Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-22

mill wheel is a merry go-round. Only
a little water splashes over it now, for
the Old Mill isn't in use.
~ know said Uncle Wiggily 81 II
tell them it is time they started home. -
With another polite bow to the dog
lady Uncle Wiggily hoped over the
fields and through the woods toward
the Old Mill. Well he knew where it
was, on the banks of the little river
which used to turn the mill wheel.
Years ago the Old Mill was young.
Then it was that the country folk
brought their rye, corn and wheat to
be ground into flour and meal. But
those days passed, the Old Mill was
tumbling down, and now only the ami
nal folk played around it. The wheel.
whiel. used to turn so fast as the water
splashed over it, now. creaked and
groaned as Jackie and Peetie pretend
ed it was merry go-round.
AS Uncle Wiggily was hopping across
a field near the Old Mill, all of sud
den there was a rustling in the bushes,
and out popped the Fox.
"Oh, ho!" howIed the Fox, as he
saw the rabbit. '.There is no sharp
wire fence here for you to slip under,
leaving me to be caught. / II have you
now!'
"Not until you catch mel" cried
Uncle Wiggily, and he started to run,
straight toward the Old Mill. "If |
can get there perhaps Jackie and
Peetie will bark and drive away the
bad Fox,' thought the bunny.
Faster and faster he leaped and ran,
his heart beating against his ribs. In.
to the old Mill dashed Uncle Wiggily
calling:
"Jackie! Peetie! Save me from the
Foxl'
But no brave puppy dogs barked in
answer. Instead, squeaky voice
asked:
'Who is calling Jackie and Peetie
They re aren't here! They were play.
ing on the wheel, but they went home
long agop'
"Oh, dear! Then m gonel The
Fox will get me unless you can saw,
me-" cried Uncle Wiggily. "Who are
you?' he asked, for he saw no one.
~ am old Mrs Mouse" was tn,
answer, and out from crack in the
floor came the gray mouse lady, hel
whiskers covered with bits of flour anc
! cobwebs.
"Oh, Mrs. Mouse! The Fox is chas
ing mel" cried Uncle Wiggily. "I'n
afraid he will come in here and ge
me. He WASH I far behind me as
dashed in. Is there any way | can b.
safe2n
81 don know" squeaked Mrs
I Mouse. LET me see now. If you
"Coudn't | get in. on the mill whec
and go around and around so fast tina
the Fox wouldn't see met" asked tn
bunny.
| "Alas!" answered the mouse lady
"the old wheel is so rusty that it goe
as slowly as snail. That's VIII
play on it. They could not ride fas
enough.
"Oh, but what shall / dos" erie
Uncle Wiggily. "The Fox is comm
after me!n he exclaimed, looking frol
a broken window.
"IIa have it y suddenly squeake
Mrs. Mouse. "In one corner of the Oh
Mill is some white flour, left here whs
the miller went away. | have been liz
ing on it for many months. Now
you will roll yourself in that flour yo
will become covered with it, and mac
as white as a bed sheet. :"
"What. good will that do?'' aske
, the bunny. "'The Fox can see white
} well as black"
II "After you have rolled in the fou
| and are all white" said Mrs. Nous
"run out the other door and hide
that field of white daisies,' and 81
/ pointed to field Of daisies CROWN
!, on the other side of the mill. f'Bsir
E white you will not show amid the viii
flowers, and the Fox can not see yo
: Quick, roll yourself in the white, dust
g flourW
Uncle Wiggily did this and, runnir
out the east door as the Fox came
/ the west door, the bunny crouch.