Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-09
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD e. GARIS
Copyright, 1923, BY Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE wIGGILY CAMP FIRE
"Wowl Wowl Wowt"

"Wowl Wowl WowIo
| Whoopiel' Whoopte. -
''I m an Indian! IN ON the war
| path Wow -
/ These are only few of the loud
! and excited cries which Uncle Wig
CITY heard outside his hollow stump
bungalow one morning.
My goodness, What s that' Are
the Indians really eomingP' asked
I the rabbit gentleman of Nurse Jane
! Fuzzy WuzZy, who was getting
ready to make a lemon pie out of a
dili pickle.
"Those are only some of our new
rabbit boys having fun in the yard.
answered the muskrat lady house
keeper.
"They are playing camping out,
said Mrs. Longears. II do wish.
Wiggv, my dear, she went ON. to
her husband, "that you would take
those children adventuring with
you. Skipper and Nipper and Scoot
er and Tooter and Tingle and Wiz
zie are so wild A night spent in a
real camp, such as you know how to
make for them, would tame them
drwn a bit. -
81 IL do i, cried the rabbit
gentleman with an extra hard twin
kle of his pink nose. "I1l take
the rabbit boys out to a real camp
firc''
And when skipper and Nipper and
Scooter and Tooter and the others
heard about this--well. wish YOU
could have heard their shouts of
JOY. No, perhaps it is as well you
diGn t hear them, for your ears
would have hurt from the racket.
Bot it was Il Jolly crowd of boy rab-
bits that went with their new daddy
to the woods TO camp out over
oTe~ night.
First of all we must make a
place to sleep said Uncle Wiggily.
This wac easily found. for ii was
warm, and hole dug out beneath
a hollow tree made as good tent
rs heart could wish for.
"And next we must have a camp
fite,'' said the bunny gentleman.
The fire will be jolly to sit around
after we cook our supper over 1t. So
come now. all you rabbit boys gath
er wood for the camp fire. -
g Hurray!'' - cried Skipper and
Nipper.
Hurroo," shouted Tooter and
Scooter.
What Jolly fun" yelled Tingle
a,.t; wizzie.
They rushed here and there in the
forest. gathering sticks and bits of
bark, piling them near the stump
tent.
''There-we have enough for two
fnos.' sighed Skipper, who like the
other was bit tired.
Enough wood? Nonsense, Not
half enough!' cried Uncle Wiggily.
SECT more! More wood, Not half
enough! Why We must put wood
on the camp fire all night,''
Oh-all night-must we SIT up
and keep the fire going asked
Scooter.
Certainly. answered the bunag
gentleman, and if Uncle Butter had
been there Mr.. Longears would have
Nsinked one eve at his goat friend.
Eut. as ii was Uncle Wiggilv wink
cd TO himself And he kept the lit
tie rabbit boys so busy, bringing
in wood that they soon were SO tir-
ed they could hardly talk. But
their new daddy knew this would
be good for them.
Nurse Jane and Mrs. Longears had
put up basket of good things to
eat and after supper Uncle Wlggily
said he would go to bed, as he was
sleepy. But he told the little rab
bits 20 take turns. two by two, sit
t;ag up to put wood on the fiie.
But though they tried to keep
awake they all fell asleep, one after
the other, and the fire went out.
Uncle Wiggily slept with one eve
open and when he saw the fire
vas out he got up to put some wood
on the glowing eIifbers. He made
I; noise and Scooter awakened and
cried:
"Oh, may5e IS the Bear com