Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-18
Bedtime Stories
Ey HOWARD e. CARTS
Copyright, 1923, by McClurs
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY' s BUSTING
BRUSH

Once upon a time, as Uncle Wig
cilv was thinking about hopping
from his hollow stump bungalow to
so look for an adventure in the
woods he heard Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy jumping about from one
room to the other, as if chasing a
cat.
Dear mel" exclaimed the bun
NY rabbit gentleman to himself, as
he held one paw over his pink nose
So it wouldn t twinkle quite so
fast. Dear me! I hope the Fuzzy
Fox haSu Z jumped into my bun
galow, nor vet the Woozia Wolf
Perhaps Nurse Jane is trying to
get them out l had better go help
her! =
Uncle Wiggilv was brave and he
WASH t afraid to go down where
he thought one of the bad chaps
might be. But. as it turned out,
he need not have worried. He saw
neither Wolf nor Fox. But lie saw
his muSkrat lady housekeeper Jump
iNs about from orc thing 20 an
other, in the kitchen, out again,
; A4ANb t4lI AltlAtiS itIit gttt'b btl az Jlil
I "Whatcver iS the matter, jamie ,"
asked the bunny.
"Oh, | am SO busy" was the
answer. - am irving to get all
MY bungalow work done SO I can
70 shopping 10 the three and four
cent store with Aunt Lcttic. the
lady goat. But there is 50 much
to do.
Then Unrls W;ggily had q kind
/ and generous thought.
Il II stay at home and finish
doing the work in the bungalow
for ycu today. Nurse Jane he
said. "Skip along shopping as soon
as YOU like. guess l have had
adventures enough. I II stay home. "
THAT is very good of you, =
said the muskrat lady, land l shall
be glad to go. As q matter of
fact, I have everything done but
/ the dusting, If YOU will take
brush and 90 over the piano and
/ other furniture, being careful to
clean off all the dust, the bungalow
viii be very neat. viii YOU do
! that?'
"Of course will, = promised
Uncle Wiggilv. 4 guess [ know
how to use a busting brush. Hop
along!"
So Nurse Jane hoped along.
. glad enough to 90 shopping with
Aunt Lcttie, for there were many
pretty things to be brought 4 the
rhrce-andtour-cent store.
"Do the dusting we'll Uncle
Wiggilv! " warned the muskrat la
dv Louseke2pcr For Aunt Let
t:e viii come back With NE, aal she
has an eagles eye for dust left III
corners.
''The bungalow shall be busted
better than It ever was before, =
said the rabbit gentleman with
laugh, He started TO 90 this as
soon a. Nurse jane 2y"s out Of
sight But. alasl lie had no more
than busted hali the piano than,
all Of a sudden, such a sharp rheu-
matism pain shot through the bun
ny gentleman : p6fys that he had
70 sit down, dropping the dUsting
brush.
"Pcrhars th. pain VII 20. away
i / sit still while, said Uncle
Wiggily, trying TO be brave. But
i didn Z. The pain grew worse.
'Oh, what am / TO do?' thought
poor Mr.. Longears. II promised
Nurse Jane | would finish the dust
ing and 1 can't Aunt Lcttic will
think we are careless" He tried
to get NJ to Use the dusting brush,
but lie couldn t and he was just
going 10 call DR.. Possum on the
telephone when, happening to look
from the window, Uncle Wiggily
saw Johnnie and Billie Bushytaii
with their big tails like dusting
brushes. The squirrel boys were
friskiug about in a tree.
- IIa. The vcry tling," cried Tn
clc Wiggilv. "IN get those SPUR
rel boys in here and thcy'll do the
Gustjng for me with their tails. -
lie called from the window: Iii,
Johpric, Hey, Billie. Come in here
and play tag with each other over
the chairs and piano."
Into the bungalow scrambled the
squirrel chaps They raced up and
down, over the piano, in and ont
Of the chairs, thcir long, fluffy tails
dragging after them, while Uncle
Wigsily sat huggiag his rhcuma-
tisin pain. And when at last the
squirrels were tired, not speck
Of dust was left in the bungalow.
They had knocked if all out Of the
window by their tails.
"Oh, how lovely and clean your
bungalow il" bcatcd Aunt Lcttie
when she came home with Nurse
Jane.
"Yes, Uncle Wiggily busted for
me-" said the muakrat lady. And
the bunny uncle chucklcd to him
self as De told tho ladies about the
two squirrels dusting with their
tails. Then Nurse Jane and Aunt
Lcltie also laughed and gave John
ME and Billie some cookies
And if the lee pick doc5n't take
All the OranurS off thC Ia+ FREQ IN