Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-26
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD f. GARIS
Copyright, 1928, ny Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND SAM
ME S SLED

Wait Il minute! called Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy one day, rs she
na3w the rabbit gentleman about
to hop away from the hollow stump
bungalow.
"What is it," asked Mr.. Long,
ears, turning back and twinElng
his pink nose.
You are going adventnring. l
suppo>c;' spoke Nurse Jane.
"Yvu suppose correctly, lady! -
said the bunny whimsical like.
"WclI, on your way home. stop
"a, thc drug store and gt me "a
paper or pins. asked Nurse Jane.
adding, If YOU please.
"Iu do that promised the
+ bunny Il suppose You want to
re.d the news out ot the paper Of
pins
''Indc,j, don I, laughed Miss
Fuzzy Wuzzy. II want some sharp
pins to pin together new dress
I am making. III pin il first and
sew J.. aftcrward - don / for
81 nay paper OF pins.
! Uncle Wiggiiv said he wouldn t.
! and 50 he nopped ever tha fields
ana through tA. woods, seeking
au adventure, But none could he
fni Then he reached the drug
store. Ia lc hopped and bought
tie paper of PINS for Nurse Jane.
and right after that he had ak at-
! venture.
The bunny WAS hopping along,
over jhe snow. when. all At once,
/ Lc heard a sound Q: iollv Voices.
THAT i>n / the Bob 81 - the
Fox. said Uncle Wiggjly 1t
, sounds Ike the animal bozs and
girls coa>ting down Ill"
And 50 it was.
Putting the paper Of pins III his
pocket, Uncle WiggIly hoped
along until he reached he coast.
ing hill. There he saw Johnnie and
Billie Eu hytail the squirrels;
Jackie and Pectie Bow Wow, the
puppy dogs, and many other animal
children, having fun.
Hello, Uncle Wiggi,r' : cried
Sammie LittletaiI. u rabbit boy.
" Don I you want coast On my
! sled 90
THANK you. sammie, [ should
like to try il. sad the bunny.
Uncle Wiggilv watched the other
boy animals pick up tLair sicds,
run a little way with them and
then, suddenly, fling the sled down
and throw themselves on top Of il.
| GlHiHg down the hill they would
90.
II guess 1 can 10 that thought
! M. Longcare. Il used % when
/ I was q young rabbit and that iSn I
80 many years ago. 80 lie took
F! Samnic', sIcq, ran with il, threw
himself down on i kerpIop,
and down the liH he roastad.
Ion, this j, fun, laughed Tn
Gle Wiggilr as he ran up the hill
after HI, coast, with Nurse Jane 5
paper Of pins sill in his pocket.
Again lie threw himself On the
, sled, and, "a he did 50, out Of the
bushes looked the Woolje Wolf,
who was vorr hungry.
! The hex time Cncle Wiggily
j slams himself down on Sammle :
! sIsI I'm going 10 jump out Of the
. bushes. land ou lis back aud nib
| lie that rabbit ; ears, whisper
; ed the Wolf to himself. ''He can t
stop he. for lie VIII be coasting
down hill"
So tho next time Uncle Wiggly
wen, slan-banG on the si'i, ont
Of ,hc bushes lraped the ba, Wolf.
But ~ammic saw him.
''HoU off my Sled, Uanic Wig
civ, Roll off, cried Sammic.
Not l;u9Wing why, but thinking
there must be danger, Uncle Wig
ailv rolled off the sled Just as II
started down lill The Wolf jump
cd, but. instead of landing on tor
Of the bunny the Wolf landed or
the bare sled. Bs'. no sooner had
'hc Wolf landed. than off hc jump
/ cd. high i'm the air, bowling:
'Oh. I'm stuck, IN stuck, | IN
full Of needles, - and away lie ran
to III, don.
"Wbat happcnca!' asked sam
mic woudcriugIr.
"Whv, whcn rolled off IN,
sled, said Uncle Wiggily, ;'th'
papc" Of pin, cropped out of my
pocket The paper opened anG
stayed ON the Sled and the VOL
just landed on the sharp pin points
80 wonder hc was stuck. La, Ha,
Then AN 'hc animal boys laughed
III. IIa,' and gave the bunu'
turns on their slros uafl il wa
time for him 10 20 home with The
paper Of pins. And if the hickor,
hut wdoing GoesH / faH dowI
stair, when if tries 10 jump rop'
with tho rocking horse, I'll tel
YOU next about Uncle Wigsly an'
the oat = Whj-kcrs.