Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-31
Oudck! !Ouack!' thew cried

ITS Lulu, Alice and .Ilmmi
Wibblewobble, the ducks SAT-
Nurse Jane, as she took Il look
60 Rain won t hurt them, bat | won
Ider what they want?''
| Into lthc bungalow waddled til
three ducks.
! "Quack. Quaek! Quack." the,
cried, and Jimmie said: eve wcr,
lonesome staying home Uncle Wig
| gilv, so we came over to sec rou.
"Wcil, | IN glad you did, - said
=" was getting Il bit lonesome nv
! self, : said the rabbit gentleman
! witI' a laugh.
But YOU arcn t lonesome any
more; arc yous" qu"cl,cd Alice,
rubbing her sofs feather against
the rabbit.
"Oh no, bit!'' churklcd Mr.
Longcars. He was wondering what
he eonli do to amHsc the three ducks
when Nurse Jane, looking frcm the
window. exclaimed:
well, here come Bully and Baw-
" No Tail, the frog boys.' And,
surely enough, along came hopping
through the rain Bully and Bawlv
1--WE were lonesome staying
home, they cr0aked, $50 we came
over here 20 have some fun, Uncle
Wiggilv.''
'That's S very kind of vou,' said
the rabbit gentleman. twinkling hi,
pink nose, and wondering how he
could amuse three ducks ami two
frogs when, all of a sudden, Nurse
Jane cried:
" Here come Toodle and Noodle
Flat Tall And. bless your ice
cream sandwich, along came the two
beaver boys. OF course thev .iidn i
mind rain; beavers live half the
time in the water.
''Glad to see y0u, Toodlc and
Noodlc.' laughed Uncle WIggily.
And he was wondering how he was
going to amuse three ducks, two
frogs and two beavers when Nurse
Jane squeaked:
''Well, if this ism t too funny for
anything! Here come Mamie ami
Billie Wagtail!''
"Oh, those goat children will get
all we4!" exclaimed Uncle Wiggily.
"They are holding leaves from
the rubber plant over their heads, -
quaeked Lulu Wibblewobble. ~
guess they are Keeping dry
And when the Wagtail goat child
rem entered the hollow stamp bun
galow they were as dry as chips.
"We got tired staying honc,"
bleatcd Mamie, $50 we clhr over
10 see if you would amusc us, Uncle
Wiggily. -
" Ho hum!" sighed the bunny,
and he hurried out to the kitchen
and said to Nurse Jane: ''What in
The world can / dc to make some
fun for fbrcc duelss, two frogs,
a pair of beavers and two goats''
''Why not give them a lOllypop
pariy?' asked the muskrat lady.
"a loIlypop parity cried the
rabbit uncle. How can | do that?
II is raining 50 hard can Z 20 to |
the store for any loIlypops."
"Tllen II mike sonnet laughed
Nurse Jane.
lyon can't make lollypops,' - said |
Mr.. Longears.
"I'l show youl" chucklcI the
nuskrat lady. "You 90 in and tell !
the children a rainy day story and
II make the lollypops."
So Uncle Wiggily told a story
about a poor umbrella with :. brok- |
tn rib, who had no money 20 buy /
u pair of rubbers. And ore day a
rich pair Of rubber boots walked to
The umbrella Is house, gave il lott
# money SO il could go TO the
hospital and have its rib niended,
ihd il lived happily for many, many |
ears.
While Uncle Wiegily was telling
his story, Nurse Jaae tool; some
itfle ~oodcn sticks, aBd on ea:h
ne .le fastened ipolasses cookie.
I'hem She dipped the cookies on
Bto strawberry jam, and then into
uelted sugar. And when the sugar
.ardened there were the finest mo-