Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-28
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD R. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY' THANKS
GIVING

Joyous llmeF quacKeU Ufanu-
father Goosey Gander, as he skim
med a little stone over the frozen
duck pond. "'Why so, Uncle Wig
gilv?' What is especially joyful?
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, "
said the rabbit gentleman, twinkling
his pink nose "And YOU should
see the jolly dinner Nurse Jane is
going to have. Oh, you should see
it!'
"Pooh! Qua>k! Quack! SEEING
a dinner isn't very jolly spoke
the old gentleman goose. "Now il
one were to EAT a Thanksgiving
dinner, why, that would be quite
q different matter.
"Of course!' cried Uncle Wig
gilv. What am | thinking of
Nurse Jane told me especially to
invite you to come to eat your
Thanksgiving dinner with us. Will
you Gomez"
"Oh, indeed I will!'' quacked
Grandpa Goosey. MAY | ask
what YOU are going to have?''
Cranberry sauce, carrot pie,
turnip cake and stewed lettuce,
answered Uncle Wiggily.
Il must be sure to be there,
quacked Grandpa Goosev, as he wig
gled his tail "'Thank you for in
viting me.
Thinking how jolly Thanksgiving
was, especially as it was so close to
Christmas. Uncle Wiggilv hoped
along through the woods and over
the fields until he reached his hol-
low stump bungalow. There he saw
Nurse Jane standing on the steps.
81 am afraid you will be vexed
with me, Uncle Wiggilv,' said the
muskrat lady. 81 gave away some
thing of yours just now
"Not the Thanksgiving dinner
don't say that!' begged the bun
ny.
"No, it WASH 1T that Nurse
Jane answered "Tha. is all right, |
and you and Grandpa Goosey may
eat it tomorrow. But l gave away
your old rubber boots. A poor tramp |
Cog came along, with no rubber
boots, and | gave him your old |
ones
"That was al right cried Tn
cle Wiggily heartily. "I'm glad
you did
cit made him very thankful,
went on the mEskrat lady.
"And this is the time to be
thankful went on Mr.. Longears.
"But, as I might need some rubber
boots in case We had q deep snow |
storm. | shall hop to the store |
now and buy me Il new pair.
Whistling a merry tune and
twinkling his pink nose, Uncle Wig
gily hoped back over the fields un
I'll he reached the nine and ten
cent rubber boot store. There he
bought himself fine pair, lined
with red flannel.
"Now | shall have something to
be thankful for said the bunny
rs he hoped home. "I'm thank
full for new rubber boots, and the
tramp dog is thankful for my old
ones. So it goes
The rabbit gentleman was skip
ping along with his rubber boots,
and he was thinking what fine
Thanksgiving dinner he should have
next day, when, all of a sudden,
voice called:
"Stop!'
"Eh: what : that' Who are
you'' asked the bunny, keeping 4
tight hold of his rubber boots, for
he thought it might be Robber
Snow Man after them.
81 am the Fuzzy Fox was the
answer, "and ! m going to nibble
your ears! That S why called
stop want you TO wait until
l have some nibbles.'
"No; no. I'm not going to
Stop cried the bunny, and away
he hoped, but the Fox ran after
him. No matter how fast Uncle
Wiggily ran, the Fox kept close 70
him. And at last the bad chap
caught the bunny by the back Of
the neck, and, reaching over, began
to nibble one car.
"Oh, stop! stop! begged the
bunny, for it was The first time
he had had his ears nibbled.
"'stop!" he begged. But the Fox
wouldn t stop. He kept on nibbling
that one ear and then, all of q
sudden, the bunny thought Of some
thing. Quickly he clapred a rub.
Jer boot over each ear, pulliog them
lightly down like mufflers.
'Ila. Ha'" now you cau't nib
bic my ears any more!" laughed |
the bunny, ana the Fox couldn T.
With the rubber boots over his ears
Uncle Wiggily was safe.
''Fooled again!' snarled the |
Fox. "But | nibbled one ear,
anyhow.
''Well, IS better to have one
ear nibbled than two!' laughed
the rabbit gentleman as he hoped |
home.
Dr. Possum put some salvc on the
nibbled ear and il soon felt better |
And the next day at dinner, when
every one was telling what they |
were, thankful foI, Uncle Wiggilv |
said:
"Well, IN thankful this Thanks |
giving Day that the Fox only nib
bled ONE ear
"Good for you." quacked Grand. |
pa Goosey, and then he ate another
slice Of potato short cake. "Ha!
Hal" he laughed. 81 suppose, Ca<
Gle Wiggily, if the Fox had nibbled
both your ears you would have been