Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-23
| Bedtime Stories
UNCLE WIGGILY'S LATE FIRE
CRACKERS
BY HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate

Come mere! come mere, qOickl
whispered the Fuzzy Fox to the
Woozie Wolf, who was visiting the
FOX in his den one day. .HCome
here, my friend, and listen to this
talk
The fox happened to be at the
telephone as he spoke thus, There
WAS a shining light in his eyes and
his open mouth showed his SHARP
teeth as he listened at the telc
phone.
"sWhat was it you heard2' asked
the Wolf as he shuffled across the
stone floor in the den of the fox.
"'The telephone wires were
crossed like crossword puzzle,
went on the fox in a whisper. al
was calling up the Bob Cat to find
out if he had any luck catching that
rabbit, when, all ut once, / heard
Uncle Wiggilv himself speaking in.
to my ear by the telephone. y
"Do you mean he is in the Bob
Cats den?'F asked the wolf.
No, = answered the Fox. "'The
wires were crossed, | tell you. Uncle
Wiggily, in his hollow stump bun
gaiow was talking to Uncle Butl0r
the goat, who was i'll his own house.
Eut | heard every word they said.
Here, you listen.
The wolf listened at the fox 5
telephone.
All l heard was Uncle Wiggly
and Uncle Butter telling each other
gcodby,' said the wolf, as he hung
up the telephone receiver.
All, vesl But before that. |
heard Uncle Wiggily say he would
gor over to Uncle Butter S tonight
and play Scotch checkers with him
said the fox. ''Uncle Wiggily said
he could stay late because his wife
had gone away and Nurse Janc did
not care when'he came in.
"Well what of it?' asked the
wolf.
"This," went ON the fox. .'Un-
Gle Wiggily will be coming home
late through the woods. We can
hide beside the path, jump out at
hint and nibble his ears before he
knows it. BY listening to the
crossed wires l found out a way to
catch that rabbit. Will you help y
The wolf said he would. So the
two bad chaps. late that night, hid
themselves beside the path along
which Uncle Wiggilv must hop to
ge5 TO his hollow stump bungalow.
Here he eomes.' suddenly
whispered the fox.
Yes; | see him, whispered the
wolf. as the moon cleaned out from
behind the clouds. Then, as the bun
NJ gentleman came near them, the
I've bad chaps leaped from their
hiding places and stepped across
the path.
Haiti growled the fox.
"Desist from that hopping and
come to position of equilibrium.
snarled the wolf. who liked TO use
big, cross words.
..oh.' gasped Uncle Wiggily, and
again, as the moon showed him who
had stopped him. he cried, "Oh!'
We have caught you, as you
can easily guess!" chuckled the
wolf.
I'VE heard over the telephone, all
about how you were coming home
late, my dear sir!'' laughed the
fox.
Dear me! This is very sad and
surprising. spoke the bunny
=" Would you allow me to strike u
match and look at my watch ?" he
asked, humbly and politely.
'.What for?'' the wolf wanted to
know, suspicious like.
Il want to see how late it is, /"
sad the bunny. "Plcasc let me
strike u match and look at my
watch. "
No harm in that, barked the
fox ''Go ahead, and then we II take
you away, late or early"
Uncle Wiggily struck at match,
bot instead of looking at his watch
he lighted the powder string If a
late fireeraeker he had found in his
pocket where it had been since the
Fourth Of July. The bunny had dis
csrcrcd the firocrackcr while at
Uncle Butter 5.
" Fizz.' went the powder string.
"Take that" cried Uncle Wiggily
as he hurled the late firccracker at
tie bad chaps.
Bang!" it went, and the fox and
wolf tucked their tails between their
legs and howled as they ran off
through the darkness, crying:
ave 70 shot. We re shot.
" Ila! IIa!" laughed the rabbit
gentleman rs he hoped on nome.
II ) good thing found that late
firccrackcr. y And / think so myself.
Anyhow 'he bootblack doesn / put
yellow paint on the pussy cat 's
slocs and make them look likl fried
eggs, III tell you uext about Uncle
Miggily S rheumatism cruteh.