Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-11
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD &. GARIS
Copyright, 1923. oy Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicare
UNCLE WIGGILY' BAG OF
LEAVES

! have to do something about thcm'
called Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy, the musk
rat lady houseke per, to the rabbit
! gentleman one day.
| "Do something about what, or
whom?' asked Mr.. Longears, as he
finished his breakfast of water
eress pancakes in the hollow stump
| bungalow. Have tha Bob Cat and
WcaSel come 20 bother you''t
! "No, it ism t of them | am speak
! ing went on Nurse Jane. at is
| about theAdried leaves that are blow
ing all ever our front yard. See
the wind is swirling the leaves all
over. Can t you do something abou.
them7'
Uncle W;ggilv twinkled his pink
nose rs he looked out and watched
dried lsaves playing tag and hide
and -go-seek and blind man buff
,.nd other games.
81 suppose l could rake them up
and put them in bag, he said
at last. Putting the leaves in a
bag and Kidding the bag under the
front s:oop would be good way. "
''Then. please do it, begged
Nurse Jane. 81 cant have the
leaves blowing all over the yard, 1t
looks quite untidy. :
So the rabbit gentleman took
the rake and began gathering the
dried leaves into heap that he
might stuff them into an old potato
bag.
ooh, dear," sighed the l,ayes to
themselves as they were being raked
up. "When we were green IN the
trees every one loved US and SAID
how beautiful we were. But now
we are old and dried up and no one
cares fer us any more. They want
to get rid of us.
Uncle Wiggily was 50 busy rak
ing the leaves that he did not think
how sad il might be for til IN to
be gathered and hidden away. Into
the bag the bunny stuffed the dried
leaves, and then he went i'll the
bungalow to find piece of cord''to
tie around the mouth of the bag to
keep the. leaves from spilling.
! When (UmcTe Wiggilv hopped out
again and looked at the bag of
leaves, he was much surprised TO see
it moving. 1t twisted this way and
that way and even seemed to crawl
along the round 5s.t..sil.s.-
:; ".'This is queer! - whispered theii
rabbit. 1.-The wind ism strong
enough to move the bag of leaves.
The leaves can't move themselves
without wind. ! know, The WooZie
Wolf has crawled inside the bag
of leaves, and when | 90 to tie
them up he II jump out at me, But
I'll fool that Wolf, II empty the
leaves and when the Wolf pops out
II throw stones at him.
Uncle Wiggily gathered a pile of
stones. All the while the bag of
leaves was moving about in a queer
way. The bunny took hold OF one
corner of the bag and cried:
Come out of there. yoH bad
Wolff
He shook the bag and out came
an Old mud turtle gentleman!
Dear me-. slowly said the tur-
lie gentleman. Il thought | had
found good warm place where l .
could crawl in 20 spend the winter. {
Don I -ou want me in your leaves, /,
Uncle Wiggily''
why, OF course do. answered I
the bunny. II didn I know il was i;
YOU in the bag of leaves, making !
them iiggle. | thought il was the
Wolf. OF course YOU may use the /
bag of leaves for your bed. I
So the bunny raked UP the leaves I
again. put them in the bag and in
crawfed Mr. Turtle to stay and Keep
warm all winter.
Now we are happy, whispered
the dried leaves among themselves.
We are of some use in this world.
The bag of dried leaves with the
turtle in was placed under the back
stoop. and Nurse Jane had no more
worry about the untidy lawn. And
if the pudding stick doesn I beat
he parior rug when they have
raca sliding down the cellar door,
| ii tell YOU next about Uncle Wig
cilv and the clothes line.