Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-21
Bedtime Stories
By howard E. GERIs
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY' SPRING
SONG

bungalow whare he l:ved, Uncle
Wiggily awakened early, took his
! daily dozen exercise movements
and jumped into the bath tub. AS
he did SO he began singing:
Trala-la-la, Truthful"
"Why so gay thus carly in the
morning?' asked Nursa Jane Fuz-
~ Wuzzy, who was getting ready
/ to bake the pancakes, SO they
, could 90 swimming in the maple
syrup. 'Whv are YOU singing. I'm
Gle Wiggily:"
/ Because I am happy, answer
, ed the bunny and becaus, this is
the first day of spring You are
listening ITO my Spring Song, Miss
Fuzzy Wuzzv!
Uncle Wiggilv kept ON spiashing
water in his bath and Miss FUZZY
Wuzzy said something about not
thinking much of spring song any
/ how, in general, and this spring
songs anyhow, in particular. But
Uncle Wiggily didn't care, and
when he had finished bathing he
kept on singing. He even hummed
while he was eating his breakfast,
and at last it so got OIL Nurse
Jane 5 nerves that she squ,aked:
"Oh, why don t yon so out doors
and sing'"
"Thanks. \ good idea IN do
it, : said Mr.. LongearA " But
listen to this. Nurse Jane, ;efore
l GO and he sang:
"Mareh the twenty-firat is
Spring,
The little birds begin to sing
And I too, sing and dance about,
For Spring has pat Old Winter
out.'
~ wouldn t be 50 sure of that
said Nurse Jane, as she began to
let the brca kfas,t dishes swim in
the pan of soapy water for their
morning ablutions, as moving pic
ture would call washing.
"Sure Of what'' Uncle Wisgily
wanted 10 know.
II wouldn t be so sure spring has
come. went on Nurse Jane. ''It
may be the 21st of March, all rigkt,
but | don t hear any spring birds
singing"
"I'll prove it 10 you" cried I'm
Gle Wiggily. IN 60 up Oh top
of the hill to sing my Spring Song.
And II bring some spring birds
back with NE for YOU to listen to. -
'All right, but shut the door
when you go out" spoke Nurse
Jane. lit feels like snow, to me"
''You have no Imagination - laugh
ed the rabbit. "This Is spring, l
tell you. 1t says so on the calendar.
I feel that it IS spring. l an so
glad winter is over l must sing"
And away he hoped, tra-laains and
tra-looing and tra-leeing, to 90 to
the top of the hill whence he might
sing his Spring Song.
.'Thc twcnty-f;rst of March is
spring" chanted the rabbit. THE
little birds begin to sing. III prove
it to Nurse Jane" But though the
sun was shining when tho bunny
started. the wind soon began to
blow cold and raw The rabbit
had left off his overcoat, for he
thought he would no longer need it,
and soon he began to shiver. Then
the sun woiit under 4 cloud and it
began to snow.
Still Uncle Wiggily believed it
was spring, though he heard no
birds singing on top of the hill. The
bunny hoped about, getting cold
or and colder and wcttcr and wet.
ter in the snow. His pink nose be-
gan to feel queer.
II guess III 90 homb," ," said
the bunny and he wondered why
he said "homb' instead Of
"'home. - Theu it occurred . him.
- bust be catching gold, he
murmurcd
Still he vouldn t give in. And
when, cold and wet, he returned to
his bungalow, he sang:
Barch do twendy-v:rst is sbrigd,
dc liddle burds bcgid doc 7insd. -
"Well, | know one thing!" cried
Nurse Jane when she heard him.
You have caught fine cold
and you II begin 10 take medicine!
Z" boo, boo, cried the bu3ny.
eyes! Yes laughed Nurse Jane,
and she made him come in the bun
galow, soak his paws in hot mus
tard water and take a lot of castor
oil. Brt it WAS good thing the
bunny went home when he did, for
Z little while after he left the hill
the WoUzio Wolf came along. but
was too late TO catch the bunny.
So this teaches Us that wc should
not cat peanuts if they give Us a
headache. and should II happen that
the monkey wrench doesn' t Try TO
swing by its tail from tho furnace
pipe, III tell you next abou. Tn
Gle Wiggily's bark boat.