Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-01
Bedtime Stories
UNCLE w1GG1LY's MAY PARTY
Copyright. 1929, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
Bv HOWARD II. GARIS

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"Nurse Jane, have you in the bun
galow any white fuzzy flannel or some
cloth that looks like the fur on my
ears?' asked Uncle Wiggily one day, as
he walked into the kitchen, where the
muskrat lady was getting ready to
boil carrot pie to make it tender.
''White fuzzy flannel like your
ears!' exclaimed Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy.
"What in the world do you want that
for? 1t isn't cold weather now, and
you don't need any ear muffs. -
~ know that!' laughed Uncle Wig
gily, with his pink nose twinkling
upside down. "But | want the cloth
just the same"
Wondering very much what he
wanted of it, the muskrat lady house
keeper got from a closet some odd
pieces of soft white cloth that looked
just like rabbit fur. 1t had once been
used as trimming on one of Nurse
Jane S dresses.
"Ah, that s the very thing | need! "
exclaimed Uncle Wiggily. "Now l II
be able to have my May party in peace
and quiet! just let me take pair
of scissors, Nurse Jane, and | III soon
make something that will fool the bad
chaps
"Wcll,' sighed the muskrat lady, as
she found the scissors in her work
basket, "you may know what you re
going to do, Uncle Wiggily, but l
don IT,
"You II soon sce.n laughed Mr..
Longears, twinkling his pink nose right
side up this time. Then he sat down
and began cutting out of the fuzzy
cloth some long, thin pieces that were
shaped just like his ears. And when
he had the pieces cut out the bunny
gentlemen put some thin sticks Of wood
on one side of the flannel ears, so that
they stood up straight, just as the
bunny's did.
"Therc is some trick or joke in this, -
declared Nurse Jane.
'You are right" exclaimed Uncle
Wiggily. "There is. Listen and III
tell you about it,
Having finished making the make
believe ears, the bunny sat down in n
chair and said:
'This is the first of May, | am
going to give little May party in the
woods for the animal children, and
know, if / do, that the Fuzzy Fox, the
Woozie Wolf, the Bob Cat and the Skill.
lery Scalery Alligator will sneak up
and try to make trouble They III be
after my ears, and, while they never
yet have nibbled them, the bad chaps
may scare the animal boys and girls
and SO spoil my May party"
''That would be too baH" said Nurse
Jane.
But if you come to the party you II
see how | fool the, bad chaps with these
make-believe ears!' chucklcd the /
bunny.
II come" promised the muskrat
lady
1t was Il busy day in the hollow
stump bungalow. Uncle Wiggily and
Nurse Jane packed up boxes and
baskets of lunch for the animal chill |
drcn, and soon the bunny gentleman
and his muskrat lady housckccpcr.
with jolly crowd of animal girls and |
boys, were on their way to the forest.
'Oh, what "a lovely day for q party
in May!' sang Susie Littletail. the
rabbit girl
The April showers have brought
May flowers" " rccitcd Curly Twisty.
tail, the piggie boy.
3" Now, boys and gifls!n cried iolIv
Uncle Wiggily, as they came to q
ilngly dell grove nthc woods, "scatter
about and have "A good time until
noon, when we II eat the lunches Nurse
Jane put up for us. -
"What are you going to do, Uncle