Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-07

! standing near 4 low bush, looking
at something.
"WAat is it, chiIdrcn!' asked
Nv. Lougears. What IS it thas YOU
both want
Its fan, answered Weezie.
1t 5 beautiful fan, Daddr, ums,
AMI | ought have it, since t'm a
gin.
II But it : q aouoic fan, ex,laia-
cd Wizzie lit has two parts 10
il and they keep moving up and
down and could have one pa7 and
Wcezie the other, think.
Let NE look, suggested l'ucla
WIggily, and when he ha5 peered
at the bush where the two hrt'c
rabbits taI been looking. Mr.. long
clr> laughed aad twinklej IL pink
lose Il. IL said:
"Tfa; isn t a fan, It's eeau-t.
tuj butterfly. though he two- .e.pg>.
moving Hp and down so look ike "a
double fan. must say. But j, is -
NgaHvr Ia mc that Jhc butterfly
div e.. 4Iit-c. a".v whe~ rca H.
gel at it So closely aud talked So
loudly.
Marbe is sick and cant :.v, "
sv-Ie. el Niez.r.
Perhaps. agrtcd Mr. Lou4ear,.
1871 when he lookcl hr >aw HAT
though tie butterfly was NOT sick.
sJid il va- IN trouble. The bean.
,irat creature had lighted on the
bush to put r., Ions. curied black
tongue down into % deep hoheysuck-
lc flower to sip the sweet Juice.
Vow the sweet juice Of the hcnev-
surklc Is rather sticky. and little
OF it had gotten on one Of the but
toflv's legs. 50 that it was stuck
fast to the bush and could not get
loose t. flv away.
"Oh. the poor thing. murmurcd
Wrczie when Uncle Wigg.iy had told
hcv wh&, tine trouble was.
''Couldu + YOU take my knife and
cW the ,t..kv part of the bush away
a, The butterfly could G"t loose
asked Wizzic.
II m afraid might hurt the poor
creature, said the bunny gentle
l.an. "'W-hat had better do is to
ru. q little drop OF water from the
brook on the sticky place. The drop
cf water viii be warmed by the sun
a'a viii utlt We sticky houcr and
'rc' The bGttarfI- ran gull its leg
Iou-,.
"Oh. p!rasc 90 that begged the
l.lttcrf.v who wa. sio-9ly moving
IT,. beautiful golden, red and black
wigs NJ. and down. "P.raSo do! ''
With the end of twig Uncle
Wigg.,y pit drop Of water where
ii would melt tAe stiehr horcY and
ip u Ilttlr wLilc the butterfly was
free. But before flriuG AWAY it
whispered:
"'1'hank you, Uncle N.Ssilr. and
v,.. too. rabbit children. Some
timc perhaps 1 can do you kind
mess.
Well Wcczic and Wizzic thought
butterfly could never do anything
for them, but It oalv goes to show
tlJf YOU never can ifI Fiidt 10 ~
il" 20 h1ppcn in this world.
For the very next day, when
Wcezip and Wizzie were playing
down BY the brook, the butterfly
flew down thcrc. It, WAS very hot
ard Weczic's rag doll had little
fever from the sun. But the butter
fly pcrchcd ON a twiG near where
the rag doll Was lying ON thc ground
Ana with its wings the butterfly
n,adc such . cool breeze that Wee
zic's doll was cured Of a fever.
And Wiizzie was trying to SAL
'little toy, boat on the brook, but
tLcrc WAS 10 wind to blow the sails.
So the butterfly flew near the boa'
are fluttercd It's beautiful wings
rati. it mado little gale o. wind
anil Wizzie s boat sailed over the
water.
Oh, thank you so much. butter
flv.'' called the rabbit children.
Ana tho bunny gentleman twinkled
his pink nose as he watched them.
So II the gas stove doesn't try to
ruI out on the front porch when ~
ought to stay in the kitchen and
boil the potatoes II tel you next
aboa. Cucic Wiggiiy and the goid
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