Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-15

M 4 sort Of little snail and
live in a she'll was The answeg.
i stick -, head out of my she'll,
Which av house. 10 get thugs 10
! eat, aaa ;slso To see " hat the wealth
Ct is going to he.
= Bu: now can / stick my head
out Of my shell, hecausa. while
WIS asleep at the edge of the pond
some one threw big flat stone on
top Of me ami | can I lift 1t off,
Oh, dear! cried the periwinkl,.
You must bc under this ssonc, =
SAID Uncle Wiggily. raising Il flat
one near his left, hind leg And
there, surely enough, under i WAS
tfa periwinkle, in lis pretty brown
shell. Is soon as the stone vas
lifted eff, The periwinkle stuck out
his head and thanked the buzav for
being 50 kind.
~ should like to do you a fay.
or. said the periwinkle; hut IN
afraid ii never <, the chance.
Don't worry about that! :"
laughed the bunny gentleman. - IN
glad | could help you. And row
must hop on to find an adventure. :
Leaving the periwinklc eating
waJercrcss salJd at the edge Of the
duck pond. tic bunny gentleman
heppcd or and on. over ficlG3 and
through woods. But no adventure
could be find, and ut last he came
back 10 the pond where h had
helped the pcrl~inklc.
II don't $50 the cute little
chap" said Uncle Wiggily TO hi,n-
self. II suppose he has rolled in.
10 he pond and padded away. And
alas, have had no adventure.
Wen, III 81 down on this log and
90 TO sleep.
Uncle WigGils, had not boon rs
ictp long before, all Of sudden,
he was awakened by hearing sobs
and crying. \ voice said:
"Ob, dear! Oh, dear! Oh. dcar."
" lia. There ; that poor iitrlc pc
r.winklc in trouble again., - said
the bunny to himself as he jumped
off the log. ~ must help him! "
Bat when Uncle Wiggily looked,
there stood Baby Buntr, the little
rabbit girl. She y WIS VINO had
been CRYING ooh, DEAR
"Whv, Buntv! Whatcvcr IS the
mattcr?" ask i Uncle WigglIy.
~ now l lost my cnrncob
doll, said Bunty, 81 had a nice,
cute little doll, made out of n
corncCb. ] brought her here TO the
! woods with me to see if any flowers
were growing, | laid Snoopsic--
! That 5 my corncob dolls namc-I
! laid Snoopsic down on that stump
over there ana now Snoopsic is
gone, Oh, dear. Some bad chap
mnugt have taken her! y
"IIush, little rabbit girl, don t
icrv!' suddenly called the voice of
the pcriwinkl", as the stuck his
+ head out Of his she'll on the edge
Of tho duck pond, "Your doll
, lasu t been taken away. The stump,
on top Of which you laid is hollow,
and thc doll just fell down irsidc.
| know all about that stump.
"'Thank you for telling US, PERI
winklc," " said Uncle Wiggilv. of
~noopsic is only down inside hol'
low stump, can easily get her
out" " and tho rabbit gentleman
gnawcd u hole in the hollow stump,
near the ground and, reaching his
paw in, he pulled snoopsio out!
"Oh, how glad | am! cried
Baby Bunty,
And am glad that | have done
one Of Uncle Wiggily's friends a
favor said the pcriwinkle u
happened to see you put your doll
on tho stump. called to you that
il was hollow but guess you
didn t hear me. -
''No,' saal Bunty, ~ didn t,
But everything il all right Gow.
Then the pcriwinklo drew his head
back in his she'll house, as snail
does, and the two rabbits hoped
home together. And if the light
ming bug DOESN'T set fire to the
lace curtain when he is playing hide
and 20 seek with the mosquito, II
tell you next about Uncle Wiggily 5
raisin pie.