jillie

Updated: June 18, 2025

"And why not with us?" asked Nannie and Billie Wagtail, the goat children. "We'd ask you to come with us," said Jollie and Jillie Longtail, the mouse children, "only our house is so small." Many of Uncle Wiggily's friends, who had hurried up to see the hollow-stump bungalow burn, while he was at the store, now, in turn, invited him to stay with them.

Howard Roger Garis - Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard : Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

Down the slippery elm tree went Squeaky as fast as anything, coming to a stop in a pile of soft leaves. "Oh, what a lovely slide!" cried Squeaky. "You try it, Jillie." And the little mouse girl did. "Who would think," she said, "that you could slide down a slippery elm tree? But you can."

Howard Roger Garis - Uncle Wiggily in the Woods

There was Sammie and Susie Littletail, the rabbits, who have a book all to themselves; just as have Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow, the puppy dog boys, and Jollie and Jillie Longtail, the mice children. "And I s'pose we'll meet all your friends in the woods, won't we, Uncle Wiggily?" asked Nurse Jane, as they moved from the old hollow stump bungalow to the new one.

Howard Roger Garis - Uncle Wiggily in the Woods

With his strong paws and his sharp teeth, the rabbit gentleman began peeling the bark off the tree, showing the white wood underneath. "What are you doing, Uncle Wiggily?" asked Jillie. "This is a slippery elm tree, and I am making a hill so Squeaky-Eeky can slide down," answered the bunny uncle. "Underneath the bark the trunk of the elm tree is very slippery. Dr. Possum told me so.

Howard Roger Garis - Uncle Wiggily in the Woods