Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-29
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD r. GARIs
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGTLY AND BULLY
NO TAIL

| Jane Ftgzv Wuzzv in the hollow
stump bungalow one morning. This
is too bad!
| 'sWhat is too bad9" asked Un,
cle Wiggilv, who was getting ready
to hop eff and lock for I'm ad-
venture. 80 DO you mean you see
two bad chaps, Nurse Janc-the
Bob ca. and the Alligatore >
/ "Nothing like that, / N gld to
say answered Miss Fuzzy Wuzzv.
IL mean il 5 TOO bad my wrist
watch has stopped. 1t must be
broken, and now can { tell what
time i, is when | 30 shopping.
"Let me see, spoke Mr.. Long
ears. He put his ear to Nurse
! James watch. There was no ticking
| sound The watch had stopped.
"What shall | do?' asked the
muskrat lady housekeeper. l
ought to be going down town now
to meet Mrs. Bow Wow, the lady
/ dog. But | won t look at all sty
] lish if / den I have a wrist watch.
"Wear mine kindly offered Un.
Gle Wiggilv taking it from his paw.
at S bit larger than your 5, but
it is going and your S ism :. How
ever, | II take your S to the jewel,
err while m out adyenturing.
+, He II fix it for you.
"Thank you, murmurcd Nurse
j Jane. So she put ON Uncle Wig
i gily IS wits watch and gave him
| her s, and then She went down the
| path to meet Mrs. Bow Wow, aad
| tIaclc Wiggi!y hoped over the
| fields and through the woods, 10
| look for an adventure, ami also
| to have Miss Fuzzy Wuzzv.s watch
! menlcd.
Uncle Wiggily had net hoped
very far through the woods Wnen,
| all Of sudden, he heard I. croak-
/ ing voice say:
"There! Now it's gone and |
! can t have any more fun. On, why
did | bounce it so high? Oh, dear
met
"TIere is trouble, as sure rs my
pink nose twinklcs said Uncle
Wiggilv, his eyes shining like stars
on u frosty night. al IN glad there |
is trouble, for it gives me chance !
to help. But first l must look and |
see that it ism the Fox or Wolf |
trying 10 play a trick on me. >
Peering through the bushes, the
rabbit gentleman saw only Bully No
Tail, the frog boy, gazing sadly up I
into a tree.
.'Wh9. S the matter, Billyo'
asked Uncle Wiggily, hopping out
from behind a bush.
"'Oh, Uncle Wiggily!' croaked
the frog boy, Il bounced my rub
Der bali SO hard that it jumped UP
into this tree, and / can t get 1t
down, We iiggied the tree and
ioggled the tree, and I've thrown
stones up to try and knock my
ball down, but it won t come back
to me.
''That s too bad spoke the bun
NY rabbit. "Perhaps ! can get it
for YOU. Uncle WiggiIy saw
where the frog boy S bali WAS caught
in the fork of the tree. Then the
rabbit gnawed long stick from
the mulberry bush. and, with this
stick, he poked Bully 5 ball down.
1t bounced on the ground and the
frog boy caught it.
"Oh, thank you, Uncle Wiggilyi'
lie croaked. You are very kind.
wish | could do something for
you. -
"Tut! Tut, Nonsense, Don t talk
of such IA thig!' laughed the bun-
ny gentleman. Then he hoped
along to get Nurse Jane S watch
mcnded and Bully hoped ;,long ,
bouncing his ball. But the frog boy
took good care not 70 bounce it so
hard us to make it jump up in Il
tree.
Tie dog gentleman .ieweler screw
Cd funny little round glass in
his eye and looked at Nurse Jane 5
watch.
"'Thcrc', :, nothing the matter
with this watch except that it needs a..
barkcd the dog icweier. :
Then he twisted the stem and the D..
watch began ticking as merrlly AS
before
"Oh, IN glad Of that, said Tn
llc Wiggiy. ''1'lank you.'' lie put
HE watch i'll his pocket and again
popped in the woods, to look for
IN adventure. Reaching Il cool,
leep spring of water in the forest,
Uncle Wiggily felt thirsty, and,
down, he took IA long drink.
And, just aa he finished, he heard Il
lcr- plunking piopping sound, and
went splash into the
Ipring.
"Oh, my goodness. It's Nurse
Jame g wrist waichl" F." cried the bun
~. "It slipped out of my pocket
nd went plop into the spring! .
And that is just what had hap
,ened
Uncle Wiggily tried to rcaeh his
,aw down to the bottom of the
.priug and get the watch, but the
pring was too deep, Then he tried
. fish the watch ott with a stick,
,ut he cOuldu I get it.
"Oh dear.' sighed the rabbit.
This is very sad!"
"What IS the mattcr?" croaKcd a
foice behind the bunny, and, look
ng around, Mr.. Longears saw Bal-
y, the frog.
"I've lost Nurse Jane g wrist
watch in the spring." said Uncle
Eiggily.
"Don't worry about that!' laugh
d the jolly frog boy. "I'll soon
rcf /. for vf,u In a+ home in