Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-14
Bedtime Stories
by HOWARD z. 0ARIs
Copyright, 1923, py cicClurs
Newspaper sypdicats
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
RED STONE

go 10 tne store Tor me caIlcQ
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy to the
bunny rabbit gentleman one day.
" Your new wife has gone calling
on Mrs. Tw;stytail, the lady pig,
and / am going to get lunch for
you and the little rabbits.
"Oh, no! This seems quite like
old times!' laughed Mr.. Longears,
as he winklod his pink nose at
Nurse Jane. "Of course i III go to
the store for you. What do you
wantgs'
Some sugar answered the
muskrat lady housckceper, who CON
tinued to live at the hollow stump
bungalow, even though Uncle Wig
gily had married the widow bunny
lady with so many little rabbit
children. "Get me some sugar, for
| am going to make some jolly,
laughing buns.
"What are laughing buns!'' ask.
ed Uncle Wiggily, surprise like and
puzzled.
'They are just thu opposite from
hot, cross buns" answered Nurse
Jane. "These buns viii make you
laugh when you eat them" -
!. ''Then the more the better! -
chuckled the bunny gentleman, and
away he hoped over the fields and
through the woods TO get the sugar
for Nurse Jane. He did not take
any Of the little rabbit boys or
girls with him this time, as he was
in a hurry.
81 will tako them adventuring
with me when i get back" +" said
Mr.. Longears. On his way home
with the sugar, Uncle Wiggily saw
something red cleaning in the grass
near the brook, as he hoped along
with the bag of sugar. 'ePerhaps
that's a big, wild strawberry"
thought the bunny. 'sIf it's too
wild i II tame it by sprinkliug sug
ar on its STEM
But 1T wasn't strawberry.
cleaning rcd amid the green gress.
1t was far too large for that.
"It's big red stone!" cried
Uncle Wiggily, picking it up. ga
big red stone, like an apple, 4" and,
truly, the stone did look just like
that-a red, rosy checked apple.
81 II take it home and play trick
on Nurse Jane" said Mr.. Long
ears with a chuckle. "I'll tell her
it's a red apple, and when she
tries to peel ii she will find it s
but hard stone
Putting the smooth. red rock in
his pocket, the bunny gentleman
hoped to his hollow stump bunga-
low. He gave Nurse Jane the sugar
to make the jolly, laughing buns,
but before he could take out the
red stone, Tingle, one of the little
boy rabbits, put his paw in his dad
dy's coat pocket and pulled out the
red stone. Daddy Uncle Wiggily
often brought lollypops home for
the little bunnies, so they were IN
the habit of looking through his
pockets.
"Oh, see what T found!' cried
Tingle, holding it up. ga big, red
apple! Oh, may I7have it, Daddy?'
Pefore Uncle Wiggily could answer.
Tingle started to take bite of
what he thought was an apple. But
his teeth gritted on the hard stone.
"Oh, what funny applet he
cried.
"'Don t bite it any more or you II
break your teeth - warned Uncle
Wiggily. "That s a red stone
found to play a joke on Nurse Jane
with. Wait now, l II put some
sugar on this stone and maybe our
muskrat lady housekecper will think
it a candy apple
So Mr.. Longears spread some sug-
ar on the red stone, and set it on
tho table. Then, while the little
boy and girl rabbits waited, hold
ing their paws over their moutEs1so
they wouldn't laugh and spoil the
joke, Uncle Wiggily went out i'll
the kitchen to call in Nurse Jane.
But while he was gone, the Woo
zie Wolf jumped i'll through an
open window of the bungalow, for
he saw many tender little rabbits
III the room.
"Ill have something to eat''
howled the Wolf. And then, seeing
the sugared red stone on the table,
he thought it was something good,
and he cried; 81 III take this candy
apple first! Then III have some
tender little rabbits!" He made Il
big bite at tho apple, but as it
was hard, red stone, of course the
Wolf broka off lot of his tceth.
"Zoopie! Zoopict' he howlcd, as
he jumped out of the window and
ran away. "Fooled again!' he
growled.
Of course then it was of nc use
to try and play a joke on Nurse
Jane with the red stone for an ap-
pie. And the muskrat lady laughed
when she heard about it. But the
bunny gentleman was glad he had
found the red stone for it fright
ened away thu Wolf, The little
bunnics liked the jolly, laughing
buns very much. And if the rub
her ball doesn I squirt water in the