Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-22

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What Is it?cried the others.
"Oh, don I YOU wish Christmas
wyula hurry and come
''Surc! cried the other three
animal chaps. tnd thcr Billie said;
I've been very good al this
week, and I've been trying 10 do 4
kind at every time I could, like the
Boy Scouts
"S, 1a.e !' sal, a., thr o.ncr5,
licking very sweet "ud 'lno.en., as
III Tady Mouse Teacher IN the
Hollow Stump school might have
said;
"Oplv. went ca B lie, 4
hae.u' found any kind act 70 do
s,@r., nd maybe Il turn bad. Or
something, and maybe [ won / get
nnr Christmas presents. OH, dear
I'll, 'hoaght was so distressing
-. =. achcr squirrel clap let his
tai dgscp on the ground AID Jackie
ami Poetic had fhejr tails brt"lcn
Their legs.
Thea all of sudden, Poetic
barked:
4 know how Sc III caa do some
ding good now, and It viii count
10 eeea Of Us
How:" cried the others. "What
: it3 Tell u,
..Weli." wen: On Poetic. - heard
Uncle Buttpr. the goat. ask Uncle
Wiggi,T Yesterday. if The bunny gen-
tIemau was going to hang up his
stockings for Santa Claus to FIJI.
and Uncle WigcilI- said lie had no
stocAIu.s to nahs -t..
.'Oh. Oh On cr..d the others
How tcrriblc''
$50 ] f-as ti..E.a-, went Of
Poetic. that maybe We couid make
Tnr'e Wicgilv q big pair of stock
irgs that he could hang Up for Christ
mas.
"Ch, but we don't know how 60
knit the stockings, - objected Jackie.
x But the SQUIRRELS caa gn1w saIne
bark of a white birch tree. - went
on Poetic. "If the Indians used 80
make canoes out Of birch bark, |
/ don 7 see why We cou.du T make
Uncle WiggiIy a pair Of stockings
Gu Of j.
"Whv. IL course VIC can, chat
tered Johnnie, after thinking i
over.
And We Ii make the stockings
extra big 50 a lot of presents wil!
/ fit in them. added Billie.
No sooner sa | than done, The
squirrels gnawcd and pulled big
rier"s of the beautiful bark from 4
lazpr birch tree This tLcy fashioned
! rather roughly. of course, into "a pair
! cf stockings, fastening the cdgcs 20
gf;hcr w''h somc chewing gum
which rectic haprcucd to have in
his pockets. Had it been Summer.
N warm weather. the animal bows
could have used pum from the
spruce. hcml0ck and pine trees TO
. fae'an the bark nd9cs tocethcr With.
as tic Indians fastened their canoes
or. rather as they covered tErir
seams v Il after sewing Tho barb
coens
Noa.. there's fire ra.s of bark
stockings for Cnclc Wigg.Ir. harkcd
Jackie. when the wcro finished
ADd theu. al Of . ,uddon tLe." va
r ru.,liug of the hushcs @H5 nectie
holfr4:
..The Bob Cat is com'ag.''
aUiH. .- Tprlr Wiagi,r'- = Chris;
NOS st9ci,iHgs," chatt"rrd Johnnie
Into one stocking iumD"d In,
isar.rrr.s. AVID into the other the dog
aHd there they crou"he.. Il fear AND
trembling. But. al Of q sudden &
ioliv yo.cc Laughed and said.
" NJ. HAat big stocking, | woa
Ter whose tLcy arc'
"Ihcy re yorrs, Uncle Wiggily
Yours" barkcI Jackie. iHnphtg our
AID fhcist ti,r others ieaped out als'
fnr II was The rabbit gentleman
vim lad ruotjrd the busio- rs h.
hcpItd through. 1hcre Hrs 10 -
CT.
Cb ibauf q"u very much for th'
ark s'octilg-. said the rabbi" !
,.as good of yon - make them 70
m". IN hang thun rP Christina
Err."
s. he Httic chaJa dld 'aeir poo'
.,,d e ,bc day. And # the golf bal
ilesu't thiAh it'a q Djuiic ana fl
'ocr the cuckoo 3 neat IN Tie cIoc'
~ tel Won iomOrro# ab0u. Cncl
Higg % Clui stmao chimney.
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Keeping on the hop may be- gon'
adv r.. but consider The flea; ia
flea soob goes 10 the dogs.