Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-07
Bed Time Stories
BY howard E. CARTS
Copyright. 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND BILLIE S
SNOW

1oftSj was nl0uen 4 PIE OF snow.
Billie Bushytail, thr boy squirrel,
found the snow when he was
seampering around one warm day,
looking for any nuts he and his
brother might have missed when
they gathered their supply the win
ter before.
"Ho. A pile of suow!" chatter
ed Billie when he saw it. q guess
this is the last snow Of the winter
1t has melted from all other spots
in Woodland except just here. l m
going to save this snow, and when
Fourth of July comes l II make
snowballS and surprise the other fell
lows. This is my snow'
Since he had found it, Billie
thought he might keep the pile of
snow. The rocks were so high,
grown round about as they were
with trees, that the warm sun could
nc. shine on the pile of hidden
snow to melt it. Oftqn in deep
woods pile of snow like this viii
last half the summer.
The little squirrel boy was much
pleased with himself for having
found the last snow of the winter.
He picked some of it up in his lit
tie paws, finding it quite as cold
as any snow he had ever touched.
He made a little ball of it and
tossed II in fun at a robin who was
looking around for place to build
4 nest.
s.0bf Top c;,-o ~, +bo eJ;,o-,t.
+ sang the robin as he flew away.
Billie laughed and was going ito
scamper down the hill wnen he
thought of another way to have
some fun.
"In scatter some of my snow
on the ground here and make a
slide. = he SAID. cit will be fun
to slide when winter is past.
The little boy squirrel scampered
back to the rocky refrigerator that
! kept the snow from melting. Scat
terlng some on the white flakes
out on the ground with his paws,
Billie patted it down and soon he
had made a little slippery slide.
] Down this he sid, but not for long.
Because as soon as the snow was
/ scattered from its cool place, out
Ill the open where the warm sun
could shine on il, the snow melted
= But, anyhow, l had some fun,
chartered Billie. u Il leave the
rest of the snow in the rocks until
Fourth of July: Then | II surprise
Sammie Little,ail and the ether fell
/ lows. >
As Billie was running away he
heard some one coming up the hill
very fast. Feet were pattering on
the dried leaves.
Maybe that s some of the bad
chaps, looking for Uncle Wiggly,
10 chase him. thought Billie, his
heart beating very tast under his
warm gray coat of fur. He was
about TO hide himself between the
snow rocks when, as he looked
second time, he saw Uncle Wiggily
coming up the h3l, and the RABBIT
gentleman was hopping as fast as
/ he could.
:: " hat 5 the matter, Uncle Wig
gily?' chattered Billie.
Il guess-now-I guess-a--bad
chap IS after NE. painted the
rabbit gentleman. II was walking
along wnen, all of a sudden, l heard
4 sniff, and some one began to
chase ME. didn t look back but |
hopped fast, and here L am. Oh,
bIuIe, do you think you can help
me fight OF the bad chap3'
''O1 course L can" brayely cried
Billie. We Il fight him with
snowDalls. ;"
snowbalIs?" wonderingy ex-
claimed the bunny. There is no
snow LETT!
''Oh, yes there isl" chattered
Billie. Look. and he showed the
white pile II the rocks. Come
On. Make SnowbalIs!" said the
BOY squirrel. he and the bunny
gentleman made lot of snowballs,
and just then big bear came lum-
Dering up the hin.
= soak Him. cLattered Billie, as
boys Will. The two threw lot of
onowbaIls at the bear, hitting him
On tie mead and nose.
'H owchIe! Oucnie! Stop!" how
/ led tho bear with laugh. Don I
you know me ~ l IN Aeddie and
Deckie Stubtail 5 father! And,
surely enough, tAat $ VINO it was
the Kind old bear gentleman him
self - chased atter you, Uncle
Wiggily, to tall you that you drop.
pea your pocket-book, said Mr..
.J.ubtail. II guess you thought l
was bad chap, dldn t your
Il surely diu." laughed the rab-
bit. "PIedse excuse US for throw
ing suowbaIls at you'll SO Mr.. Stub
tai torgave BilIc and the bunny,
and there was 50 much snow hid-
den in the rocks that Nurse Jane
made some ice cream OF it, and
gave BlIle large dish. So chat S
al to tAls story. But if the jump
ing Jack doesu try to carry nome
4 pound OF sugar III the lace cur
ra-A and spill IL all over the streot,
II tell you next about Uncle Wig
giiy playing bail.