Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-28
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1923. By Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY' UP AND
DOWN

ne MtEcn WlEu was DONG ABOUT
the last Of lis blowing abous. Puff
ing cut its checks and taking long
! Lrc3ths, tbs March wind W.istled
around corners, down chimneys and
blew along the paths of Woodland
where Cucle WiggiIy lived in his
hollow stump bungalow.
~ must be very careful, If I go
,o;'t today, that my pink nose
. doosa t get its twinkle blown off. ."
thought the rabbit gentleman to
himself. Then, as he never could
stay N the house. when there was
,hc chance of finding an adventure,
Uncle Wiggily hoped forth 10 see
what would happen.
"Wheo-e-e-e-c!' howled t h e
March wind when it saw the bunny
hopping through the forest. In
blow his nose off.
But the March wind eouldn { blow
the bunny's nose off.
"Wheeie7e-eIe! y .howled t h e
March wind. III blow his ears
Off! - But the rabbit s ears were
fastened on too tightly for the
March wind to blow them off.
"Whee-e-e-ee-e!' roared e
March wind III blow his tall
silk hat off, And as Uncle Wig
gily'S hat WASH t fast to his head,
US were his ears and nose, the wind
blew off the tail hollow bit of
stiff black silk. Up in the air
sailed the bunny's S hat.
"Come back, Come back, if YOU
please!" cried the rabb:s gentle
man. But the March wind only
laughed and carried the hat higher
and higher and farther and farther
away until at last. tired of play
ing with il, the wind dropped the
haU on the long out t-spredding
branch Of an oak tree.
u hope L can get my hat back
again. thought Mr.. Longears as
he hoped along to the tree where,
up on Il high branch, rested his head
covering. But when he tried to
r4ach up and get 1t, the rabbit un-
Gle found his hat was too far above
him.
In borrow Mrs. Kinkytail s
clothes line, throw one end, like
a Wild " est lasso, over the tree
branch, and pull it DOWN toward me.
Then l can pick off my hat as il
1t were an apple said tho rabbit.
Only of course, apples don t grow
on oak trees; do tney! L wonder
what grows on oak trees3
Anyhow Uncle Wiggily hoped to
the monkey house or AIRS. hmky-
tail, not 1ar away, and borrowed
her clothes line. Throwing one end
of the rope over the branch, where
It twisted around and held, the bum
ny pulled on the other end. Down
came the branch, and when the bun
ny took off his hat, and let go the
rope, the branch s2rang up again.
''Oh, look what Uncle Wiggily
has made!' chattered Jacko Klnky-
tail, one of the monkey boys, scamp
crlng out OF his house.
"4t'S an up and down, that S
what it is " cried his brother Jum-
po. "Oh, we can have Il lot Of
tun on that up and down. " The
monkey boys ran under the tree
where Uncle Wiggily stood, brush
ing some dust OF his hat.
please pull the branch down
where we can reach it, so we can
teeter tauter and sea saw on the
up and down. begged JackO.
The bunny did this, and soon the
two monkey boys were clinging by
their paws to the branch, while
Uncle Wiggily pulled on the rope,
drawing the little chaps down to-
ward the ground and then, when he
let 90 of the rope a little, the
branch would spring back in place,
carrying them up. They were hav-
ing lots of fun on Uncle Wiggily S
up and down when, all of a sudden,
out Of the woods popped the Bob
Cat.
II want monkeys ears to nibble
first" howled the Bob Cat. "Then
III try Uncle Wiggily " The bad
chap made jump and caught hold
of the up and down branch between
Jacko and Jumpo, just as Uncle
Wiggily pulled on the rope. And
/ tHcH' an OI Il SuIucH, dS VHe MON
key boys dropped off the branch,
when it was close to the ground,
Mr.. Longears let go of the rope
completely.
Up yprang the branch, hard and
fast, taking the Bob Cat with it,
as he didn't know enough to let
90. And the branch sprang up so
far that il flung the unpleasant
creature far and wide away over
the tree tops. And he was so sore
and bruised that he couldn t nibble
ears for a week.
Then the rabbit gentleman lasso-
ed the tree branch again for Jacko
and Jumpo to play the up and down
/ game on, and they were very hap
py. And if egg beater doesn t 20
out to play in the mud puddle and
splash water through the Swiss
cheese holes in the lace curtain at
the piano, II tell you next about
Uncle Wippily, and Buutv' & ralp