Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-08
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD e. GARIS
Copyright, 1898, py =1cClars
Newspaper SyndicaSe
UNCLE WIGGILY'S DANDELIoN
PIE

Uncle Wiggily was very fond of
dandel;on pie-which is pie made
especially for rabbit gentlemen from
the bright, yellow blossoms of
spring dandelion blossoms. So one
day when Mrs. Longears asked her
husband what he would like for
dessert at lunch that noon he an
svcred right away quick:
Dandelion pie!"
".Then," said his new wife, eff
you will gather the yellow blossoms
for me, | shall be very happy to
bake you the pie.
II III take some of the little bun
nie9 with me and we II pick so ma
hv blossoms as never was!' cried
Uncle Wiggily, and he blew Il kiss
from the end of his pink, twinkling
nose, and away he hoped, over the
fields and through the woods to the
meadow where the dandelions grew.
With their new daddy went, jim
gle and Jangle, two of the kttle
rabbit children, and if you ever Saw
two mischievous little tykes, always
looking for some trick, or joke, to
play. those rabbit girls were the
worst.
"I wonder if we can play any
trick on Daddy Wiggily today?n
whispered Jingle to Jangle us they
hopped along to the dandelion mead
ow.
q don t know" answered Jan
gle. But maybe if we make
noise like IL fox our new daddy will
shout and give big jump and run
until he finds out We dad 1t.
"All right-let 81" giggled jim
gle. So thosa little tykes, all Of
sudden, made a rustling sound in
the bushes, such as the Fuzzy Fox
might make, and just then Uncle
Wiggily had picked up big stone
to see how strong he was. and to
be sure he had no rheumatism that
day.
MY goodness! Is that the Fox
making the rustling noise in the
ouahest' cried Mr.. Longears, but
it WASH t at all, being only Jingle
and Jmgle playing trick. But
Uncle Wiggily didn t know that, so
he jumped and ran and dropped the
big stone he had picked up. The
stone fell III the brook, across which
the bunny gentleman leaped. And
the stone splashed -up lot of wa
ter which got all over Jingle and
Japgle. .,ts-z.
Oh, my dears; l am 50 sorry L
wet you!" cried Uncle Wiggily
when he looked back, after he mad
made sure there. was no Fox. But
| thought it was the bad chap after
me.3 chuckled Mr.. LongearS. jim
gle and JangIe didn / say anything,
but | think it served them right,
Soon after that they reached the
meadow where grew many yellow
dandelion blossoms, and Uncle Wig
gilv and the two little rabbit girls
gathered as many as they needed
before they hoped home again. {
Mrs. Longears, with the help, of
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, baked
the dandelion pie, and when Uncle
Wiggilv saw it on the luncheon
table he smiled d happy smile and
cut each of the rabbit children Il
piece. For himself he took two
pieces, as he was very fond of this
pie.
After lunch Uncle WiggiIy went
TO sleep in his easy char. Then
Jingle and Jangle, creeping in, see
ing their new daddy asleep, said,
one to the other:
"'The trick with the Fox d;dn t
work. But we'll play one with some
of the dandelion blossoms left over
when Ma made the pie. "
. Taking some blossoms, Jingle and
Jangle softly rubbed them ON Tn
Gle Wiggily twinkling nose, and
so softly, as he slept, that they did
not awaken him. The yellow bios
SONS made lot of yellow dust on
the bunny S nose. When he awak
cncd and looked in the glass, he saw
that his nose was yellow, instead
of pink.
"Oh, call DR.. Possum-quick! -
he shouted to his wife. Anfswhcn
DR.. Possum came, and looked at Tn
Gle Wiggily's s yellow nose, he said:
"What have you been cating''
Dandelion pie" answered the
bunny.
"That accounts for it! Ahem! !"
said DR.. Possum. 81 must give you