Uncle Wiggily and the Parrot is a short story following Uncle Wiggily, an elderly rabbit with rheumatism, as he sets out one morning alongside a pony and a lame squirrel boy. On his way back through the woods, he discovers a cheerful green parrot perched in a butternut tree, singing a sailor's song. The parrot joins Uncle Wiggily and his red monkey companion for dinner — but when a sly fox breaks in through the window that night, it falls to the parrot's astonishing voice to send the intruder fleeing in pure terror.

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"Uncle Wiggily And The Helpful Butterfly" is a free short story following the beloved rabbit Uncle Wiggily, who falls dangerously ill with fever while resting at the home of a red monkey deep in the woods. Burning hot and desperate for relief, Uncle Wiggily is visited by a beautiful butterfly with red and yellow wings, who fans him with cool, fluttering strokes and sings icy songs of Arctic winds and polar bears — bringing an unexpected and gentle cure when medicine alone could not help.

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Read "Uncle Wiggily and Munchie Trot" online for free — a short story by Howard R. Garis following elderly rabbit Uncle Wiggily and his companion, a red monkey, as they search the woods for a lost fortune. When Uncle Wiggily stumbles upon an injured squirrel boy, abandoned in the forest with night closing in, neither can walk well enough to reach safety. With wolves, owls, and a cloud of mosquitoes closing in, their only hope is Munchie Trot, a strong and fearless pony boy who gallops to the rescue.

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Uncle Wiggily and Buddy Pigg is a short story following the old gentleman rabbit and his red monkey companion as they trek through the woods searching for fortune among the treetops. When the monkey's playful tossing of pine cones accidentally strikes a big black bear on his tender nose, the furious bear begins climbing after the monkey — and Uncle Wiggily is too frightened to help. Everything hinges on Buddy Pigg, a small guinea pig whose remarkable whistling trick may be the only thing standing between the monkey and a very hungry bear.

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Uncle Wiggily and Jennie is a short story in which the wandering rabbit Uncle Wiggily and his companion Kittie Kat discover a tiny woodland house where the industrious Jennie Chipmunk quietly cares for an ailing old lady squirrel. When the three friends pitch in to clean, gather nuts, and share tea, the mood is warm and bustling — until a hungry fox appears at the door and traps them inside. Whether Jennie's clever trick with a dusting brush will send him running is the story's delightful turning point.

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Uncle Wiggily and Kittie Kat is a short story following old gentleman rabbit Uncle Wiggily as he hops through the woods alone, searching for his fortune before winter closes in. A midnight visit from a skillery-scalery alligator leaves him shaken, and by morning he is too dizzy and ill to even rise from his leaf bed. Stranded in a hollow stump with no one to help, his luck turns when a young cat girl named Kittie Kat happens past — and refuses to leave his side until he is well again.

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Uncle Wiggily and the Beetle follows the beloved rabbit gentleman as he sets off through the woods in search of his fortune — only to have his crutch snatched by a cunning wolf hiding in a hole underground. Without it, the rheumatic rabbit is helpless and stranded. When a polite black beetle with powerful pincer claws offers a daring plan involving a string and one well-timed pinch, Uncle Wiggily's only hope rests on a tiny creature with a very clever trick up its shell.

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Uncle Wiggily and the High Tree is a short story following Uncle Wiggily Longears, a gentlemanly rabbit preparing for Easter with a brand-new tall silk hat. When a gust of wind sends the hat sailing into the top of a high tree, Uncle Wiggily and his friend Grandfather Goosey Gander must think fast. With the wind gone and the tree unable to shake on its own, they're running out of options — until young beaver Toodle Flat-tail arrives with his famously sharp teeth and an unexpected solution unfolds.

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Uncle Wiggily and the Pulpit-Jack is a short story in which the kindly rabbit gentleman, Uncle Wiggily, frees a Jack-in-the-Pulpit plant trapped beneath a heavy stone on his way to fetch groceries for Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. The plant promises to return the favour — and gets the chance sooner than expected when the hot sun ignites Uncle Wiggily's box of matches, threatening to burn his entire bundle. With bread and crackers in danger, only the rain-filled pitcher pulpit stands between disaster and supper.

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"Uncle Wiggily and the Sassafras" follows the rabbit gentleman Uncle Wiggily as he drags himself out of bed, sick with Spring fever, on Dr. Possum's orders to dig fresh sassafras root in the woods. What starts as a reluctant errand takes a tense turn when the sly fox appears — and decides to wait politely until Uncle Wiggily finishes pulling up the root before carrying him off. Outwitting a predator while battling a stubborn root, Uncle Wiggily finds that a little cunning can be just as restorative as any herb.

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