Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-08
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD r. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY'S MASHED
POTATOES

| XVI IA O6o
There was q rattling, banging,
humping, humping, crashing noise
out in the kitchen of the hollow
stump bungalow one day.
"My goodness me sakes alive and
a basket of soap bubbles!" called
Uncle Wiggily Longears, the bunny
rabbit gentleman. What is the
matter out there, Nurse Jane?'
"Oh, nothing much answered
the muskrat lady housekeeper.
"Do You call that nothing
much?" Uncle Wiggily wanted to
know. cat the very least 1 would
say you were trying to turn the
stove upside down to fit new pair
of shoes on its legs
"No, indeed!" laughed Nurse
Jane. 81 am just getting ready 20
mash the potatoes for your supper
that S all.
"Oh, so we are going to have
mashed potatoes for supper!'' cried
the bunny rabbit uncle, for he was
very fond of them. ''But such q
noise! Did some of the potatoes get
away and did you have to chase
after them''
Nurse Jane laughed again as she
answered.:
mo. nothing like that. I just
ratified and banged the pans out of
my way so could make the potato
TANNER dance up and down IN the
pot and mash the potatoes creamy
and fine"
..Hum! That sounds very good
spoke Uncle Wiggily, as he gave
twinkle to his pink nose. "Have
plenty of mashed potatoes, Nurse
Jane.
q will" promised the musgrat
lady. And then, as she was. pound
ing them with the masher, which is
like a wooden club, you know, all of
sudden the telephone bell rang.
"'Ill see who it is,' said Uncle
Wiggily, and after he had called
Hello." he went on. ''It's for
you, Nurse Jane. Mrs. Twistytail,
the lady pig, wants you to run over
for 4 moment. Squeaky-Squealer,
her littlest pig, has swallowed a kerr
mel of corn the wrong way and it
has gone down her Sunday throat. -
"I1l 90 right over and help get |
it OUT said Nurse Jane. "When |
l come back III finish mashing the
potatoes, she added.
Out of the hollow stump bungalow |
ran Nurse Jane, over to the house |
of the Twistytail pig family. And
when his muskrat lady housekeeper |
had gone, Uncle Wiggily thought to
himself:
ON 20 out in the kitchen and
finish mashing those potatoes so
they'll be all ready for supper when
Nurse Jane gets back"
On the stove stood the black iron
pot of boiled potatoes. In the pot
was the short handled wooden mash ,
er or club. Nurse Jan had mashed
only a few of the potatoes before the
telephone rang.
This is going to be very easy,
laughed Uncle Wiggily, with twin
kle of his pink nose. He took the
wooden club mashed in one paw and
gave the boiled potatoes fe wtaps,
crushing them down, when all OF a
sudden, the door of the bungalow
opened.
"You are back early" began the
rabbit gentleman. Much sooner
than | expected. / intended to give
you a little surprise by having the
potatos mashed for you, Nurse Jane,
but
"'But IN not Nurse Jane!'' sud
denly cried growing voice, and
there stood the bad Bob Cat!
"Oh, OH" cried Uncle Wiggily.
"What do YOU want."
81 want you!" growled the Bob
Cat.
II don Z want you to take me,
begged the bunny. Have some
mashed potatoes, won't your he
asked, kindly.
"No. | don't like mashed pota-
toes snarled the Bob Cat, as he
drew nearer to Uncle Wiggily.
"Oh, have just little teeny-
weenv biti' teased the rabbit, as
he took tight hold of the potato
masher club in one paw.
''No. no.' snarled the Bob Cat.
Il told YOU I didn't like mashed po-
aces. ! want
"'Maybe this is what you want!
.ried Uncle Wiggily. And with
hat he banged the potato masher
.lub as hard as he could on the soft
and tender nose Of the Bob Cot.
Bing!" went the club.
"Oh, WOW! That isn't what l
want, I don't want that! /" howied
he bad chap. And out OF the bun
yalow he ran, for his nose was very
,Ore.
"Ha! Hail. laughed Uncle wig
yilv. "Now I'll finish mashlng the
1otatoes. - And he did, and Nurse
Jane was quite surprised when she
.ame home to find them all ready
for supper. And the Bob Cat was
surprised too, wasn't heY
But everything happened for the
best, / think, don t your And II the
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