Imperial Valley press., 1922-12-22

Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, for the musk
rat lady housekeeper hoped about
the bungalow humming jolly song.
"'Only Il few days more to Christ
mas. Uncle Wiggily!' sang the
Spirit of Happiness inside Nurse
Jane.
That's right cried the rabbit
gentleman with funny little twin
kle of his pink nose. Have we
everything we need to celebrate
Christmas with!' he asked.
Nurse Jane thought for moment,
and began counting knots that she
had tied in her tail.
My goodness me sakcs alivc,
exclaimed Uncle Wiggily. why
the knots!o
why not - asked Nurse Jane,
which is n sert of joke. . | tied
the knots i'll my tall went on
Miss Fuzzy Wuzay, $50 | would re-
member not to forget the things we
have for Christmas and to remembe.'
the things we need to get Then
she looked hard at place III her
tail where there was not knot and
she said:
"Oh, we need Christmas ruts,
Uncle Wigyilv That's what | was
trying to tEink of-Christmas nuts,
You brought the tree, the holly,
the candy and we have our stock
ings. All we need are some nuts
for some of the animal boys aud
girls to crack when they come to see
us on Christmas morning after
Santa Claus las been down the
chimneys.
"'I'll get the nuts offered I'm
Gle Wiggilv. 1.-The best place to
get them is at the home of Johnnie
and Billie Bushytail, the squirrels.
They are great nut gatherers.
Giving his pink nose another
twinkle, Uncle Wiggily hoped over
the fields and through the woods UNI
til he came to the squirrel tree.
'"Good afternoon, Uncle Wiggi
!v!' chartered Mrs. Bushytail, the
squirrel lady, when Uncle Wiggily
had knocked on the door with the
end of his red, white and blue
striped rheumatism erutch. If
YOU have come to see amy of the
children they are all out looking
in the Christmas windows of the 10
and IL cent store said Mrs. Busly-
! tail.
"No, / didn't come to see the
children, though / love them" am
swered Mr.. Longears. Il came to
see if l could get some Christmas
nuts. Nurse Jane says they are the
only things we lack. -
Eyes, we have plenty of mats this
year." answered Mrs. Bushytail.
Johnnie and Billie gathered
great number of them. See, our
store house is more than filled
She showed Uncle Wiggily part
of the hollow tree that was brimful
and running over with hickory nuts,
chestnuts, hutternuts and black
walnuts. 4
"Take as many as you wish, Uncle
Wiggily,' invited Mrs. Bushytaii,
and she gave the bunny gentleman
birch bark basket filled with ali
sorts of nuts for Christmas.
Uncle Wiggily thanked the SPUR
rel lady politely and then he started
back over the fields and through
the woods to his hollow stump bum
galow. But the bunny had not gone
very far before he began to feel
hungry, having come away early
that day with only a light break
fast.
~ think III stop and eat few
NUTS thought Uncle Wiggily. 81
have mere than wen need at
Christmas. - So, finding "A flat rock
on which to hold the nuts, and n
round stone with which to hammer
and crack them, Uncle Wiggily be-
gan. If he had been a squirrel or
chipmunk he could Lave guawed the
shells off the nuts with his teeth, as
Johnnie and Billie Bushytail did.
But, being . rabbit, his teeth were
not made for such hard gnawing.
Uncle Wigeily cracked few nuts
between the stones, and was eating
| the meats, when, all of a sudden,
along game The Fuzzy Fox.
"Ah, hat growled the Fox, =" /
am just III thie 10 HlpDlc your
cars.
ooh, please don t mibblc my ears
now'' begged the bunny.
eyes, shalt" banked the Fox.
"Wcll, if you will | can't stop
you'' sighed Uncle Wiggilv. But
will YOU please let me eat one more
! nut -
yes" answered the fox, 81
will"
"Thcn You hold the nut on the
stone, in your paws, while | crack
it, went OF Uncle Wiggiy. The
Fox held a nut between his paws
on The big flat stone. Uncle Wig
J gily raised the round, hammer stone
and then, all of quickness, Uncle
WiggiIy banged the stone hard down
on the paws Of the Fox, giving them
a good crack.
:'Oh, wouch! Oh, ouch: Oh,
smouch!'2 howlcd the Fox, "you
made Il mistakc; you hit my paws
instcad Of the nut.
| ooh, no, /" said Uncle Wiggily sly
! ly, as the Fox ran away, 81 didn {
make any mistake. / intended all
the while, to smash your paws. And
/ did. " Then with the Fox away
Uncls Wiggily gathered up the
| Christmas nuts and hurried with
them to his bungalow, safe and
/ sound.
Ara ie the little dog doesn't wag