Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-21
Bedtime Stories
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
TINKER
Copyright, 1922, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
Bv HOWARD r.. GARIS


An April shower had spatterea water
all over Woodland, near the Orange
Ice Mountains, where Uncie Wiggnv
lived with Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy,
his muskrat lady housekeeper, in the
hollow stump bungalow. On every
tree and bush, where the green leaves
were just peeping out, sparkled drops
of water, for now the sun was shining.
| Out OF his den in the woods crept
| the Woozie Wolf. He had run i'll when
it began to rain. Next door, III an
other den, lived the Fuzzy Fox. Soon
the Fox came to the door of his den
and looked out Seeing the Wolf, the
| Fox said:
s'Well, il has stopped raining, and
this will be Il good time to catch Uncle
Wiggily and nibble his ears
| "How do you make that out
snarled the Wolf, for he was not in
very good temper, being hungry.
81 make that out this way, y barked
the Fox Uncle Wiggily is sure to
have been out in the rain. He likes
to 90 adventuring in the storm.
eyes, know that snapped the
Wolf. "But what of it9 We didn It
get him!''
! "No, but we shall soon, - laughed the
Fox. Listen, as the telephone girl
says; when Uncle Wiggily goes out in
the rain he takes his umbrella with him.
Now in this storm the wind blew as
the rain came down, and I'm almost
sure that Uncle Wiggily's umbrella
will have broken rib, or there ii be
a hole in it, or something like that. -
"But what good will that do us?''
asked the Wolf.
"Listen again. barked the Fox. =" If
his umbrella is broken it will need fix
ing. Now II dress myself up like Il
Tinker, and I'll pass by that rabbit S
bungalow calling: Umbrellas to mend!
Umbrellas to mend!'
lit sounds all right spoke the
Wolf. 'What next9"
"Well,D went on the Fox, "Uncle
Wiggily will hear me and see me, and,
thinking I'm Tinker, hel ask me
in to fix his umbrella. Once l IN in
his bungalow IL nibble his ears"
eyes, but what about me9'' asked
the Wolf.
s'I'll save few nibbles for you, .
4 promised the Fox. You hide in the
bushes near the bungalow, and when
get that rabbit in my paws II whistle
and you can come in. - %
''All right-try it, agreed the
) Wolf
4 SO the Fox put on his very raggedest
suit, tearing a few extra holes i'll it
4 He rolled in the mud and dirt ano
dried leaves until he looked like the
worst Tinker YOU ever saw. Then tax
ing some handles and pieces of old um
bfellas he found on the drump, the Foa
went through the forest calling:
]; "Umbrellas to mend! Umbrellas K
mend!'
Now it had happened to Uncle Wig
+. gilv just as the Fox had guessed. Tht
bunny had been out in the April show
er and his umbrella had blown insid,
out. And after he was home again il
! his gungalow he heard the Tinker Fol
calling about umbrellas to mend.
"Call that Tinker in, Nurse Jane, i
you please!' begged the bunny. II
have him mind my umbrella.
I, The muskrat lady housckecper wen
: to the door and invited:
"Come in, Mr.. Tinker, and fix Uncl
Wiggily s umbrella"
"Ah, ha!" thought the Fox to him
self MY trick is workingl Soon / !
get some ear nibbles and so will m,
friend tho Wolff" The tricky Tinke
u Fox looked back and saw the VOL
Il sncaking under bush, there to wal
p, until he heard n whistle.
u = The Fox pulled his cap down owe
' his face as he went up the steps o
i Uncle Wiggily's bungalow, for h
!, didn t want the bunny or Nurse Jan
u to see who he was.
= "1 think my umbrella will need tw
! new ribs" said Uncle Wiggily to tn
/. Tinker, as he thought the Fox to be.
= "Um!" grunted the Fox, holdin
! down his head But, just as he wa