Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-01

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and, while you are at the store, get
me cake of soap. Dishes must have
their faces washed, even if the weather
is hot. Get me some soap
81 will,' promised Uncle Wiggily,
"also the ice cream,' and away he
hoped, not very fast, and keeping in
the shade as often as he could.
"There s one good thing about hot
weather. said the bunny, as he
twinkled his pink nose slowly, ''my
rheumatism docsn t hurt so much.'
Just then he reached the pen where
Alice Wibblewobble, the duck girl liv-
ed. Alice was out in front, swinging
on the gate.
at makes me a little cooler to
swing" she told Uncle Wiggily. "But,
oh how | do wish J. could have nice
slide or coast on the ice.'
ga slide on the ice! Just fancy! -
laughed Uncle Wiggily. "There never
is any ice in summer, except on top OF
the high mountains, where We can't go.
But, Alice, if you want to come with
me, I'm going to get Nurse Jane an
ice cream cone and cake of soap, and
I'll give you one, also. ~
"What? A cake of soap?' quacked
the duck girl with laugh. 81 don t
like soap, except to wash with, Uncle
Wiggily, and I've. been washed once
this morning.
"No, 1 meant I'd get you an ice
cream cone," explained the bunny
"'That will cool you, 1 think"
"Oh, how lovely! OF course, it
will!' quacked Alice. cit is very
kind of you!" She fluttered down off
the gate and walked beside Uncle Wig
gily through the cool forest. Soon they
reached the soap store and bought a
cake for Nurse Jane.
Next they came to the ice cream
store and bought three cones, one eacl'
for Nurse Jane and Alice, and also one
for the bunny uncle.
"Now we must hurry home' cx
claimed Uncle Wiggily, as he and
Alice started eating their cones. Zone
reason we must hurry is because l don 7
want Nurse Jane S ice cream to melt
| and another reason is | think we are
going to have a thunder shower
As he spoke there was flash of
light and then loud rumble and roar
"Oh, hurry" guacked Alice, who
being romantic, did not like thunder
storms. 'Give me the cake of soap to
carry, Uncle Wiggily, as you have
Nurse James ice cream cone, and then
we can hurry faster
But, hurry as they did, Uncle Wig
gily and Alice could not escape the
rain. There was more lightning, more
| thunder and then down came the big
drops, splashing everywhere.
! Uncle Wiggily and Alice were soon
all wet, that is, Uncle Wiggily was
but the feathers, of fhe duck girl, being
covered with sort of oil, did not get
wet except on the outside. The water
ran off the back of Alice as fast as
it fell. tt
But the bunny gentlemans fur was
soon quite soaked, though he did not
mind, for it was not the first time he
had been out in the rain, and he was
neither sugar nor salt.
cit makes me feel cooler" ho said
as he hoped along beside Alice, wha
was carrying the cake Of soap.
Soon they came to a little hill and at
the top Alice dropped the soap, from
which the paper wrapper had been
washed by the, rain. The soap, being
very slippery, slid down the hill, just
as it often coasts down the side of the
| bath tub.
"Oh, look guacked Alice, and, just
as she said that, her feet stepped ;ntt
the slippery, Shiny place where the soaE
had slid down the hill, and Alice begai
to coast also, just as if she were on ;
sled.
81 am looking!" said Uncle Wiggily
But didn t know you were going t'
do that, Alice"
81 didn't know it myself, - said the
duck girl. 81 meant for you to lool
at the soap sliding, and just then
slid myself. And, oh, Uncle Wiggily
| coasted down hill, didn t Ia' and sh'
looked up from the bottom Of the slope