Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-31

This had delighted the bunny chill
dtCn and they were made mere hap
py when Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzv.
cut Of the kindness Of her heart.
aHl also out Of her pockctbool
gave them money with which to
buy horns
All, YES, rcw wear horns, -
ehattcred The monkey doodle gentle
man who kept his toy store. as the
Iit'ie Dummies hoprcd in. - have
some Very fine horns, beautiful
eoiors and ~uch noisy ones veu-ncvor
ieard! - lie footed one and Jingle
aud Jarg.e clappcd their paws over
thci. car.. Hut Scooter and Tootcr
danced for joy.
Now. as it happened, Nurse Jane
our OF the kindness of Lcr heart,
and also out of her pockctbaok, had
given the hUuuic> enough money t.
buy -four h"u> and there WIS some
change left over.
"IH give Won another horn for
the extra pennies. chattcred the
monkey doodle gentleman.
"Theu We u give the extra horn
10 daddycum> turle W ggi.y t.
blow fer New Years, 80 decided
Scooter and the others said "Oh.
Yes, Lc' c''s,'
But or the way home Tootcr
Thought If q trick 70 PLAY.
I've viii wait until the new wear
i almost here before We give dad
aycum, his horn said this little
mi,ch'evou, rabbit boy. "And be
fore wc give it to him I will pour
il fun of av1tcr, So when he blows
ii the water viii squirt all oyer and
he'll be surprised.
ooh that will bc good trick for
Ncw Year cyr,' laughed Jingle.
The huunics said nothing abou;
the extra horn for Uncle Wiggilv.
But Tootcr filled it with water and
then put it outside. on the pack
porch where no one would see it uu-
til il was time to hand it TO Unc.o
Wiggilv 10 blow.
The hours passed N'Ght came
the last night of 1928. with the new
Year of 1926 Just around the corner
so to speak. Some of the littIc bun.
MICS In the bungalow had fallen
asleep, bat qS the midnight hour
drew near they awakened. Erch
enc hod a horn and then Tootcr,
going to the back door, brought in
the extra one he had filled with
water.
Here is a horn for you to blow,
daddycums, he said.
con, thank you!' spoke Uncle
Wiggily looking at the clock. The
hand pointed to II. Happy New
Ycar,' cried Mr.. Longcars. 'Good-
bye, 1925! Welcome, 1926, Blow
everybody,
Such u footing of horns as there
was, Uncle Wiggily puffcd out his
checks and tried to blow his born.
Watch for the water to squirt
out!' whispered Tooter to his
brothers and sisters. But not a
drop Of water came. .
"This is q funny horn--it won t
blowl" said Uncle Wiggily. "lt
must bc stopped up He tapped It
against chair and-out fell bIg
ieiclc. The water had frozen.
clio, Ho!' laughed Mr.. Long,
cars. cit must have rained in my
, horn, aud frozen into an iciclc.
But as he said this he looked
straight at Tootcr. Then the bunny
gentleman put his horn to his lips
, aud blew "A sweet blast to welcome
the coming year Of 1876.
" Happy New Year! Happy New
| Ycar!'' cried Uncle Wiggily be
! tween toots. "IIappy New Year
to everyone. And ! wish you the
/ same.
The hands of the clock moved
slowly onward 1926 was getting
older by the second. And then the
I little bunnics went to bed to dream
of having fun next day. And with
/ the new year shall have some new
stories to tell you about Uncle
NiggiIy. Now goodnight.
ENkaiser's back at his wood saw
ing again. Maybe he has learned il
Il, beat to saw nothiuS and saw