Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-02
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1923. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD r. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY AND JACK
FROST

! (ne UanlSter f%I III HIS HuiioN
stump bungalow. "As soon as
eat breakfast and have cup OF
! carrot coffee m going out fOl
an adventure.
''That s Just the worst of it! !
spoke the muskrat lady housekeepel
in a sad and doleful voice.
! "'What 5 the worst of itl' ask
ed Uncle Wiggily. do YOU mean
that l shouldn t have any adven,
tures' Why, II be very careful
not to let any of the bad chaps
nibble my ears, Nurse Jane.
"Oh, it isn't that said Miss
Fuzzy Wuzzv. But You can I
have any carrot coffee this morn.
ing. because Mrs. Moo Cow for.
got to leave any milk. And know
YOU like milk CT cream in your cof-
fee.
"That s right, said Uncle Wig
gily. II do. So Mrs. Moo Cow,
forgot our cream, did she? Well,
no matter. Perhaps she had a pain
in one of her horns this orning. II
hop over to her stable and get a
bottle OF cream myself
THAT is very kind of YOU, an
swered Nurse Jane, Il II have the
coffee and everything ready for
you as soon as you get back
SO Uncle Wiggily started from
the hollow stump bungalow TO hop
over the fields and through the
woods 10 the stable of Mrs. Moo
Cow and get u bottle o. cream for
his carrot coffee But when the
rabbit gentleman had opened the
door and stepped out he came quick
ly back III again.
'What S the matter asked
Nurse Jane. .'ls Mrs. Moo Cow
coming along with her mike
"No, She ism coming along, but
Jack Frost has been along!' laugh
ed Mr.. Longears. lit is very cold
outside. Jack Frost has been freez-
ing everything and he is still at
work. | want my warm mittens to
wear when | get the cream. Other
wise my paws may freeze to the
bottle -
Here they are, - spoke Nurse
Jane, and she handed the bunny
gentleman some mittens she had
knitted for him. Then, coy and
warm, Uncle Wiggily started after
milk.
Yes, Jack Frost was certainly
Lost foI - -
bunny to himself as he hoped
along, "and | can feel him vet.
BY this Uncle Wiggily meant it was
very cold, and he spoke of Jack
Frost as one speaks of Santa
Claus.
Many animal folk, and some rea
folk, too, think of cold weather
as jolly little elf, or fairy, who
makes icicles and snowballs. Not
every one can see Jack Frost, but
all may feel him tingle their nose
or their toes on cold days.
"Oh, Uncle Wigsily! l IN Sc
sorry l forgot to leave your milk
and cream this morning. said Mrs
Moo Cow, when the rabbit gentle
man had reached her stable. ''But
/ had so much to do, and Jack Frost
froze some of my milk-I had al
sorts of trouble!'
"Pray don't worry about that!
laughed Uncle Wiggily, and then
to his surprise, he found he couldn :
twinkle his pink nose. Jack Eros
had made it so cold it wouldn
twinkle. But as soon as Uncle Wig
gily sat down near Mrs. Moo Cow :
warm fire, his nose thawed and h,
could twinkle il as we'll as ever.
"Here is your bottle of cream,
mooed the COW lady. ~ filled i
extra full on account of not gettin!
! to your bungalow. -
"Oh thank you,' said the bunn
gentleman, with a low and polit
bow. Then, taking the bottle 0
| cream, which was almost runnin
over, he started back for his hol
low stump bungalow.
When he was half way the raj
| bit gentleman felt a bit tired, 81
/ seeing Il log beside the path, Ia
I sat himself down to rest. lie pu
the bottle of cream down on tn
log, and, as he did so, he spillc
some of it out of the bottle o
I the log.
1 "No natter" said Uncle Wi.
4 gilv to himself. ~ have plent
more
4 And then, all Of Il sudden, Will
the bunny gentlemaH was sittin
/ there on the log, up come the Wo'
\ zie Wolf and sat down beside hin
\ just as the spider saw little Mi,
4 Muffet and sat down beside her.
cont gasped Uncle Wiggily, i
be saw the Wolf.
\ "Ho! Ho!" laughed the ba
chap. "Now m going to nibbI
your ears
4 Uncle Wiggiiy didn t know wha
to do until he saw that the WO'
had sat down on the log right i
the place where the cream had slol
ped over and spilled from til
bottle. Then "a look Of JOY cam
over the face of the bunny gci
tleman.
\ Quickly pulling up from the 10
his bottle of cream, Uncle Wigg
/ ly himself jumped up and cried:
"You can't nibble my ears.
II "Yes l can," snarled the VOL
"I'll jump up and chase you AN
! nibble your ears.' -
\ "Ho! Ho! You eau t." laugl
Cd Uncle Wiggily. "Let me sc
you get up! You can't, for 20
sat down in the spilled cream an an