Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-08
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD R. GARlS
UNCLE wIGGILY's LoLLYPoP

/ front steps of Uncle NlSgliN "oI-
/ low STUN? bungalow
"What are you doing Baby Bun
ty9' asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy
! Wuzly, the muskrat lady houSekeep-
cr.
"oh, I'm Just sort of-now-
having fun by myself until Uncle
( Wiggilv comes out, answered the
little rabbit girl, as she hopped up
and down again.
"And when Uncle Wiggilv comes
out what are YOU going to do
/ then g. asked Nurse Jane, rs she
wiped Il dab of flour off her nose
with her apron, for she had been
making a cabbage pie.
"When Uncle Wiggily comes out
| am going adventuring with him,
said Baby Bunty. and soon the rab-
/ bit gentleman came out, twinkling
his pink nose.
"Oh, so YOU are going adventur-
ing with me. are YOU, Baby Bunty? :
asked Uncle Wiggily kindly. but
suppose, Bunty, | don t find any
adventures today.
"Well, then, YOU can buy me a
lollypop and that will be an adj
! venture for ne" laughed the lit
tie rabbit girl and Uncle Wiggily
laughed also, rs did Nurse Jane.
"Come along, then!' invited
the rabbit gentleman, and he and
! Baby hoped off down the street,
looking here and there fer ad-
ventures.
"But | don seem to see any, >
spoke Uncle Wiggily.
"Neither do |. but there S a love
" lollypop store across the street,
said Baby Bunty, pointing one ear
at it. ''See, it has peppermint
lollypops, and orange lollypops and
cinnamon lollypops, and everything.
Come on, Jingle Wiggily.''
t So Baby Bunty ied the rabbit
gentleman into the lollypop store.
"One lollypop for little rabbit
girl ordered Mr.. Longears, and
when Baby Bunty was trying to
make up her mind which flavor she
wanted she happened to see in the
window the largest lollypop that
ever was made. 1t was five times
as large as any lollypop you ever
saw-so large. in fact, that it need
ed three pounds of sugar to make
it, and the stick was almost as
long as Uncle Wiggily's red, white
and blue striped rheumatism crutch.
"Oh, what fine large lollypOp' :
cried Baby Bunty. "'Buy me that,
Uncle Wiggily.''
! "Oh, my, no! No! No! Noi'
howled the dog gentleman who
kept the lOllypop store. Don t buy
that big lollypop for such little
rabbit girl, Uncle Wiggily! Don t
do it,"
".Whv not e. asked Mr.. Long
ears. Don't you want to sell the
big lollypop?'
"Oh, yes, - barked the dog. "The
big lollypop is for sale, but if you
bought It for The little rabbit girl,
and she tried to put it in her
mouth all at once she might get
it in but she could never get it
out again, and there she would be
IA big lollypop stuck in her mouth.
Don t do ill.,
u shan't'' said Uncle Wiggily.
"I'd buy Baby Bunty little reg
ular sized lollypop. But I'll buy
the big one"
"Not for yourself, ] hopel'
barked the dog, wagging his tail.
"No, III buy the big lollypop
for my friend the elephant said
the rabbit gentleman.
SO Uncle Wiggily bought the big
lollypop, carrying it over his
shoulder as a soldier carries his
gun. And Baby Buntx was given
little roseflavored lollypOp, which
she kissed with her tongue every
now and then as she and Uncle
Wiggily hoped back toward the
hollow stump bungalow.
But they had not gone very far
before, all Of "a sudden, out from
the bushes came the Skillery Seal
lery Alligator with humps on his
tail.
"Oh, ho," grunted the Alligator.
"Give me that big lollypop, Uncle
Wiggily, and. after / eat it, II
nibble your ears 50 I will
! This lollypop is for the eleph-
ant, SID Uncle Wiggily. You
could never get it in your mouth.
Mr.. Alligator.
"Poob! Yes, I canl You don I
know me, IN show you!" howled
the Alligator. Most impolitely he
>natched the big lollypop away from
Uncle Wiggily. Then the Alligator
/ opened wide his mouth and into it he
crowded the lollypop. And then a
! funny look come over his face and
he said:
on, blub! Club! All, gurglc!
! Crgle! Wurgle,'
1 ''IIa. Ha!' laughed Baby Bunty.
Look Uncle Wiggily, he S got the
big lolIypop in his mouth and now
he can t get it out, he was 50
. greedy! Now hc can t nibble your
ears! Let :, run!
( So away they ran, leaving the
/ Alligator with the big lOllypop still
thrust most impolitely into his
mouth, aud the bunny 5 ears weren
nibbled that day And he bought
! the elephant another lollypOp, so
/ everything came cut all right.
And, if the gold fish doesn t
catch hold of the curtain string
and get pulled up to the ceiling,
( / III tell you next about Uncle Wig
/ gilv and DiZZy IzZy