Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-17
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
SASSAFRAS

! Nipper and Skipper, two of the lit
tie rabbit bows who were living with
Uncle Wiggilv in his hollow stump
huL yaloN, were marching up and
dewn the garden path in front Of
Neczie and Wizzie the little twin
oy and girl bunnies. And as they
he ped up aud down Nippcr would
ttasiugly call out
You two haven t anything good
likl We havei
] And Nipper would take a bottle
ont Of his pocket--a bottle that had
some black liquid in it-anl he
/ would pour some out in little emp
~ snail shell fer a glass and after
drinking II he would say
= Don I vuu wish YOU had some?
/ Don YOU wish YOU had some3''
oh, dear, wish we did," sigh
cd Weczic.
i" Maybe if l ran after him and
hi, him on the nose. could knock
/ t#g bottle away ffom his, suggest
cd Wizz:e, her brother.
Hello! What IS all that talk
about knocking noses asked Uncle
Ntegilv. with his Jolly laugh, rs he
! lepled up behind the twins.
'Oh, of course. | wouldn I realjy
bang NipPer on he nose, said
A,Izzie. = But I do wish he'd give
Us seme Of what he ) got
What is It, applesauee er mo-
la>>e>' asked Uncle Wiggily
W@teh;mg Nipper. who, Just then,
lodred some more Of the stuff out
of the bottle and gave it, in the emp
" she'll, % skipper,
1t 5 Iieorice water. that ; what
it iS. said Weczic with hungry
sigh. They bought penny :
worth Of black licorice and let it
matt in bottle of water and noW
they re drinking !. and oh II 5 Sc
good! wish We had some.
For hcorice water Is good-if Won
like it. and make ii Just rs Wcczie !
told you-bv putting some pieces of +,
llccriee candy in a bottle OF water
aud shaking 81 up.
just YOU wait minute now !
advised Uncle WiggiIy. Il II 20 |
asf Nipper and skipper 10 give YOU
some of their treat.
No. please don / do that, beg
Sed Weezie. If they re 50 Stingv
like they don I want to give Us Son1e !
they don t need to. But | wish we |
ha.i SOME hcorice water of owr own.
@How would You like sassafras !
.water'" asked Uncle W.ggilv. with !
a funny little twinkle OF his pink |
irkje nose.
What 5 sassafras water" asked |
W'izzie.
Well. you dig up some of the !
roo; Of the sassafras plant. Went on t
MIR. Longears. and peel of the !
outer bark after YOU have washed !;
i. Then YOU pound the bark be
tween two stones TO make the juice |
caze out and YOU mix II with water !
II bottle. and put in some sugar
ah3 you have sassafras water.
"Oh, it sounds terribly good,
exc <imed Weezio. - But how can
We get any
ON my way here l passed some +!
sassrafras plants growing m the /
woods, explained Uncle Wiggilv |
Il II take YOU where YOU can get
So;Hc roofs.
Please do" bgged Weezie |
When we have sassafras water we |
won t have to ask Skipper and Nip |
pcr for some of their licorice,
" And we don t need to be copy !
cats, either added Weezie. proud |
Ike.
Soon Uncle Wiggilv and the little |
rabbit twin were in the woods |
where grew the sassafras with ITS
leaves like three fingered glove !
Mcezie and Wizzic gr8spcd . low
sa'safras bush and tried to pull it
Vi hy the roots. But if you had !
ever tried this YOU know how hard |
l. Is.
Il II pull it up for you, " offered !
tn'le Wiggily. but. though he pulled +;
and tugged, he could not get the |
ST -oug root out Of tho Dirt. And |
when he was pulling, all of sud |