Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-11
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD e. GARI4
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE wIGGItY's PAPER OF
PINS

Janc'" called Uncle Wiggily from
the bath room where he was shay
ing and getting himself up to look
stylish, so he could take his musk
rat lady housekeeper to the NOV
ing pictures.
"Oh, / IN afraid I can t go!n
squeaked Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy.
"Why not?' asked the bunny
gentleman, and he was so surpris.
I ed that be almost cut his pink,
( twinkling nose.
81 can't get ready in time"
was Nurse Jane S reply. "a lot
of buttons just came off my rose
silk blue dress, and l haven't time
to sew them on. -
"Use pins!" advised Uncle Wig
gily with laugh. ''That' what
1 do when / lose my buttons -
But | have no pins" sighed
/ the muskrat lady. "There isn't a
pin in the bungalow. Mrs. Twis-
/ tytail, the lady pig, is making a
now bedquilt to wear to Aunt Let
( tie s party, and she sent over yes
tcrday and borrowed every pin in
3 tHt pidCS Id III Onc.
"Then III hop to the three and
four cent store and buy paper of
| pins said Uncle Wiggily, kindly.
IL be back in time for yon to
, got ready to go to the movies. The
March wind is blowing very hard,
and it will almost blow me do the
store.
''Yes, but you will have hard
work coming back against the
wind,' said Nurse Jane.
Perhaps the wind may turn and
blow the other way when 1 am
coming back with the paper of
pins, spoke the bunny. ~ think
+ it will. -
Quickly he finished shaving and
then he started to hop to the store
to get the paper of pins. As he
had said, the wind was blowing We
ry strong, and it really helped him
on his way. For he needed but to
take one hop when the wind would
blow him two hops farther.
"I'm going along likc sail
boat!'' > cried the bunny, and almost
( before he knew it, he was at the
store and had bought the paper of
pins. I'm wait while and see
If the wind will change he said. |
IF it should turn, and blow to-
ward my bungalow, SO much the
better.
Truly enough, in a few minutes
the wind changed directions, as it
often does in March, and once more
it was at the bunny rabbit S back
as he hopped along.
81 can hurry back with the pins
and Nurse Jane can fastcn her dress
without waiting to sew the but
tons on" thought Mr.. Longears.
"Thcn We'll 90 TO the movies"
But his happy thoughts were sud
denly turned to sadness when AN
extra strong puff of wind blew the
paper of pms from his paw.
.'Hi there! Hold on, if you please,
Mr.. Wind!" cried the rabbit.
"Come back, if you please, with
my paper of pins.' But the wind
only blew the harder, flapping open
the paper of pins and carrying il
along like kite. Uncle Wiggily
hoped as fast as he could, but the
paper of pins kept just ahead of
him.
All of sudden, farther along
the woodland path on which the
bunny was hopping, he saw the
Woozie Wolf. The Wolf looked up
and saw the paper of pins blowing
along, though he didn't know what
it was, and he saw Uncle Wiggily
chasing them.
"Ha. That must be something
good to eat, or Uncle Wiggily
wouldn't run after it so fast!"
howled the Wolf. "I'll grab it as
it comes along and eat it, and
then III nibble Uncle Wiggily s.
ears" SO the Wolf jumped up, as
the paper of pins sailed over his
head, and caught them in his paws
But the pins stuck out and prickcd
him very hard.
"Oh, wow!" howlcd the bad
chap turning and running away.
THAT must be lot of prickly
pears the rabbit is chasing. l don I
want to cat them. My paws are
full of stickcrs now!" And when
the Wolf ran away the wind stop
ped blowing long enough for the
bunny to pick up the paper of pins
and hop with them to the bungalow
to fasten Nurse James dress.
So they got to the movies Just
in time and saw a jolly show. And
if the lollypop doesn' It try to stand
on its head and fall off the stick,
next you shall hear about Uncle
Wiggily's snow flowers.