Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-27
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD r. GARIS
UNCLE WTGGILY AND THE
DRIED LEAVES

ddck FOSI hau touched WIN Hl
cold fingers the leaves of tn
forest trees, turning them rec
golden and brown. Then c>me tn
wind, blowing on the trees lan,
scattering the leaves to the ground
Uncle Wiggilv!' called Nurs
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzv one morning
lyon ought to rake up the drie,
leaves into piles. The lawn aroun,
our hollow stump bungalow doesn
look neat with all the dried leave
scattered over it. -
alt shall he done as YOU de
sire, spoke the rabbit gentlema'
with low and polite bow, talkin.
like an actor on the stage.
With Il rake Mr.. Longears gather
ed into piles the brown, red ar,
golden leaves, making many heap.
of them around the bungalow. Bu
still more leaves fell, having beer
nipped from ,he trees by Jacl
Frost, so that Uncle Wiggily wa
Kept busy raking them up.
And while the bunny gentleman
was raking the leaves the Bob Cat
the Wolf and lhe Fuzzy Fox tramp
ed down the road together. Ovel
The hedge they caught sight OF
Uncle Wiggily .aking the leaves in
to many piles.
"Ah, ha. Oh, ho!" Whispered
the Fox. l have just thought of 8
new way to catch Uncle Wiggilt
so we may nibble his ears.
. :. TIat,r , - +bo Wrole II
! Cat.
Like this. answered th,
cunning Fuzzy Fox, who was very
tricky. "While Uncle Wiggily has
his back turned We shall hide our
selves in three piles of leaves
smuggling down in them like IA bug
in rug so he can t see us. You
shall hide in one pile of leaves
Mr.. Welt; you in another pile of
l"aves, Mr.. Bob Cat, and yhal
hide in a thirl pile of leaves
"What theno'' asked the Wolf.
"Then, when that rabbit ism 7
looking. Il give a whistle through
my teeth, and we shall all three pof
out at him at once, grab him and
nIDDit HIS edFS!
cit sounds like good plan,
growled the Wolf, whc was never
very cheerful, having what is known
as an unpleasant disposition.
cit is worth trying anyhow
snarled the.Bob Cat.
So, while Uncle WiggiIv was
busy at one end of the yard, raking
UP the fallen leaves, the Fox hid
himself in pile of leaves number
one. The Bob Cat hid himself in
two and the AAolf hid himself in the
pile number .nree.
Thus hidden, they waited fol
the Fox to give a whistle through
his teeth SO that they might leal
cut and catch the bunny rabbi
gentleman. s.1
Well, after !; while, Uncle Wig
gily had rakrd up all the leave;
that had fallen, and, as the wind
died out, 10 more leaves were be
ing blown off he trees.
''But what to do with all these
leaves | don't KNOW said Uncl2
Wiggily to Nurse Jane. .'There
are toO H'iiN ~ DuIH-tHt SilOht :
IRON them would fill our bungalow.
If | could cart them to the woods
they would De out of sight. But
it would take me week, or long
er, to carry al the leaves to the
woods.
Yes agreed Nurse Jane, ~
don I know what to dc with all
Il Ii d.,
But just then along came the
kind old Circus Elephant, who was
good friend to Uncle Wiggily
Hal. III have the Circus Ell
cphaut help me.' cried the bunny
rabbit gentleman. "Ho, Mr.. FL
ephant3n he called "Will you
please gather up these piles of
leaves N your trunk and take then.
to the distant forcst?'
"Right gladly will l do that
answered the Circus Elephant,
speaking life a traffic policeman,
Then he walked up to the first
pile, in which vas hidden the Fox.
and, before the bad chap could slip
cut, the Elephant caught him up,
/ ltdftS ana dti, anu lusStu Hli't
AWAY off through the air to the
woods.
"zoopie." Eowlcd the Fox, as he
felt himself flying.
The Bob Cat and Wolf, thinking
the Fox was whistling at chem
through his teeth, stuck their heads
out Of their plies of leaves.
gily, VINO had been much surprised
to see the Fox in the first pile
Of leaves. Look at the bad
ohaps."
II sec them trumpeted the El :,
phant. Then quickly he caugh. ~
the second pile of leaves, where
The Bob Cat WAS, and tossed hin.
ana the leaves high up into the
air and far away. And before the
Wolf could scramble out of the
third pile, the Elephant caught
! that up in hi5 trunk and tossed It
away and the WOLF also.
"Zippie!" howled the Wolf,
"Zowie!' - howlcd the Bob Cat.
"Ila! Hal laughed Uncle Wigg'
. iy. " You have done mt a big favor,
Circus Elephant, and | thank you. :"
Then the Elephant tossed away
the other pilee of leaves, in which
there were no bad chaps, and the
lawn about the hollow stump bunga-
! low looked lean and neat again