Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-10
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspa Syndicate
BY HOWARD r. GARIS
WIGGILY AND THE
HOLLOW STICKS

'sI am going for a little hop in
the woods, Nurse Jane said I'm
Gle Wiggily to his muskrat lady
housekeepcr enc day.
''Well. l hope You have q jolly
adventure and that you don't get
lost" answered Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy.
''Thank you," replied the rabbit
gentleman, with low and polite
bow of red necktie, and away he
hoped.
Uncle Wiggily had not gone far
through the woods before he met
Billie Wagtail, the goat boy.
"'Whcre are you going, Billio?"
asked the bunny.
"'Oh!, no place Special bleated
Billie. Il haven t anything to do,
as there is no school. If you will
let me I'll come adventuring with
YOU"
"Comc along, invited the rabbit
gentleman, and so there were two
now skipping through the woods.
Pretty soon there was q rustling
in the bushes and Uncle Wiggily
was going to hide Billie down in a
hollow stump, for the rabbit thought
perhaps the Bob Cat might be skip
ping along. But it was only Jackie
Bow Wow, one of the puppy dog
chaps.
"Hcllo, Jackie!" called Uncle
Wiggily, where are you going3'
"Oh! no place special" barked
Jackie. q haven't anything to
do, as there is no school. If you
will let me / IL come adventuring
with you"
"Come along invited the rab-
bit gentleman, and so there were
three now skipping through the
woods.
In a little while Billie the goa,
bleated:
''Oh! Uncle Wiggily, I'm so very
thirsty. l want drink of water
if you please. y
Then Jackie Bow Wow barked:
"And I'm thirsty, too, Uncle
Wiggily, I'd like a drink -
The rabbit gentleman shifted an(
the rabbit gentleman snuffed ant
the rabbit gentleman said:
- smell water. There is some
not far away. Follow me. -
For rabbits, and other animals
YOU know, can smell water ever
before they see it.
Uncle Wiggily hoped through
the woods, with Billie and Jacki
following after him, all three grow
ing more and more thirsty eacl
minute.
"Oh! where is the water!" bark
ed Jackie.
gily.
But alas! The water was dow
in "A deep spring, with steep sides
and in such a small hole that non
of them could get down to drink
Or, if they did go down they coul
not get up again.
"Wc can't get drink there!
bLeated Billie.
"We could if we had lon
handled dipper," barked Jacki,
'But we haven't that, and even j
Uncle Wiggily made a pail of birc
bark we couldn t reach it down t
the water. Oh how are we goin
to get a drink?'
Uncle Wiggily twinkled his pin
nose, thought for a moment an
then said:
81 have found way. Bring m
some of those sticks growing benin
you, Jackie"
The doggie boy broke off som
long, slender sticks.
81 don't see how these will %
us drink he grumbled.
"I'll show you!" laughed Uncl
Wiggily. "These sticks are hollo'
reeds, like a pipe stem or a to
bean blower. Put one end of
hollow stick in your mouths, boy
and put the other end of the site
down in the deep hole where tn
water is. Then you can draw u
all you need to drink
, So Billie and Jackie did this, an
Uncle Wiggily did the same, an
, soon they were no longer thirst,
for they sucked up water throug
the hollow sticks.
And then, all of a sudden, tn
Bob Cat leaped out of the busht
and started to nibble Uncle Wi,
gily's ears. But Billie and Jacki
drew their hollow reeds full G
water and blew it in the Bob Cat
eyes, so that he howled: "Zoopi
Wow!' and away he ran.
Then the bunny gentleman laugl
cd and said he had fine adventur
with the animal boys, and bac
home they ran, safe and sound.