Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-14

the rabbit se1ytlena,1.
own little bunnics need me
Mr. Longears thought he might be
able to hop away before Tommic.
Joie or even Kittie Kat had awaken
cd Bat they were clever little
pussy children and they heard the
bunny uncle moving about early.
Where are YOU going, Uncle
Wiggily. mcwcd Tommie.
Il am going home. was the an
swer.
''Oh, surely not without your
breakfast. : exclaimed Mr.. kat
who had been down cellar to put
little coal on the furnace. ..Iust
wait a little while. know YOU are
anxious to see your own bunnies
but wait for breakfast
- And I wish you would walk to
'chool with mel mewed Kittie, as
she washed her face with her paws.
I d like to but l can tt laugh
ed Uncle Wiggilv, who was happy
because he was soon going to see
his own little children. "I'll come
back another time he promised.
The three pussies were out in the
yard playing tag before starting for
school, when. all of sudden, I'm
Gle Wigg;lv heard Kite mewing
loudly.
What S the natter,' asked the
rabbit gentleman. hopping out
through the door. Did YOU fall
down and bnmp your nose, Kittie :
Oh. no. Uncle Wiggilv,' she
answered. But while was play
ing tag with Joie and Tommie 1
laid my doll down on the stump. >
and she pointed to one near the
fence.
Well. that was alright, = said
Uncle Wiggilv. II didn I hurt your
doll to sleep on that stump.
- No. but my doll isn t there
now. mewed Kittie. :" She 5 gone.
\ mouse jumped down out Of the
tree, caught my doll up in his paws
and climbed the tree again. oh.
Oh.'
What s that'' cried the rabbit
gentleman, "a mouse took your
doll up in the trcco Oh. Kittie' YOU
must be dreaming. Mice cant
climb up i'll trees! =
Yes they can, answered the
pussy girl, driving her tears on the
end of her tail, on which was tied
a pink ribbon 81 saw this mouse
60 up insthc tree with my dolr'
Ny goodness, 4 tree mouse, r
never heard Of such a thing said
Nh" bunny gentleman. Next
You II be telling me that D;~kic and
Nellie Chip Chip, the bird children,
can swim like fishes.
We saw it too. mcwcd Joic
and Tommie. ''Thc mossc ran up
the tree,'
"Ha. Ha" laughed rncic Wig.
gily. - We heard Of Hickory Dick.
ory Dock, the mouse who ran up
the clock. but | never knew
mouse who ram up the clock. but
| never knew mouse could run up
a tree
:" Yes, they can. and I'm that
mouse, = suddcnly ,1id a voice. and
down out of the tree came creeping
Il reddish brown mouse, about tn,
color of the Fuzzy Fox, only not so
large, of course. And thi. mouse
had. clasped in his paws, Kittics
little rubber doll
Excuse ne. for takiu. her. -
said the nibbler, II thought she
was something good to eat, but
she ism t. So brought her back
10 you. -
"And do YOU really live in that
trcc?' asked the bunny.
ooh, yes :, answered the red chap
Then he told how he was sort of
distant cousin to the Field Mouse,
and that he and his relatives built
nests up in trees, or else lived in
the old squirrel nests. ''We are
safer up in trees than on the
ground,'' sah Rufous, the red
mouse.
"I can we'll believe that, agreed
Uncle Wiggily, "and am glad to
meet YOU, through / never knew be
fore thSt there were three mice.
Then Rufous found some crumbs
which Tommie. Joie and Kittic had
dropped from their school lunches,
and these he picked up before creep
ing up in the tree again to his nest
If sticks and grass. .
And the bunny gentleman laugh
ing at the funny way kitiie ) doll
had gone visiting up n tree, hoppcd
on toward school with the pussy
children. And if the toastiug fork
doesn I catch cold when it tries to
broil slice of ice cream over the
electric light. II tell you next about
Lpclc Wiggily s welcome home.
The Napa county farm bureau
won the prizes for the highest pen