Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-19
Bedtime Stories
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE FIRE
BELL
Copyright, 1922, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)

BELL
Copyright, 1922, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
BY HOWARD R. GARIS
One beautiful spring afternoon, III
the Woodland village, near the Orange
Ice Mountains, where Uncle Wlgglly
lived, the bunny gentleman was asleep
in an easy chair on the portch OF hrs
hollow stump bungalow. His red, white
and blue striped rheumatism crutch
was lying beside him, for, even though
his rheumatism never hurt him on fine
days, he never could tell when 1t was
going to rain.
Uncle Wiggily. was resting, with his
eyes shut, when, all of sudden, he
leaped from his chair, jumped high in
the air and cried:
"Wow! Oh, dear me! Wow! Wow! -
"My goodness me, sakes alive and a
basket full of potato chips!'' cried
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, as she ran
out to see who was making all the
poise Whatever is the matter, Wiggy'
Did YOU have a bad dream?N
"Stop it! Stop!' yelled the rabbit
gentleman, as if he did not see or hear
Nurse Jane at all, as indeed he did not,
for he was not5wet fully awake. 81 II
save you, Susie! II save you from the
Woozie Wolf! ',.he shan't get you this
time!' cried the bunny and he leaped
straight for the muskrat lady house
keeper.
"'Uncle Wiggily, wake up! IN Miss
Fuzzy Wuzzy and not fox. m your
muskrat lady housekeeper. Wake up!' y
cried Nurse Jane.
"Eh! What s that9 Why-why-it s
you, isn't it' How queerl I-er--now
-I-er--" Uncle Wiggily stammered
and suffered
"Queer9 No, / DON see why it is
queer that l am myself said Nurse
Jane, while Uncle Wiggily blinked his
eyes as u baby does when he first
awakens. "But you were certainly
dreaming, Uncle Wiggily. What was it
I'LL about9' asked Nurse Jane.
"Dear met" exclaimed the bunny.
rubbing his eyes. "Why, you see,
dreamed that Susie Littletail was being
chased by bad fox, and she was just
about to be caught when l saw her
in my dream, of course" the bunny
explained, "and I made jump to hit
the Wolf on his nose.
every exciting!" exclaimed Nurse
Jane.
81 hope I didn't hurt you when J
jumped at you, went on Mr.. Longcars
! anxious like. ~ really thought, at
first, that you were the. Fox.'
Goodness, hope not!' spoke Miss
Fuzzy Wuzzy "And you didn't harm
me in the least. But now will you GO
to the store for me? I want three cans
Of sliced rhubarb with which to make
n pic9''
"Fine! | love pie! II get the rhu
barb for you, said the bunny, twink
ling his qink nose rs he hoped along
toward the store. AS he hoped along
he thought about his strange dream.
The sun was cleaning throlgh the
branches of the trees, and above the
bunny and on all sides the early bud.
we're nodding happily in the breeze
whispering to each other about tbt
coming summer. The rabbit uncle haC
not gone very far before he met Susie
| Littletail.
"Oh, my, Susie!" cried Uncle Wig
gily. ~ just had the most strange
cream about you,' and he told he
| about 1t.
How odd!" laughed Susie, as sh'
hoped along beside Uncle Wiggily,
And now comes the exciting part.
As Susie and Uncle Wiggily were OIL
! their way through the woods, th
bunny gentleman having bought th'
= rhubarb, all of a suden the W0ozi
Wolf jumped out of the bushes.
"Oh, bless my pink nose!" crie'
Uncle Wiggily.
run! RUM We must run!'' scream
cd Susie.