Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-15
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARIs
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
PEPPERMINT

HullON stump putSdlVN '"N III S"''
when, all of a sudden, he heard a
crying noise, and voice said:
Mummy! Mummy, dear, l don t
feel very good!"
"Ha! That's one of my little
bunnies, thought Uncle Wiggily.
- But their mother has gone to visit
her sister. I'd better get up and
I see what's the matter.
But there was no need, for be
fore Uncle Wiggily could hop out of
bed, good, old Nurse Jane Fuzzy
! Wuzzy, the muskrat lady housckccp-
cr, was Shuffling through the hall in
her slippers and with her bath robe
flapPing at her heels.
(Which one is it, Nurse Jane -
+ asked Uncle Wiggily, for there were
so many little rabbit children living
with him now, that, in the night it
WASH I easy to know which one cried
+ out.
II think it either Jingle or
Jangle. - Nurse Jane said.
But when she looked in their
room these little bunnies were fast
asleep. But still there was cry
ing noise and Il voice said again:
Mummy. Mummy, dear, | don t
feel good,''
That : Wcezie-I know her
voice. said Uncle Wiggily. who
HAD also shuffled out into the hail
i'll his slippers and robe. She sleeps
i'll that ROOM and he pointed to
one of the many doors along the
hail.
No" said Nurse Jane in Il
whisper, THAT s where Nipper aud
skipper sleeps. This is Weczic 5
room, and she went in the next
door. When Uncle Wiggily followed
he saw the little rabbit girl sitting
up in bed, crying.
50 ou, poor ;2dayling! : murmurcd
Nurse. Jane. d" What 5 the mat
ter !'"a' p:
"I-now-I had dream that
frightened me, sobbcd Weezie,
who was Il twin sister to Wizzie the
rabbit boy. Il dreamed the Fuzzy
Fox was chasing me and l feel sick.
Oh, dear! Where S mummy"
IN take care of you.' offered
Nurse Jane. What YOU need is
some peppermint incidence the
mpskrat lady went on. 9 viii you
please~get me the bottle of pepper
ment from the bath room, Uncle
Wiggilly?' she asked.
The bunny gentleman hoped down
stairs but the peppermint bottle was
empty. Then Nurse Jane said:
"Oh! | remember now. This
evening l used the last of it to stop
Nipper'S tooth ache. o. what shall
we do? Weezie must have pepper
mint
III get some," offered Uncle
Wiggily quickly.
But now it is dark night, and
the drug store is closed. " said Nurse
Jane. It 5 very late.'
Out on the hill. back of the bun
galow, grows plenty of pepper
mint, answered the bunny gentle
man. u will hop there pick some
of the peppermint plants and
squeeze out the juice in the lemon
squeezer. Then Weezic viii! feel
better after she takes some. -
"Od Daddycums, | don't want
you to 90 out in the dark, - sobbed
Wcezie.
h" Nonsanse.' laughed Mr.. Long,
ears. THE fireflies are Pickering
and they will make it light enough
for me. I'll soon be back
Uncle Wiggily dressed and hoped
to the hill where the peppermint
grew. BY the light Of the flicker
ing .fircfiics he could see to pick
some Of the green leaves and red
stems. y strong smell of pepper
mint filled the air And just as the
rabbit gentleman was about TO hur.
rv away, ont Of the bushes jumped
the Fuzzy Fox.
II am just in time to catch vou!'
Growlcd the bad chap.
You are just in time to have
some smarty peppermint juice squcez
ed in your cyc-if that : what YOU
mean. ' laughed the rabbit. Quick
IT he pressed some of the leaves
and stems, crushing them. out ran
some drops into the eyes of the Fox.
80" "hllc peppermint is very good
to take in your mouth, it ism t so
good in your eye. The Fox soon
found this out.
'Ob, WOW whoopic." he howlcd,
and turning q somersault away he
ran in the darkness. Then Uncle
/ Wiggi!Y hurried home, and when
Wcezic had been given some pepper.
mint Juice in hot water and sugar
She felt much better. And she went
10 sleep in Uncle Wiggilv's paws
while he was telling her funny
story Of how, just as in her dream.
Fox tried TO chase him.
But ! drove his away with the
peppermint, - said the bunny gen.
tlrman, and then he, too, went to
sleep. And if the stem on the baked
apple doesn t think it's tail and n
j try TO wag itself in the powdered
sugar, | II tell YOU next about Uncle
Wiggily and the blackberrics.