Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-24
Bedtime Stories
UNCLE w1GGILY's ELEVATOR
Copyright 1922, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate
By HOWARD r. GARIS

The weather of Woodland, whcic un-
cle Wiggily lived, was acting most
strangely. In the morning the sun
mightsbe shining, and then, all OF e
sudden, it would rain.
at is more like April than Octo-
ber." said Uncle Wiggily, as he start
ed out from his hollow stump bunga
low one morning. ~ hardly know
whether or not to take an umbrella.
Then, as the sun happened 70 come
out from behind the clouds, the bunny
uncle said:
II think it will clear. ! won bother
about an umbrella.
But. no sooner had he hoped away,
and was crossing Il meadow to get TO
elump of trees than, all of sudden, 1t
began to rain very hard again.
-"Dear me!' cried Uncle Wigelly
~ should have brought an umbrella!
Nv pink nose will get so wet IT can't
twinkle! Oh, what shall | do?
Then he looked around and saw a
little toadstool growing up through the
ground :,
! "If YOU were only larger toadstool
I could use you for an umbrella, saiu
Uncle Wiggily, trying to get his ears
| in under his hat to keep them dry
.IBut you are too small! Oh, for a
large toadstool that ! could use as an
umbrella and keep dryl'
For Won know ! have told YOU that
! often the animal folk pick large sized
toadstools and use them as rcilas
'If YOU we're only larger!' sighed
! Uncle Wisgilv, rs he looked at the
1 N
down harder and harder, and rs there
were not many leaves on the trees ~
| this time of year Uncle Wigglly knew
it would do him little good to reach
the forest clump. Oh, why "feh =
YOU a big toadstool9' he asked.
''If you wait a few minutes ] II Try
to grow larger" spoke the toadstooi,
and Uncle Wiggily was quite surprised
at this, for though he knew flowers
had a language of their own he never
before had heard toadstool speak
"Oh, can you grow larger!' asked
the rabbit gentleman, wiping drop
of rain from his pink nose
"Of course l cam" answered the
toadstool. ~ IN only baby now. we
toadstools are like mushrooms, you
know--we grow very fast, but, oil
course, we are not good TO eat, as are
mushrooms, so don t try to nibblc me-
"I'll not, - said the bunny. but lei
me see you grow large enough so ! can
use YOU for an umbrella
Then and there, before Uncle Wig
gily's eyes, the toadstool began to
grow taller and taller, and the round
4 upper part spread out until II was
large enough to serve as an umbrella
for the bunny.
''Therel Pick me and keep dry! -
said the tOadstool, which had suddenly
grown large. ~ couldn't have grown
SO fast in dry weather, Uncle Wig
pily., the toadstool said ''But ] grow
fast in rain.
"Thank you,' spoke Uncle Wiggily /;
.'you are very kind Then he picked
the toadstool and held it over his head,
keeping off the pelting drops Of rain.
''This is part of an adventure, went
on the bunny rabbit. perhaps ! shall
find tho moro exciting part little
farther op.p
So be hoped along through the rain,
coming 70 Quother part Of the meadow,
| whore Luz saw many toadstools just
spyinging up. They were growing very
fast, too, because Of the dampuess aud
heat.
my! | could raise umbrellas here
for all my fficnds,p thought Uncls
Wiggily. lie was about to hop on,