Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-05
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE wIGGILY GOES FISHING

a.
the muskrat lady housekeopcr one
morning.
"Let me Sec, murmured Miss
Fuzzy Wuzzy. looking at the clock.
"'This is Friday, so | should say it
would be proper to have fish. -
! "The very thing cried Uncle
/ Wiggily himself, who was sitting
on the porch, twinkling his pink
! nose and wondering what advCn-
ture he would have that day. II II
60 off in the woods and catch the
fish for you 1t will be Il jolly
time for me. -
Il didn t know you were Il fish
ing rabbit?' said Mrs. Longcars,
to her new husband. but then,
YOU see, we haven t been married
very long, and l dare say there are
lots of things l don t know about
you.
eyes, I suppose so!'' laughed
the bunny. but ask Nme Jane
she viii tell you l always bring
home fish when 1 go fishing
but can you get any fish in
the woods?" his wife wanted to
know.
"Through the woods flows a
brook. and in the brook are fishes
which l will catch with hook!'
sang Mr.. Longears. Nurse Jane
will fry them in the pan, and will
eat Just all l cam" he went on.
Then he jumped about, getting
his fishing pole, line and hooks from
the closet, and soon he hoped off
to the brook in the woods. Reach
ing 4 shady place, the bunny gem
tlcman put piece of sugar cookie
on his hook for bait, east 1t into the
water and waited for a bite.
Now it happened that Jingle and
Jangle, two of the little rabbit girls
were let out of the Hollow s,ump
School early that day.
Hopping home along the wood
land path Jingle and JangIe looked
through the bushes and saw Uncle
Wiggily sitting on the bank OF the
brook, fishing!'
"Oh, let s play joke on him! y
whispered JlnS!e.
How asked Jangle.
1--WE II hide behind a tree, ; went
on Jingle, land when he catches
a fish weHll make believe talk like
enc and we II say: "Please don t
catch ME Uncle Wiggilv. Please
put me back in the water l don t
want to be cooked in pan. Wen
pretend the fishes are talkingi'
Jangle thought it would be a
good joke, so they waited, and pref
" soon Uncle Wiggily felt his line
ierked, the tip OF his pole bent
down and he cried: "I'ye got a
bite. Up out OF the wafer he
pulled n fish.
But lust as the bunny was taking
the fish off the hook, voice said:
"Oh please don I catch me, Uncle
Wiggily. Please put me back in the
brook. | don t want to be fried in
4 pan! =
Mr.. Longears was rather surpris-
ed to hear fish Gas he thought
talking to him. But he was very
kind hearted. SO he tossed the
fish back into the water, saving:
"IIl try again, and land one
that doesn t mind being caught.
But no sooner had he puhed out the
second fish than again Il voice SAID:
''Oh, please put me back in the
water, Uncle Wiggily!' OF course,
it was Jingle and Jmgle, hidden IN
the bushes, who were talking like
fishes, but the bunny didn I know
this.
"Ho, So YOU don I want to be
caught eithcr.' laughed Mr.. long
ears. and back into the stream he
tossed the second fish. II was the
same way with all he caught. Each
one seemed to beg 10 bo put back,
and the bunny kindly did so.
At last it was time TO 60 home,
and Uncle Wiggily, though he had
caught many fish, hadn I one to
take home, and il was Friday.
"But l know what ! can do!
chuckled the bunny. "tll 90 to
the five aud ten cent store and buy
a can of sardines. They re fish,
even if I didn t catch them myself.
And when he gave his wife and
Nurse Jane The can or sardincs how
the animal ladies' laughcdl And so
did Uncle Wiggily when Jingle and
Janglc told him the trick they had
played. But Mr.. Longcars didn Z
care, for he had been kind to the
fish. And the sardines were very
tastY, made up into pic with ap-
PIC sauce trimming.
So if the tongue Of the lace shoe
will tcll what the eye Of the ncedlc
secs when il pceks through the but
ton hole, III tell YOU next about
Uncle Wiggily and the honeysucklc.