Imperial Valley press., 1922-06-10

gily. "You aren't the lady mouse
teacher from the hollow stump school,
m sure! Who are you?'
"Who9 Who's Whoe' came the hoot.
ing question, and then the bunny saw a
large bird, with dark brown feathers,
with sharp, hooked beak, with tufts
of feathers on its head, and strong,
hooked claws, coming out of a bush.
Though the eyes were large and round,
and though the feathers about them
seemed to be spectacles, giving the
bird very wise look, still it could not
seem to see very well.
"Who9 Who?' hooted the bird.
"Why do you keep on asking who l
am when l have told yous'' asked
Ufcle Wiggily. care you deaf'"
"No, but l cant see very well in
daylight was the answer. 81 am the
Great Horned Owl, and WASH I asking
who you were. l was Just talking to
myself and wondering how could find
my way back to my nest who! Who!
Who'll is just my way Of talking to my
self. I wasn't asking who you were,
for know very well. l am a friend
Of yours, Uncle Wiggily.''
~ am glad of that, Mr.. Wise Owl
Bird" said the bunny. "But did you
say you couldn't find your nest?"
"That s it, answered the Owl. 81
am lost. can find my way about
after dark much better than in day.
light, for my eyes are made to see in
the night. But, as was sleeping on
the edge Of my nest in hollow tree
(for sleep by day and hunt food at
night) all of a sudden . gust of wind
blew me off my perch, and now / can t
find my nest. shall have to wait un.
til night, SUPPOSE
"Oh, no. answered Uncle Wiggily.
"For though you can not see well in
daylight, can; but ! can't see at night
$50 well. l will look for your nest in
the hollow tree and tell you bow to fly
to it,
"Oh. thank you,' hooted the Great
Owl, the largest of all our owls. "Once
/ get back on my perch will wait
until it grows dark, when l can see to
fly about.'
Uncle Wiggily looked among the
trees until he found, not far off, the
hollow one where the Wise Bird lived.
Then, hopping ahead of the Owl, the
bunny showed the school -teachery
looking feathered chap where to fly.
"Thank you," hooted the Owl, as he
reached his nest and sat on his perch
to wait for darkness.
eyes, and / II thank you for some
ear nibblesl" suddenly cried another
voice, and out Of the bushes sprang The
Bob Cat, reaching forth his claws to
catch Uncle Wiggily.
"Who? Who7 Whof" hooted the
Wise Bird; or SO he seemed to say.
~ I'M the Bob Cat!" growled the bad
creature. "The Bob Cat after Uncle
Wiggily's ears!'
"Who7 Whof Whos" called the Owl
again, while the poor bunny was so
frightened he dared not hop away.
"The Bob Catl The Bob Cat! IN
the Bob Cat!" cried the Lynx, for that
was his other name. Cant you hear
met Are you deafs'
"Whof Who7' asked the Owl, wink.
ing one eye at Uncle Wiggily to show
that he was teasing the Lynx. "WhOs'
"WhO are you? Who are you9 That q
what / want to know! Why do YOU
keep asking me who I am without tell.
ing me who you ares' snarled the Bob
Cat.
And all the Owl answered was:
"WhOf Whof Whof"
"Oh, you make me madi IN going
to bite you'll" howled the Lynx, and
he made a jump toward the Owl, but
the Wise Bird just slipped inside his
den in the hollow tree and the Bob
Cat eouldn't t catch him. And then the
! Owl called:
"Hop away home, Uncle Wiggilyl'
And the bunny did, before the Bob Cat
could jump back and nibble his ears
So the Owl saved the rabbit, and il
the corkscrew doesn't pull the fuzz of
the pussy willows to make whiskers fol
the Jack in the Box, III tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily and the Painted
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