Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-08

he heard feet pattering on the dried
leaves of the forest and then came
silence.
"'They re either waiting for me, or
else they We gone away thought the
bunny. "I1l peep ont and see. " Look
ing from the hollow log, Uncle Wig.
giiy saw no bad animals, so forth he
crawled. "But oh, dearl Where is my
molasses9' he cried, as he saw no jug.
"Whoever was making that noise took
ny molasses jug because they couldn t
rind me, | suppose. Oh, dear. This is
too bad! No molasses! Nos ginger
cake! What shall | doe'
Uncle Wiggiiy was thinking of going
back to the store to get more molasscs,
having an idea he could carry it in his
hat in place of the jug when, all ut
once, along came Mrs. Kat, the mother
of Tommie, Joie and Kittie Kat.
''Oh, Uncle Wiggily,' mewed Mrs.
Kat, ''have you seen my boy Tommie
sent him to the store long while
ago, and he hasn t come home yet. / IN
afraid something has happened him.
"Dear me! | hope not!' murmured
the bunny. 81, myself, heard some
scary noises a little while ago, and my
molasses jug is gone and
"Oh, dear! I see what has happen.
ed!' mewed Mrs. Kat.
"What has happened?' asked Uncle
Wiggily, twinkling his pink nose up
side down because he was so excited.
'Why some bad animal came along
and picked up my Tommie! - cried Mrs.
Kat. "And then they took your mo.
'asscs jug. Oh, how terrible!'
Maybe nothing has happened, " said
Uncle Wiggily. II come with you
and help you look for Tommie."
"Well, if nothing has happened up
to this time, something is going to
happen right now!" suddenly howled a
loud voice, and out from behind the
bushes came the Bad Bob Cat with
tassles on his ears. "And the thing
that's going to happen is that I'M go.
ing to nibble your ears, Uncle Wig
gily!" he growled.
"Oh, please don 't!'' begged the bun.
ny.
eyes, 1 shalt" howled the Bob Cat.
"Nothing shall stop mel"
But just then, all of sudden, from
under big rock came strange OBJ
Ject. 1t was a pussy eat, but how
strange he looked!
"Oh, it s my Tommie Kat!D cried
his mother. "But, oh, where did you
get the feathers, Tommie?' For Tom
ME Kat was covered with hens feath-
ers from his head to his tail
"Oh! Oh! Oh!' howled the Bob Cat.
"a pussy with feathers! What do you
think of thatl If | don't watch out
] may turn into rat! I'm going to
run away!" And he did, not hurting
Uncle Wiggily at all.
| "But, Tommie, how did you get
feathers stuck on you?" asked Mrs
Kat, for when Tommie came closer she
could see that the feathers were only
stuck on, and weren't growing like the
pussy s fur.
"The feathers stuck on me because
of the molasses, said Tommie.
"Whose moasses7' asked Uncl,
Wiggily.
Yours answered Tommie. "l
was playing tag here in the woods {
little while ago with Jackie and Peeti,
Bow Wow, the puppies. We made a lo
Of noise and
"That must have been the noise tha
frightened me so that / hid" sale
Uncle Wiggily.
"Well,' went on Tommie, "when WI
were done playing / came out and
saw jug of molasses. | picked it W
TO bring it home, but | stumbled anC
fell, the cork came ont of the molasse
jug, the sticky stuff was messed al
over me and
/ "But what about the feathers7'
asked his mother.
"Oh, when | had the molasses on
fell in place where hen lady hat
been laying eggs" Tommie explained
'dnd thenest was filled with feather
nd-and--er-some stuck to me-! -
i should say they did!" laughed