Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-03
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARTS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGLY AND THE
JUNE BUG

little rabbit boys who had come K
Uncle Wiggily with his new wife
were hopping along beside The
brook before school one morning
when they heard strange buzzins
splashing noise in the water.
"What' S that9" asked Nippel
of brother,
ats big June Bug who ha,
fallen into the brook" answered
Skipper.
Let s throw stones at him and
splash him more!' said Nipper.
"0h, no, we don't want to hurt
the poor bug, replied Skipper
Our new daddy, Uncle Wiggily
wouldn I want us to do that. Let S
lift him out of the water and take
him back TO the hollow stump bun.
galow. Wei have him in daddy S
room, and when his wings get dry
be IL buzz around. And if Daddy
Wiggilv goes to sleep the June
Bug will buzz on his pink, twink
link nose, tickle him and wake him
up. -
"Oh, that s great cried Nipper
1--WE II play trick on Daddy Wig
/ gily instead of the June Bug SO
/ those two misehievous little rabbit
boys lifted the wet June Bug out
of the brook on the end of stick
/ and carried him to the bungalow
home. On the way Nipper said:
j cit would be good trick TO take
the June Bug to school, put him
in a little box and hand it to Lady
Mouse Teacher. She d be surpris-
ed when she opened the box and the
bug flew out in her face.
Yes, = admitted skipper, slowly.
that would be good trick. But |
think the one of letting the Bug
buzz on Daddy Wiggily S nose will
be just as good. -
"Yes, | guess it will,' ehuckled
Nipper. And the June Bug, who
was slowly drying out as those lit,
tie rabbit boys c3rried him in the
sun on the end of the stiek-that
June Bug thought to himself.
'What misehievious little tvkcs
these boys are, l wish l could play
a trick on them. And, if they only
knew it, Uncle Wiggily is a friend
of mine, and l certainly won I play
any tricks on them. =
But Skipper and Nipper don't
know what the June Bug thought
as they put him in the room where
Uncle Wiggily always sat for
while to read the paper and take a
-.
er breakfast, TO have an adventure.
Putting the damp June Bug on the
window sill in the sun where his
wings would dry. Skipper anl Nip
per hid in the weeds 10 watch what
would happen. Uncle Wiggily was
asleep in his easy chair.
"Wait until the Bug buzzes over
and lands on his pink nose." whis-
pered skipper, "then Wei see
some fun,''
eve sure will" laughed Nip
per.
However just as the Bugs wings
dried so he could fly, the school bell
rang. and Skipper and Nipper had
to run so they wouldn t be late.
but well hear about our joke
when we come home,i - said the two
little tykes. As it happened the
Bug didn buzz over the light on
Uncle Wiggily's nose. The Bug sat
at the window sill in the sun, and
when the rabbit gentleman awaken
ed and saw him, the Bug told all
that had happened.
$50 Skipper and Nippcr wanted
you to play a trick on me, did
they" ehucklcd Mr.. Longears.
"Wcll, maybe tonight we II have a
chance to play trick on them
That night when Skipper and
Nipper had gone to bed. wondering
why Uncle Wiggily had said moth
ing of tho Bug on his nose-that
night it was very hot. 1t was al
most as hot as tho Fourth of July,
Skipper and Nipper couldn t sleep.
~ wish We had an electric fan
to cool US, " sighed Skipper.
~ have something as good as
fan - cried Uncle Wiggily. "Come
in, June Bug, Buzz your wings and
make cool breeze for skipper and
Nipper.''
"Oh. Is the-now-is the June
'Bug here'" criod Skipper, as Nip
per hid under the bed clothes.
"Of course he is" laughed I'm
elc Wiggily. 81 asked him to stay
and visit me. But you don t need
to be afraid that he will pinch your
nose. lie is kind June Bug and
will only make you coi." So
the June Bug perchcd on the win
dow s;ll of the room where Skip
per and Nippcr were in bed. The
Bug buzzed his big wings and made
breeze like an electric fan and
soon the two little rabbits were cool
enough to 60 to sleep. And they
dreamed a June Bug, as large as
an elephant, was riding them on his
his back.
But if the coal man doesn't give
the white horse a black mark for not
eating up all his oatmeal, III tell