Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-21
Bedtime Stories
UNCLE wIGaILY's OIL CAN
1922, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate
BY HOWARD R. GARIs


keeper, ran to the door, her paws all
covered with flour, for she was baking
o cake.
When Nurse Jane looked into TIL"
yard she saw Uncle Wiggily just bring
ing his automobile to stop. ii was
the auto which had made the putting
rumblms sound
"Oh, Uncle Wiggily." exclaimed
Nurse Jane. . | thought that noise wa;
a thunder storm coming, and L hi rrie !:
to take in the newly washed clothes.
never knew your ear TO make so much
noise before. What s the matter
There is something wrong, an.
swered the bunny gentleman, as he
hopped off the se.it and. after looking
at each Wheel, legan to peer under the
machine. "i shall stop at the garage
and see what the trouble is, said tn
bunny.
Yes, do, advised Nurse Jane.
" And don't go too far in your ear.
Perhaps you might become stalled and
would have 20 hop home. y
''1t woudn t be the first time VIC
hopped! - laughed the rabbit. . l;ut !!
be careful hl the same. Though do
wonder what S the matter with my
ear
However, Uncle Wiggily could sec
nothing wrong, and he thought It
would be all right to ride out bit
and look for an adventure.
'Is there anything l may have the
pleasure of bringing you when [ re-
turn, Nurse Jane!' asked the punny
t,-,fh Il, = i
silk hat-oh, excuse me---l mean his
tall black nose-oh, | guess ! II never
get that straight, mean his pink,
twinkling nose!
There! Right at last
THANK you, Wiggy, / have every
thing | need said Nurse Jane. ''Be,
sides, I'm afraid if l did ask ,you 10
bring me anything you wouldn t do it. -
why not9 DO YOU think | d for
get -, asked the rabbit
No, but l think you are going
to be Stalled IN your ear, far from
home. If you are, just send me a
message by the wireless telephone, and
II have the garage monkey come ant.
get you'll laughed Miss Fuzzy Wuzzv
'Oh, III be all right said Uncle
Wiggily Anyhow, IN going to stop
at the garage myself as I go out, and
have them see what's wrong
Once more Uncle fWiggily started
off in his automobile, which had bo-
logna sausages for tires, and when
ever Mr.. L0ngears wanted his ear to
go extra fast he sprinkled pepper on
the sausages. But even when he did
this, still something seemed to be
wrong. For the ear bumped and pound.
ed and Knocked and sounded more than
ever like a thunderstorm.
There are a good many things the
matter with your car,'' said the garage
monkey, when Uncle Wiggily stopped
TO ask about it. "'In the first place.
the whatisit is loose. Then the tinker
um tangerum needs adjusting. The
doodle-oOdle-um is crooked and the
zizzie-zoopie is on backwards
Outside of those things" said Un-
Gle Wiggily, casual like, / suppose it 's
4 pretty good little car.
'Oh, yes,'' answered the garage
monkey, indifferent as usual Just
ride it around a bit more, and listen to
whatever other nOses' il makes. Then
come back andstell me about them and
l think l can fix the little old boat so
she II run.
THANK you,'' said Uncle Wiggily,
Now while he was in the garage,
talking to the monkey gentleman,
along came the Bob Cat Seeing Uncle
Wigghy's car standing in the road,
and the bunny not in sight, the Bob
Cat said:
All ha! This is my chance! II lust
crawl under the ear, hang on BIZ nv
claws and when Uncle Wiggily cets
TO a lonely place in the road, / Nj eaten
hold of. the wheels, stop the machine
and when he gets out to see what the
trouble is, II nibble his earsl''
80 the Bob Cat hid underneath the
auto, and when Uncle Wiggily started
off again, to listen for more trouble
noises, the Bob Cat rode with the
bunny, though Uncle Wiggily didn I
know it.
All of n sudden, as Uncle Wiggily-
was driving his car up hill toward
the woods, there sounded "a funny
noise under 1T.
"IO hum!' exclaimed the bunny.
That is n new nOise--that squeak.
The garage monkey. told me to listen
for any new noises, and this squeak is
certainly new. But | know what to do
when ear squeaks-zI must oil it. Oil
will take squeaks out of ear, though
1T may not take out bumps and knocks.
AS soon as | get to the top of the hill
In the cool woods / II get out my oil
can and oil the places that squeak y
Uncle Wiggily's ear squeakcd more
and more, and the reason was that the
sharp claws of the Bob Cat were drag
ging ON the wheels. The Bob Cat, un-
der the auto was trying to hold the
wheels to keep them from moving, but
they went so fast he couldn get a
good hold, and his claws just squeakcd
and squcaked
:" Here W aerel Now oil the 'canary
birds, laughed Uncle Wiggily, for that
rs what auto sqneaks are called The
bunny took out the oil can, and be.
fore the Bob Cat could crawl out from
beneath the ear Uncle Wiggily squirt
ed lot of greasy oil around all the
wheels.
''There, guess that ought to take
out the squeaksl' said the bunny.
The oil took out more than the