none was, I
am glad to say.
"Don't have to go to school? Why not?" Uncle Wiggily wanted to know.
"This isn't Saturday, is it?"
"No," spoke Johnnie. "But you see, Sister Sallie, our little squirrel
sister, has the measles, and we can't go to school until she gets over
them."
"And we don't know what to do to have some fun," went on Billie, "for
lots of the animal children are home from school with the measles, and
they can't be out to play with us. We've had the measles, so we can't
get them the second time, but the animal boys and girls, who haven't
broken out, don't want us to come and see them for fear we'll bring the
red spots to them."
"I see," said Uncle Wiggily, laughing until his pink nose twinkled like
a jelly roll. "So you can't have any fun? Well, suppose you come with
me for a walk in the woods."
"Fine!" cried Billie and Johnnie and soon they were walking in the
woods with the rabbit gentleman. They had not gone very far before,
all of a sudden, they came to a place where a mud turtle gentleman had
fallen on his back, and he could not turn over, right-side up again.
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