Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-26
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD r. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGIIY APPLE
DUMPLTNGS

hollow stump bungalow, all ready
/ for breakfast, the table WASH t
even set. And Nurse Jane Fuz-
" Wuzzy, the muskrat lady house
I keeper, WASH t out in the kitchen
making pancakes.
Il wonder what can have hap
1 pened?' thought the rabbit gen
/ tleman. ~ hope the Fuzzy Fox
or the Woozie Wolf hasn t taken
i Nurse Jane AWAY
Then Uncle Wiggily heard n
faint voice saving.
"I'm sorry I can get down
/ to cook your breakfast this morn
/ ing, but have a very bad head
ache. The voice came from Nurse
james room.
"'Oh, IN so sorryl' exclaimed
ncle Wicgily. "But don t worry,
Miss Fuzzy WuZzy. | II get my
own breakfast and Ill bring yon
up Il cup of carrot coffee. Thai
IS sometimes good for headaches. y
The rabbit gentleman ate come
! cold pancakes left over from the
day before, and then he made the
carrot coffee boiling hot on the
stove.
II ought to s-ve Nurse Jane
something else than just coffee, >
thought Mr.. I.ongears. "She al
ways cooks something special foi
ne when | am ILL., III do the same
:or her. III make her an apple
,iumplirg-that s what I'll make
an apple dur.pling,'
Now Uncle Wigeilv knew ver>
little about apple dulnplings. lie
knew, of cou.sse, that there had
tc be apples ia them. Every ont
knows that.
But the lumpIing part is hard
est he said to himself twinllling
his pink nose. 81 guess | II look
It up in the cook book.
SO the rabbit gentleman read
in the cook book how to take
flour and water and sugar and
spice and other things nice, to
make Il dumpling. He found an
apple and by putting the two to-
gether-the apple and the dumpling
he had what lie wanted.
81 m coming up soon with a
cup of carrot coffee!' he. called
! to the muskrat lady, while the -ap
/ pie dumpling was baking in the
oven.
''That is very kind of you an
! swercd the muskrat lady, 81 m
sure if will 10 my head good" "
! "And have a surprise for you,
! went on the rabbit gentleman.
"Oh, what IS it," begged Nurse
Jane.
! "I couldn t tell you, or it.
wouldn't be a SURPRISE = laughed
thc bunny. but you II soon see.
He opened the oven door. A
most delicious smell floated out =,
and Uncle Wiggily could see that
the apple dumpling was getting
{. lovely brown.
"Nurse Jane will surely like
this thought Mr.. LongeaIs.
! He poured out the carrot cof-
fee and took 'hat up. to his head
aching muskr;t lady housekeeper.
Then Uncle Wiggily slid down the
banister rail to get the apple
dumpling, which he put on 4
! plate.
He was just going up the stairs
with it, and had almost reached
the top, thinking how surprised
Nurse Jane would be when, all of
d sudden, the bunny heard the
front door slam.
"Oh ho! Some one is coming
in, said Uncle Wiggily. ~
wonder who it is?'' he asked, out
loud
"You won have to wonder
very long" snarlcd a most un-
pleasant voice, and up the stairs
came bounding the Bob Cat.
Did YOU want anything sre-
cial?' asked Uncle Wiggily kind
ly and politely.
''I want your cars!' the Bob
Cat answered.
'.You wouIdr't care for an ap-
pie dumping would you'' asked
the bunny rabbit gentleman, hope
full like.
"No! 1 don't cat apple dump,
lings!' snapped the Bob Cat. 81
want your ears and nothing else.
"Um." murmured Uncle Wiggi-
ly, and just then his paw slipped,
he dropped the apple dumping,
and il went rolling down the stairs,
bibbity-bob and bounce.
/ CON- exclaimed the rabbit
gentleman, ''there goes Nurse
James apple dlmpling, d | must get
it for her" He started down the
stairs but the Bob Cat stopped him.
"1Nonc of that!" cried tho bad
chap. ~ see your trick. You
want to get down to the bottom
of the stairs Sc you can run out
Of the front Goor to get away 50
1 can I nibble your ears. None
of that! III 90 after that dump
ling myself. ="
i Down the steps he started, but
Uncle Wiggily slyly pnt out one
paw and tripped the Bob Cat.
"Bing, Bang. Bung. the Bob
Cat slipped and fell all he way
down the steps, bibbity-bob, just
as the dumpling had done. And
| the Bob Cat bumped his nose on
each of the forty 'leyen steps.
"Oh, wow!" howled the Bob
/ Cat picking himself up and limp
ing out of the front door. How
sorc my nose isl off he went
to his den in the woods. Uncle
Wiggily picked up the apple dump