Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-26
Bedtime Stories
UNCLE wIGGILY's CARROTS
Copyright, 1922, by Mcclure News
paper syndicatel

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BY HOWARD r. GARTS
"What are you going to do today
Uncle Wiggily9'' ''asked Nurse Jane, rs
she saw the bunny rabbit gentleman
putting on his old clothes one morning
and starting toward the garden behind
the hollow stump bungalow.
II am going to plant some carrots,
answered Mr.. Longears, with low ana
polite bow of his pink twinkling nose.
''Plant carrots! - exclaimed Nurse
Jane. "Why, we didn t plant any little
carrot plants growing in the warm
bungalow as we did the lettuce. How
are you going to set out carrots when
you haven't any?"
Carrots aren't like lettuce,' ans
wered Uncle Wiggily. ''The reason we
start lettuce IN the house is because it
is more tender than carrots. can
scatter some carrot seed in the bed ot
earth which / have made ready for it
in my garden and soon carrots will
begin to grow.''
'Then you had better do it, re
marked Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy. "For the
sooner you plant the carrot seed the
more quickly we shall have fresh yell
low carrots to eat.
Uncle Wiggily said this was very
true, and, taking some of the tiny, fine
brown seeds of the carrots, out into the
garden he hoped. The lettuce, over
which Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow had
spread the newspapers to keep jack
Frost s cold fingers away, was grow
ing wonderfully. And near the lettuce
Uncle Wiggily had raked smooth bed
of earth in which he was going to sow
or plant the carrot seed.
The rabbit gentleman was dropping
the fine seed in little rows made in the
warm, brown earth, when, all of q
sudden, n voice asked:
"'What are you-aker-choo. doing,
Uncle-a hoo!-Wiggilv,"
cha. Hail. laughed the bunny.
"Who are you and why are you a-ker.
ehoo sneezing,' for whoever had
spoken had sneezed.
~ m Sammie Littletail, the rabbit"
the voice. ~ saw you in your
garden and | hoped over to see what
you were planting. 1t seems to be
to be-a-ker- -snitzio,n
"No, it is carrot seed that | am
spoke Uncle Wiggilv, "and
| think some of the fine carrot seed,
being blown up your nose by the wind,
is making you sneeze. +"
Maybe-ker foot is.D admitted
Sammie.
"I'm sure of it.. laughed Mr.. Long
ears. ''Here, stand behind me out OF
the wind, and you won sneeze any
more 9r
So Sammie did this and stopped
sneezing. For the wind no longer
blew the loose, fine seeds up his nose.
Only few of the carrot seeds were
thus blown away; the others fell into
the earth and Uncle Wiggily covered
them up with his paws. Sammie help
ed, and when the carrots grew as large
as ice cream cones Uncle Wiggily said
he would give Sammie some.
All of a sudden, though, just rs
Uncle Wiggily was starting to plant
the last row of carrots something hap
pened.
The bunny gentleman had great
many carrot seeds left in the bag, and
he was thinking he might take some
over to Uncle Butter, the goat gentle
man, to plant in his garden, when, all
of Il sudden, there was sort of grunt,
groan and growl behind the fence, and
out jumped the bad Bob Cat.
"5What are you doing" asked the
Bob Cat of Uncle Wiggily.
Making garden,' was the answer
Don't you want to hel p me by scratch
ing up the ground with your sharp
claws! You would make a very good
rake.
"Pooh! AS if ID turn myself into
a rake!" snarled the Bob Cat. eff
do any scratching it will be of your
ears! and he came nearer to the
bunny.
"Don't you hurt Uncle Wiggily!"
warned Sammie, as he took some ear
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