Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-14

ing anywhere except to look for an
adventure. But, from the way your
hoop rolls from one side of the
path to the other, and falls down
and you have to pick it up-I
should thing you could go much
more quickly without it,
"Oh, moi" cried Sammic, 81
can go lot faster with my hoop -
So the rabbjt boy hoped along
beside Uncle Wiggily, trundling his
hoop. Everything was all right
for little while, but pretty soon
as Sammie ran on ahead, rolling his
hoop very fast, all of a sudden
Aunt Lettie, the goat lady, came
out of side path. And, before
! Sammie could stop his hoop, it had
bumped into Aunt Lettie, it tangled
around her legs and-down she fell.
"Oh, Aunt Lettie!,,' cried Uncle
Wiggily, hopping quickly to her
side to help her up. elm so
sorry!'
The goat lady's hat was knocked
j to one side, her best skirt was torn,
and some of her shoe buttons had
been twisted off.
"Well, l must say, Uncle Wig
gily!' bleated Aunt Lettie look
ing rather cross, 81 must say, at
your time of life it ism t very polite
for you to trip me up with Il hoop
"Oh, / didn't do it, said the
bunny gentleman. cit was Sam
mics hoop. He was just hopping
along with me. Sammie, | told you
to be careful! -
eyes, sir-I mean, yes, ma am.
I am sorry,' said Sammie. He pick
ed up his hoop, Uncle Wiggily brush
ed the dust off Aunt Lettie, and
the goat lady, shaking her horns,
went on her way. Uncle Wiggily
twinkled his pink nose anxious like,
and said:
"Now Sammie, if you re going to
walk any farther with Inc don t
roll that hoop!'
"All right, III carry it, prom
iscd the boy rabbit. But, when he
had gone on I, little farther, he
reached a fine, smooth part of the
path, going down hill. And, as
Uncle Wiggily was, just then, nib
bling a bit of sassfras bark, Sam
ME said 10 himself. 81 II roll my
hoop a little way
He started it off, the hoop rolled
faster and all of Il sudden, out
of side path came Mrs. Twisty-
tail, the lady pig.
"Zip!' Sammie s hoops ran in
to her, tangled around one of her
fat feet and down fell Mrs. Twisty-
tail with ker.bang and ker-
bounce.
"Umph." grunted the lady pH
"Oh, l am so sorry,' cried I'm
Gle Wiggily, hopping quickly to
her to help her up. Mrs. Twlsty-
tails best dress was all mud, her
hat had been knocked off and she
had lost one of her shoes.
"Well, l must say, Uncle Wig
gily," she grunted, "at your time
of life, running hoops into respect
able married pig ladies is hardly
what l should call fun"
~ didn' t do 1T" cried the rab-
bit gentleman. "It was Sammle s
hoop, Sammie," he exclaibed, " If
you roll that hoop again while l IN
with you, l don't know what III
do"
"All right" said sammie with
sigh. lie helped brush off Mrs.
Twistytail, and when the pig lady
talking to herself, had gone on
her way Uncle Wiggily, with his
pink nose twinkling side fashion
hoped along with Sammie. Tie was
wishing-Uncle Wiggily was-that
the rabbit boy would soon reach
the Hollow Stump school.
And then, all Of sudden, as the
two were hopping along, out of the
bushes popped the Woozie Wolf.
"Oh, dear me! cried Uncle Wig
gily.
"Don't you be afraid of him! y
shouted Sammie. He shan t nib
BILE your ears And, before the
Wolf could jump at the bunny gen
tlenian, Sammie rolled his hoop at
the bad chap.
The hoop caught around the
VOLTS legs. Down he fell ber-bang