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Umbrella Uses Save Picnic in Uncle Wiggily Tale
In a 1936 Uncle Wiggily bedtime tale Mrs Longears resists bringing an umbrella on a sunny picnic. A bug knocks over their lunch basket into a deep hole. the umbrella retrieves it. The pair fends off a Bob Cat with the umbrella used as a club and learn the tool has other uses beyond rain.
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Mrs. Longears
Hollow Stump
Wiggy
Uncle Wiggily
Jane
Rabbit
Mr. Longears
Uncle
Mr. Twistytail
Fat Pig
Pig
Bob Cat