Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-15
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1928. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD R. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
TREE TOAD

den where lived the FUz-T roN.
MY goodness. barAed the Fox
as he opened the door. You are
getting very polite al of a sudden!
What's the idca?"
II thought perhaps You might
have company. grawled the Welt,
and tLcu, finding there WAS no com
panv in the den of the Fox, the
Wolf didn't ac, polite any more.
Some folks arr that way.
"I came ovcr to tell YOU a new
w V to catrn Undo V'igslly,
growled the Nolt.
How" ASKED the Fox. 1--WE W
/ tried every wy know and none
has been Of any use.
This time II catch him, =
went on the Wolf, Il have old Hoo
Hoo the owl 70 help us.
"What good can that owl bird
! Go?' asked the Fox.
"Hc can see in the dark much
better than yau and |. spoke the
Wolf. ''Hoo Hoo the owl is go
! ing to perch in a tree near Uncle
| Wiggilv 5 hollow stump bung:, low
! Whenever Uncle Wiggilv goes out
after dark, - he is sure to do
sooner or later. Hoo Hoo the owl
will fly and tell Us. Then we can
race through She dark woods and
! catch that rabbit before he knows
| it.
"Mavbc we can and maybe We
car t, whincd the Fox. How
ever, wen try it.
/ So Hoo Hoo the owl took his
place in q tree outside the hollow
stump bungalow.
After while Uncle Wiggilv, who
had eaten his supper of bfoiled ear
rots with turnip sauce on them,
hoped out Of his hollow stump
bungalow.
,"Where are You going?" asked
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy.
J - am going to look for an ad-
venture! Uncle Wiggily answered
to his muskrat lady housekeeper.
but it 5 dark! " squeaked Nurse
Jane
$50 much the better for adj
ventures, " laughed the bunny gen
tleman. - But | will not be long.
I am just going to the movies with
Uncle Butter, tic goat.
As soon as Uncle Wiggily hop
ped from his hollow stump bunga
low Hoo Hoo the owl saw him.
FLYING ON his soft, fluffy wings, the
bird of the night told the Wolf
, and Fox.
'.Ah, now vel catch that rab-
Bit" suiekere.l the Wolf.
i Uncle Wiggilv hopped along
through the dark woods All of a
sudden, as he passed under an oak
tree, he heard sad voice saying:
Ion, | We fallen out! We fallen
out and l can't get back again!
Oh dear!"
my goodness! That can't be I
bird who has fallen from its nest!'
thought Uncle Wiggily. 'For the
time Of nesting birds is over, 1
wonder who it is?'
In his pocket Uncle Wiggilv had
a little flash light made of some
lightning bugs corked up in a
bottle with honey to eat when they
/ felt hungry. Flashing bis lightning
/ bug bottle on the ground, the bun
ny gentleman saw little green
toad.
.Was that you talking about
having fallen out asked the
! bunny. u didn't know toads had
rests from which they could fall. -
- am not regular toad, - was
the answer, - am tree toad and
l live in this oak tree. But | just
fell out and hurt my back
THAT is too bad spoke Uncle
Wiggily III help you. So he
put the little greenish gray toad
back in a crotch of the tree and
the toad began to chirp in a happy
v0icc, something like "a cricket or
grasshoppcr.
Thank You, very much, for
having helped me, ," sang the tree
toad.
"Oh don't mention such a little
thing as that answered Uncle
/ Wiggilv, shining his FREELY flash
/ light on his pink nose to see if il
was twinkling properly. And it
was
And just then, led by Hoo Hoo
| the owl, along came the Fuzzy Fox
and the WooIir Wolf through the
dark forest.
"Ah La! Now We have Uncle
/ Wiggily. growled the Wolf. .
Now We shall nibble his carsn'
! howied the Fox
"And YOU must give me a share
I for having led you 10 him!' called
/ Hoo Hoo the owl.
The Fox and Wolf caught UnclG
( Wiggily by his cars, but before thev
could nibUle him, there was a queer,
thrilling whistle in the oak tree
and then, down showercd ii lot of
/ hard acorns, lifting the Fox and
Wolf on their noses.
con, that must be the police.
howIed the Wolf
"Ycy, ! guess 50, agreed the
4 Fox. 81 heard the police whistle
and they PC throwing bullets al US.
Lct's rum
I'd better fly, too," croaked
! Hoo Hoo the owl.
So away ran the Fox and Wolf
and away the Owl bird flew. And
then the little tree toad laughed.
" fooled the bad chaps with my
! thrilling Mhi.Iln and Lv tlrnuinn