Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-26
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
By HOWARD r. GARTs
UNCLE wTca1LY's TELEPHONE

Down the telephone pole in front
of Uncle Wiggily's hollow stump
bungalow slid Mr.. KinRytail was
the father Of JaeRo and .Jumpo, the
monkey boys, and Mr.. Kinkvtail
always fixed broken telephones in
Woodlandl
There Uncle Wiggilyl" chatter
"a the monkey gentleman, rs he
brushed the slivers off his paws. II
think you win find that your tele-
Nhone is working all right now.
Just call up any number You please
and try II.
FI'n call up my friend the Po-
lice Dog and listen to him bark, -
laughed the rabbit. Earlier in the
day he had reported that his tele-
phone didn { work so. Mr.. Kinky-
tail had been sent 10 fix it.
/" You III find it all right now, -
sad the monkey gentleman again.
Helloi Hello!' spoke Uncle
Wiggily, into his mended telephone.
Hello, Central! Please give me
Carrots 1234l"
This was the number Of the sta
tion where the Police Dog was al
ways on duty ready to catch bad
animals.
Hellol Hello!'' soon a voice
spoke back TO Uncle Wiggily. "This
Is the Police Dog. Do you want
some one arrested?'
Hal Hal Not now!'' laughed
Uncle Wiggily. "'I Just called you
up to see if my telephone is al
right
Bow.wowl Bow-wow!' barked
the Police Dog, and he, TOO, laugh
ed with the bunny uncle. Then
they rang off ON the telephone and
Mr.. Kinkytail went on to mend the
next one that was broken, which
happened to be at the home Of Mrs.
Twisty1til, the lady pig.
Now it was Just about this time
that the Bob Cat met the Bear,
the FOX and the Wolf in the forest.
Have any of you seen Uncle
Wiggily 2" snarled the Bob Cat.
Yes, = answered the Bear. "I
was 1T his house about a week
ago, and he made believe I was 60
iag TO smell 4 bottle Of perfume,
bur, instead, he gave me ammonia.
And oh! such pain as I got in
the back of my neck! 1 can feel
il YETI
Never mind about that,' went
on the Bob Cat. ''Have any of
yon seen that rabbit out in the
woods? I want TO catch himi If I
saw him now a chase after himi "
Why don t you go TO his bun
galow and get him?' asked the
Wolf. ~ ran past little while
ago, and Uncle Wiggily was asleep
in his ROOM
"Why didn't you go in and get
him ~ asked the Bob Cat.
Because Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Way was there" the Wolf said,s
'.and she had a broom in her
paws.
'.Pooh. m not afraid of Nurse
Jane nor her broom, either" laugh
ed the Bob Cat. ''I II go catch I'm
Gle Wiggily!"
so the Bob Cat went softly and
slyly through the forest until he
reached the hollow stump bungalow.
He looked once and he looked twice
and he looked three times, but he
didn t see Nurse Jane. Then he
saw Uncle Wiggily asleep in his
chair BY the telephone.
"Ah, Nurse Jane is out.'' whis-
pered the Bob Cat. ''I'm not
afraid of her when she s out! l IN
going in and get that rabbit" "
So the Bob Cat crept into the
hollow stump bungalow and was
just going to grab Uncle Wiggily
when the bunny awakened.
G0h! OH what do feu3 want n
asked the rabbit. Is
"'I want you!'' snarled the Bob
Cat. *3E
Uncle Wiggily blinked his eyes
and stwinkled his pink nose, and
then he thought of a way to play
a. trick on the Bob Cat.
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