Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21

ing in a hurry, as most children
are. the little rabbits often ran
across the place where the vines
grew.
One dav Jingle and Jangle, the
two little rabbit girls, hurrying
home from school, took short cut
across the vine patch to show their
mother and Uncle Wiggily what
fine lesson marks, the Lady Mouse
Teacher had given them in class.
But Jingle s feet caught in u vine
and down she fell-''ker bunko!
elm sorry.' said Jangle, but no
sooner had she spoken than her
feet also tangled in the vines and
down she went
Uncle Wiggily heard the little
rabbit girls crying and ran out to
see what was the trouble.
"How often have | told you not
to cross the vine pa.ch'' asked the
bunny. "You will always fall if
YOU come that way. Now keep
still and | viii get you out, for you
aren't hurt-you ara only fright
ened. =
And truly. Jingle and Janglc
weren't in the least harmed. They
had been bumped when they fell as
their feet became tangled in the
vines, but that was all. Uncle
Wiggily took pair Of hedge shears
and soon cut a path through the
patch of tangled vines. so he could
walk without being tripped. Aud
along this path that he cut he
walked back, leading Jingle and
Jangle.
Now remembrr," SAL their new
bunny daddy, "don t cross the
tangled vine patch again, and the
little rabbit girl promised that they
wouldn't. But it was only the next
day that something happened to
make them 90 in the vine patch
again. Only this time it was diff
ferent.
"Uncle Wiggily, l want "A loaf
Of bread from the store, said
Nurse Jane. Your new wife is
going to have company for ten and
VIC need bread. ," So the bunny
gentleman good-naturedly twinklcd
his pink nose and hopped to the
seven and eight cent store for
ten-cent loaf of bread.
"May we come with you'' asked
Jingle and Jangle, and their new
daddy said they might. Sa all three
hoped 20 the store, and they were
soon hopping back again with the
bread. On the way they saw a
hungry robin bird, and Uncle Wig
gilv scattered few crumbs Of
bread for the poor feathered chap.
"Thauk you, sang Mr.. Robin as
be picked up the crumbs. And then,
all of a sudden, out of tho bushes
jumped the bad Bob Cat.
- am hungry, too, the same as
the robin is. snarlcd the Bob Cat.
''But | don I want TO pick up
bread crumbs | want to nibblc the
tender ears of some little rabbits! "
and he looked at Jipg,e and Jangle.
You can have their cars,
cried Uncle Wiggily, and, putting
! the loaf of bread up inside his tall
silk hat Mr.. Longears picked up
Jingle under one paw and Jangle
under the othw and started to run
| TO his bungalow with them to get
away from the Bob Cat.
But the Bob Cat ran also and
was almost catching up to Uncle
! Wiggily and the little rabbits when
they got to the tangled vine patch.
And then suddenly, tho robin bird
flew down and whispered:
"Take the short cut across the
tangled vines by the path you chop
ped out with the edge shears yes
terday Uncle Wiggiy. You will not
be tangled, but if the Bob Cat
tries to follow, not knowing about
the patch, he will get stuck in the
/ vines, said the robin.
So Uncle Wiggily hoped across
the tangled vines by means Of the
safe path he had cut, taking Jingle
and Janglc with him. But when
the Bob Cat tried to follow first
his left leg was caught in a tam
glcd blackberry vine and then his
right leg was caught in a straw
berry vine and at last lac was Sc
tangled up that he cOuldn t move.
But the bunny gentleman and tho
two l:ttle rabbits safely reached
the bungalow, and it was two days
before the Bob Cat could e!aw Ii;