Imperial Valley press., 1922-12-16
Bedtime Stories
UNCLE WIGGILY AND JENNIE S
PURSE
Copyright, 1922, by Mcclure News
Dapp.. S,n,l;.otoN
By HOWARD R. GARIs

eating his breakfast one morning il
the hollow stump bungalow, ther,
sounded a knock on the door,
"'You sit still and finish your car
rot marmalade, said Nurse Jane
I"Ill so to the door,
| And when the muskrat lady came
back into the breakfast room Uncle
| Wiggily could hear following heI
some little feet that went "pitter-
pattcrpa on the floor. But the
bunny rabbit gentleman could see
no one, for Nurse Jane was so large
not to say fat, and she had on such
Il wide apron, that she completely
hid whoever she had let in.
Gracious, l hope it ism the
Woozie Wolf or the Blackeat, "
thought the bunny.
| However, he need not have been
afraid, for it was Jennie Chipmunk
who had knocked on the door, and
it was Jennie whom Nurse Jane had
let in.
"Oh, hello, Uncle Wiggily,' chat
tered Jennie, as she skipped up to
the table, for Jennie, though she
wore a striped coat of fur, different
from those of Johnnie and Billie
| Busvtail, was in some ways like the
| squirrel brothers. "What YOU got
| for breakfast!' asked Jennie in a
free and easy way, like Baby Bunty.
son, carrot marmalade, How love
| ly,' chartered Jennie.
''Do you like carrot marmalade -
asked Uncle Wiggily.
"Oh, don't | though just"
cried Jennie, like little hungry
girl in a Dickens Christmas story
"Then you shall have some!" de-
clared Uncle Wiggily, as might one
of. the Cheeryble brothers-bless
| eml
Jennie ate a slice of turnips bread
| with carrot marmalade on it, and
then she ate Il second slice, and,
| having had enough, the little striped
chipmunk girl chartered and asked:
MAY l walk along to school with
you this morning, Uncle Wiggily,
please!"
ooh, I guess so, answered the
bunny, 'tbut m not exactly going
to school this morning"
"WeH, III walk with you as far
as you 20" went on Jennie, = for
johnny Bushytail said he saw big
weasel in the woods near our hollow
stump bungalow the other day, and
maybe the weasel will try to catch
me"
"Maybe," agreed Uncle Wiggily,
with a jolly twinkle of his pink
nose.
bat not if you re with mel
laughed Jennie. No fox or wolf
will get me if YOU along!"
| Uncle Wiggily laughed and said
he was not so sure of that. Then he
told Jennie to run over to her house
and get ready for school, adding
| that he would meet her out in front
of his bungalow in a little while.
| Jennie went back home, got her
books in their grapevine strap, and
waited for Uncle Wiggily. Soon
out hoped the bunny rabbit, with
his pink nose twinkling like a CHINA
mon lollypop.
"My. what fat cheeks YOU have
Jennie" said Uncle Wiggily, as he
looked at the chipmunk girl. "Did
you eat so much marmalade at my
bungalow as to make your checks
puff out?'
"Oh, it ism t that!' laughed Jen-
ME, and she talked in rather thick,
different voice. you see, l have
my purse in my mouth, " she went
on.
"Your purse in your mouth!
cried Uncle Wiggily. "You d bet
ter look out or you II swallow it!
Why are you carrying a purse to
school, anyhow, and why have you
it in your MOUTH
| "Well, it isn't exactly in my
mouth" explained Jennie. "But
we chipmunks, as you must know
have on each side of our face pouch
es in our checks of fur. In these
pouches We carry things to eat
when we gather nuts and seeds to
store for the winter. And 50 / am
taking my purse to school, so | car
buy little candy at recess, / put
my purse in my check pouch"
| "Oh, then it Is all right, " laughed
| l., 4 af
that you chipmunks have pouches
for carrying things. They are very
useful"
Eyes, and so are your ears usefu
they are useful to keep me from
being hungry" cried savage voice
beside the road where Uncle Wiggily
and Jennie were walking to school
~ m going to nibble your ears!'
And out popped the fierce and hun
cry Weasel.
You re not going to hurt Uncle
| Wiggily!" chartered Jennie, anC
with that she took out from tn,
pouch on the other side Of her face
| a hard brown acorn, and threw the
acorn straight at the Weasel. Tho
acorn hit the Weasel on his soft anC
tender nose and he whined:
| couch, wouch, smouchl" anC
away he ran, not nibbling the bunny
at all.
| Ha. Hal laughed Mr.. Long
ears. at s good thing you haC
something other than your purse
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