Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-19
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGTLY AND THE
BURDOCK BURRS

Warm was the sun and gentle the
wind ono day in Woodland, where
Uncle Wiggilv Longcars lived in the
hollow stump bungalow with Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzv, his new wife,
and many little boy and girl rab-
bits. So lovely was the weather
shat il is no wonder Jingle and
Jauglc and Tiuglc and Tmglc Toot-
cr and Scooter and Weezic and Wiz
zie-in fact. all the little bunn;eS-
didn I want to go to school.
But yes, my deaI-como, hurry.
You must go to school and YOU must
be on time cried Mrs. LongearS
rs she looked at their pink noses to
see if tLey were twinkling straight
as was their new daddy 5. Hop
along to school like good children.
Soon the summer vacation will be
here.
"Oh I wish we didn t have to GO
to school, sighed Jingle.
II wish we could stay home and
60 adventuring Ike Uncle Wiggily, :
sighed JaHgle.
I'm take vou adveuturing after
you come from school, promised
Mr.. LongcarS.
"Oh that viii be lovely said
most of the children. But Wizzie,
who was twin brother to Weezie,
whispered to his sister.
II m not going to wait until aft
er school to go a0vcnturing!
I. IA "a Ia
asked Weezie in surprise.
"I'm going adventuring right
now!" declared Wizzie, positsve
like Come on we II have some fun
and he pulled his sister to one side
off the main path to the woods.
This ism t the way to school
cried Wczzie.
4 know il, " answered her broth
er. 1--WE arcH t going to school,
1t 5 too nice out OF doors to sit in
the old hollow stump school house
saving lessons for the lady mouse
teacher. Come on, we Ii run away
from school and have an advCnturCi
"Oh-oo-oo-oo,' - gaspcd Wcczie,
bun IN the end she followed her
brother off through the woods and
over the fields. At first it was in
fun to listen to the birds singing
and the bees humming. They roll
ed on the green grass, they gather
Ell flowers and ran along the edge
OF the brook, and, all of a sudden,
Weezic fell in.
"'Ok, / IN all wet she cried.
That doeSn I matter, YOU II soon
dry, said Wizzie. i II help You
out!
But when he held lis paw to
Weezic in the brook. his foot slip
ped and he fell into a puddle OF
mud. oh but he was ! sorry sight
when he pulled out, and Weezie
looked very draggIed when she wad-
ed out OF the water. Tie little rab.
bits looked sadly at each other.
I'VE had better 20 M III that
sunny field and get dry, ,aid Wee
zic. But the field was filled with
burdock weed plants. And growing
the burdoch were maHy stickcry,
prickery burrs which cluHg to the
III u lIt ttii ! ID bt4L i'p. anu = -"
until they were covered thickly.
And then, all of sudden, there
WIS rustEng noise in the grass,
ard Weezie VINO was trying to pick
the burrs off her legs, cried;
''Oh, maybe il the Fuzzie
Fox"
NO, il 5 our Daddycums In
clc Wiggiiy," joyfully cried Wizzie:
"IIa! who is calling my name 90
asked the bunny gentleman stopping
II look at the two little rabbits.
"Why, we did-don t you know
us y" asked Woczic. This is VIZ
zie and m his sister. We live at
"What s that-you arc Weczic
and Wizzic," cried Uncle Wiggily.
"Nouscnsc! Weezic and Wizzic
are in school, Besides you are
nothing but a bunch of burdock
burrs-you aren't even rabbits! -
ION YES we are. Yes we are!
Truly We arc," cried the twins.
.'Ilclp us pull off the burdocks and