Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-21
'Ijolly well like, It.
Sror7od thn Gentleman Aoa:

asked Mr.. LoRgc3rS III surprise.
"Aud who are yoU. anyhow l
don + remember to have seen fiv
ing in the woods any bird exactly
/ like you
u. am the cuckoo bird, from
/ the clock of NJ. Stubtail, the gen
/ tlcman bear sang the funny bird,
land l have flown away. >
! MY goodness. sake! You have
! flown away cried the bunny.
eyes, =" answered the clock cuckoo
Il became tired Of staying shut
up in little box at the top of
/ Mr.. Stubtail's ; clock. And every
! time the hour struck had 10 stick
NY head out cf the little door and
cry "Cuck-oo! rs MANY times rs
( il was o clock. So this morning,
when Nh Stubtail WASH t looking,
L flew out, and here l am.
"Oh. but dear me Look here,
/ You shouidn : have done that, you
/ KNOW said Uncle WiggiIy, eX-
cited like Why, how : NY
friend Mr.. Stub;ail going 70 tel the
/ time? The bell will ring, l know,
but If YOU aren I there TO call
cuckoo . he win think his clock
is broken and it viii make him
sad -
Il never thought Of that, " spoke
the bird. II IN sorry | flew away.
But l wanted to have an adyen-
tUre.
/ "Well, lets pretend that you
have lad one, said Uncle Wig
/ gily. smiling. ''You had better
fly back. Let 5 see. when did you
/ leave?'
/ II left just after I called 'cuck-
90 eight times. :
"Well it will be Q o clock in !
few minutes, " said Uncle Wiggily,
looking at his wrist watch!s - You
have time to fly back, take your
place in the little hole AZ the top
OF the clock and cry the hour when
it strikes. Come-hurry.
The cuckoo started to soar back,
but suddenly an acorn fell from the
oak tree, striking the bird On lis
left wing, and bruising it 50 that
it could not fly.
ooh. dear! Oh. dear" sighed
the cuckoo. Vow I cant get
back in time, and Mr. Stubtail viii
miss ne and think his clock IS
=. broken. What shall | do"
"If ! were only little enough,
would take your place in the clock
and call cuckoo for YOU" Of
+ felcd the bunny. ''But ! wouldn t
fit in the small box. "Oh, what
shall we do?"
"ChcN-up! Chcer-up, Chccr-up."
suddcaly sang Il voice. ''Let me
take the cuckoo's place, " and down
flew bird with red breast.
"Oh, Mr.. Robin!' cried Uncle
/ Wiggiy. DO you think YOU could
bc "a clock bird for Il while, until
the cuckoo S wing heals!'
~ IN suTa ] can" said Robin
Red Breast. - am little larger
than the cuckoo, but / think l can
squeeze into the clock"
"Then please fly to Mr. Stub,
tails house and call out the hour
. Of g." begged the cuckoo. So
while Uncle Wiggily took the in
iured clock bird into his bungalow
TO put some saivc on the sore wing,
the robin flew TO the gentleman
bears house and squeezed himself
inside the little box at the top of
the clock just as he did SO the
hour struck and Mr.. Stubtail was
much surprised when insteaI Of
"Ding he heard ding
chccr-up,"
"But I jolly well like it," grow
led the gentleman bear, trying to
pretend he was English. g 'You
are quite top hole, old chappic
Cheerio!" And the robin told off
the hours with his cheerful song
until the cuckoo S wing was better.
Then the regular clock bird took his
own place again.
81 have had enough Of advcn-
turcs, he said. 30 that is why
he never more flew away, and 10
this day, in cuckoo clocks, you viii
find the bird fastened in, 50 he can
not get out.
at all happened fer tho best, :"
laughed the bunny gentleman. And
IL the gingcrsuap doesn't try to
ride on the clothes horse TO see the
foot Of the stairs kick the base
bail, II tell you next about Tn
ole Wigglly and the Indian tur-
nip