Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-12
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GkRIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE w1GeILY,s NEW HAT

Where are YOU going, Uncle
Wiggily'' asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy
! Wuzzy one morning, as the rabbit
gentleman skipped quickly out of
his hollow stump bungalows "Why
are you i'll such a hurry,''
: am going to get myself a new
straw hat answered the bunny.
He soon reached the fifteen and six
teen cent store, where they had
many wonderful and beautiful
straw hats for sale. He tried on
one.
ut fits you like postage stamp
on a IetteG. said the dog. "Look
IN the glass and see yourself
Uncle Miggily glanced in the mir.
ror. The straw hat sat very well on
his head. If the rabbit gentleman
had looked little closer he would
have seen, peering in the door of
the store, the bad Fox and Wolf.
They had been creeping after him
ard had watched where he went.
DO you see what Uncle Wfggilv
ls ao,ug3' asked tie Wolf.
Yes, whispered the Fox. Gle
IS buying & AeE hat. And l know
good way TO catch him now.''
d" How?" asked the Wolf
GWEN follow after him and
take away his new straw hat said
the Fox. 'He is so fond. of his new
hat that he won want to lose if.
AS soon as we snatch it from his
head he will run after us. We can
easily keep ahead of him, every now
and then, to keep him following.
In this way we shall lead him to
your den in the woods. And once
there, in your den, Mr.. Wolf,
'Oh, no! Oh, ha. We know what
we II do to him!" growled the
Wolf.
so the two bad chaps followed af- !
ter the bunny rabbit when he came
out of the fifteen and sixteen cent
store wearing his new straw hat.
Unseen by Mr.. Longears the Fox
and Wolf trailed after him until he !
reached a dark and dismal part of ,
the woods, not far from where the !
w OH mad his den.
Suddenly the Fox and Wolf ran
on little way ahead by a round !
about path, and hid themselves in |
the bushes beside the. path. Uncle /!
Wiggily would have to hop that /!
way.
Here he comes!" whispered the /
Fox. ~ II jump out and grab his /
hat off his head. Then you and I /
will slip away, holding the hat be- !
tween us. Uncle Wiggily will run
10 get his hat, and he II follow us
III the way to your den."
"Go ahead-do your trick"
srowled the Wolf
Suddenly the Fox slipped out of
he bushes and made a jump for
he rabbit.
g No you don t. You can t nibble /
ny ears! " cried the bunny, and he
leld his paws over them.
IN not after your ears-not
nst yetl'' barked the Fox. With
quick motion he made grab for
he rabbits hat. The Fox carried
OIL lttle way, Dut, all OF sud
zen, the hat seemed to be pulled
rom his paws, and back to Uncle
Viggily it sailed, landing on the
abbit y head.
"Ha, Hal" laughed the rabbit.
Something is wrongl" said the
uzzled Fox to the Wolf. "That
aust be a magic hat. You try to
eft it,
The Wolf pulled Uncle Wiggily's
at from his head, but, just as be- G
ore the hat snapped away from the }
ad chap and landed back on the q
head. IN
"Oh, it's magic hatl" There 0
ust be a fairy in i'll" howled tho '
iolf. owed better let Uncle Wig n
lily and his hat alonel" And away
IN the bad chaps. b
Hal Hal" laughed the bunny. c
hen they were gone. "All there { $
D my hat Is q long, rubber elastic P
and that the dog clerk put there y
% said if the wind blew my hat e