Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-24
He tried to get up.

| z ssTwo things more" called Nurse
lane after him. .s;Please don t
forget to mail my. letter, and don t
stick the stamp on yourself and
then jump in the letter box. You
are so forgetful, you know, Wig
gy.''
'I'l remember!' he promised,
with /. smile. 81 II mail yo1Ir let
| ter all right and he put it in
! his pocket most carefully.
/ hope he doesn t forget, mur-
! INJURED Nurse Jane, as she went back
in the bungalow to wipe the dust
from the piano.
Uncle Wiggily hoped along and
along until, after while, he heard
! Il queer little noise in the bushes.
"Oh ho.' thought the rabbit
gentleman to himself. 81 had bet
i ter be bit careful. This may be
the sly Weasel trying to catch
me-
Uncle Wiggily looked, but he
saw 10 Weasel. What he saw was
| a mouse lady trying, as hard as
! she could, to lift a large cheese
/ about the size of baseball.
j "Why, my dear Mrs. Longtail! -
| cried Uncle Wiggily, as the mouse
lady sighed and sat down on a
stone to rest. ''What seems TO be
the trouble?'
".Oh, the grocer cat left me an
extra large size cheese by mistake
this morning. answered Mrs.
Longtail, who was the mother of
! .Jollie and Jillie. He just left
| it on the steps and hurried away.
Now / can t lift the cheese in my
| house,
Uncle Wiggily looked behind the
bush and saw n cute little house
where the mouse lady lived.
~ will help you cut the big
! cheese in two pieces, or even three,
/ said the rabbit gentleman. ''Thcn
/ it will be easy for you to carry it
into your house.
"Oh, thank you." squeaked the
mouse lady. "The grocery cat
shouldn t have left such Il large
cheese. Ofrcourse, to you big
boys and girls cheese the size
/ Of baseball W ,uldn't be very
iargc. But YOU must remember THAI
Il mouse lady is very small. "
However, with the help of Uncle
! Wiggily S sharp teeth the cheese
/ WAS gnawcd into three pieces. Then
Mrs. Longtail could easily carry the
| pieces, one at "A time, into her house.
"Thank YOU, Uncle Wiggilv, y
she saueaIed 10 him. 80 You have
been very kind TO me. Next week
] am going TO have party and | ii
write YOU letter and invite you.
You are very kind, -. said the
rabbit. "And my gracious-it s 4
good HING vou spoko of 3 letter. -
ne cried.
! "whv sof'' asked Mrs. Lcn2tail,
t'Beeause, answered Mr.. Long
/ ncrs. | Nurse Jane gave NC let,
ter TO mail / stuck it in my pocket
/ and ] would have forgotten oil
a5out Il if yon hadn't mentioned It.
! III hop now TO the drug store and
! huv some etamrs. Thcn III mail
Nurse Jane s letter to her sister III
The North Woods.
With skip and y hot, Uncle
wigeilv WIS soon at the drug store,
i -Yhere stamps were sold.
"Please give ple lot ot
gtamps. - begged the bunny -
/ viii nut one on Nurse Jane IS letter
( and take the other stamps home to
use when ! write to ny friends. ~
/ Uncle Wiggily put one STAMP on
! Nurse Jane s letter and then he
saw the drug store soda fountain
and forgot about the remainder of
the stamps.
"I'll have a chocolate ice cream
soda, if you please, with strawber-
nv CREAM he told the little kitten
! girl who was behind the counter.
Unelea Wiggily sat down on one
of the stools and slowly ate his
soda, spoopiug out the ice cream.
/ lie was feeling rather jolly. for hav-
ing helped Mrs. Longtail about the
] cheese, and then he got up 10 go
and drop Nurse Jane s ietter~in the
! box. That is, he tried TO get up
off the soda water fountain stool
but he could not. He was held
I fast!
! .'oL, help, Helpl'' cried Uncle
/ Wiggily, when he found be eouLdn t
rise. 1.-THE Fuzzy Fox must have