Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-20
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD Z. GARIS
Copyright, 1928. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicage
u1JCLE wIGGILY EAKES THE
LAWN

/ 'Good morning, Uncle Wiggiy!'
/ ca.lad Mrs. Moo. the lady COW. rs
sho stood looking over the fence
of the rabb;t gentleman hollow
stump bungalow one day. Don t
you want your grass cut?n she
asked, switching her tail from side
to side. cit is growing very
long
"Why, US, thant YOU, Mrs.
Moo; think perhaps i might be
Il good idea for you to cut my
lawn, replied Mr.. Lougems sort
Of slow and careful like, rs a
Sootchman might be in pouring OF;
molasseS.
So the lady cow jumped the fence
which was easy for her TO do, since
once she had jumped over the Iaoon,
/ the day the dish ran away with
the spoon.
Wrapping her tongue about
punches of grass, Mrs. Moo pulled
them up out of Uncle Wiggily S
lawn. You know Il COW has no
teeth in her jaw, though She has
some below, and when she wants
10 bits off grass she must wind
her tongue about it and pull.
"lt is a very good thing to
have a lady COW cut your grass, -
said Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy to
Uncle Wiggilv, as they watched
Mrs. Moo out on thu lawn. at
makes the place look better, and
Mrs. Moo can also eat the grass,'
and turn it into milk. WH~h
couldn t be done if the grass were
cut with lawn moving machine. >
''That is very true, said Uncle
Wiggily. "And when Mrs. Moo
has finished cutting the grass l
wiz rake, thc lawn to make it
Rfptty SOON Mrs. Moo had pulled
off enough grass from the rabbit
gentleman 5 lawn. having eatsM as
much as she wished.
Win sbid you good-day. Uncle
WiggiE!if. She said, as once more
she jumped over the fence. "Im
come another time when your grass
needs cutting
"Thank you," spoke the rabbit
gentleman,3 with a pinkle of his
twink nose, which is just the same
as a Twinkle of pink nose, only /
backward. "Now I will get the |
rake and smooth the lawn. y he adj |
led, for Mrs. 3fpsehad dSuPped bits
# grass here and there r..4.,r-z,
While Uncle WiggiIy was raking
he loose grass off his lawn, all
# a sudden, along came the Woozie !
Wolf.
u want to nibble your ears!"
lowled the Wolf.
"Oh, do you? Very we'll" re-
Piled Uncle Wiggily, calm and con /
fident like. "Wel, sit down on
the lawn unil l finish raking it.
Then we shall talk about nibbling
ears
'.Hum!" mused the Wolf, F'you
don t seem very frightened of me,
must say and he sat down on
the grass with his fluffy tail
sticking out straight behind him.
However, Uncle Wiggily was
only he didn t let the
bad Wolf know it. All the while
the bunny rabbit was trying to
think of a trick to play on the
Wolf as he raked the grass. At
last Uncle Wiggily cried:
~ have it,
"'What have you?" howled the
Wolf.
"Your tail,' shouted the rabbit.
With that he suddenly jabbed the
sharp teeth of the rake in the
Wolf 5 tail, tangling up the bad
chap long hairs and pulling them
rs hard as he could.
Oh, my tail! Ny tail! Let me
90! Let me go!" howled the Wolf.
Right gladly l will let you 90,
and I hope never see you again!"
laughed Uncle Wiggily. Then he
pulled on the rake, giving the bad
chaps tail a hard yank and max
ing him howl again. After that
the Wolf snatched his tail loose and
off 20 his den in tho woods he ran.
ats a good thing ! was raking
The lawn when the Wolf came, "
said the bunny, as he finished clean
ing up the grass. "Otherwise my
ears might have been nibbled. "