Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-09
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND JILLIE' s
POPCORN

" Rat-a-tat-tat!" sounded knock
on the door of Uncle Wiggilv 3
hollow stump bungalow one morn
! ing.
"Come in!" chcerfully called
the rabbit gentleman.
" Why do you give an invita-
tion like that?" quickly asked
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the musk
/ rat, lady housekceper. 'It might
be the Fox or Wolf
" No. answered Uncle Wiggilv
with II jolly twinkle Of his pink
nose. - "neithcr the Fox nor the
Wolf would be so polite as TO
knock. This is one of my friends. -
And, surely enough, il was. On
the steps stood .Jillie Longtail, the
little girl mouse sister of Jolle.
Hello, Uncle Wiggily!" greet
ed Jillie.
Hello" answered the rabbit
gentleman.
Have you a penny, Uncle Wig
gily?" asked Jillic.
Why, | think | have q penny, -
answered the bunny. Yes, | have
two, six, nine pennies" he went
ON, as he put his paw in his pocket.
"Oh, dcar!o sighed Jillie in her
squcakie voice.
"What s the mattcr?" asked Mr..
Longears.
" Yoou re ever 50 much richer
than | am" said Jillie. ~ haven It
even got one penny, and youscan t
get any popcorn lessen you have
one penny.
Did YOU want some popcorn,
Jillic?' asked Uncle Wiggily.
Yes, if YOU please, l did, - an
swcrcd the little mouse girl. "But
what is the use of wishing? l
haven t even q penny, and you have
to pay aSpenny for popcorn ball
covered with sweet sugar. But
YOU have lot of pennies; haven t
yosyS Uncle Wiggily? Oh, dear!''
Uncle Wiggily didn t say word,
but he twinkled his pink nose in Il
queer way Then he put on his
tail, silk hat and, taking hold of
Jillic S little paw, he led her TO the
popcorn store.
"Givc Jillie a bag of popcorn
balls" said Uncle Wiggily 10 the
lady storekeeper cat, land charge
them to me. -
"Oh! aren Il you just wonderful,
Uncle Wiggily!" squeaked Jillie
as she went out of the store with
her bag of popcorn balls. "Now
You must help me eat them.
Well, perhaps d better said
the rabbit gentleman with q. laugh,
= for if YOU ate them all you jmight
become i'll. -
So Jillie and Uncle Wiggily began
eating the sweet popcorn balls Gov
cred with sugar, and Uncle Wig
gily's paws began to get all sticky.
They stuck together and they stuck
ON the popcorn ball. Uncle Wiggi-
~ didn I like sticky paws, nut he
didn 7 want to tell Jillic. She
didn i mind sticky paws nor sticky
face, either, when eating popcorn.
All of a sudden, out of the bush
es jumped the Fuzzy Fox.
Now | shall have some ears to
nibble!' barked the Fuzzy Fox,
looking hungrily at Uncle Wiggily.
The bunny gentleman had put his
half-eaten sticky popcorn ball down
on u flat stump, just behind the
Fox. And seeing the sticky ball
there, the bunny thought of way
to fool the bad chap.
'Sit down ON that stump, Mr.
Fox, before you nibble my ears"
said the bunny. You must be
tired; sit down.
"I am tired snapped the Fox.
81 II sit down minute ana then
III nibblc your ears -
But when the Fox had sat down
on the sticky popcorn ball he was
stuck fast to the stump by the
long fur in his tail and he. couldn Z
get up, thought he howled "Wow!
Woo, Wee."
Then Uncle Wiggily and Jillio
ran home without having their ears
nibbled. And if the molasses
cookie doesn Il go to sleep in the
eat s cradle when it ought to 90 to
the movies with the lollypop, l II
tell you next about Uncle Wiggily'c
new shoes.