Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-16
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright. 1928. by McClufs
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
SNOW MARKS

During the night, after Uncle
Wisgilv had reached hole at his
hollow stump bungalow, Jack ~fost,
sent down TO earth, from the gray
clouds floating above IT. many wh'tc
snow flakes. They siftcd down to
thc ground aud covered II from
| SIGHT. The snow was over the brown
earth, the green grass and the dried
! leaves.
"Oh. hurray,' cried Scooter. one
of Uncle Wiggily's little rabbit
bows. AS he awakened carly and look
cd from, the window. " Hurray' 1t s
showing and I m going to get out
nv sled and have coast before
school, -
$50 am T." shouted Tooter And
then. true to his name, Scooter
scoeted out of doors, hardly wait
, ing 10 dress himself. And Tootcr.
true to his name, went footing
around like Il locomotive until he
found his sled. Soon the two little
rabbits were having great fun ON
a little hill behind the hollow stump
bungalow.
Al of sndden Scooter, who had
coastcd down the hill much farther
than he had vet gone, jumped off
his sled and cried to his brother:
look at these funny SNOW
marksn
What do YOU mean by snow
marks'' asked Tootcr, hopping to
where Scooter stood.
II mean marks in the snow.
wcut oil Scooter. Look, somebody
has been walking along there. |
guess il must have been Jackie and
Poetic Bow Wow. They got NJ car
Iier than we did and they re over
that way and Scooter pointed in
the direction taken by the snow
marks.
Let s follow after them and see
what they doing suggested
Tooter.
"All right agreed his brother,
I'VE II have time before school. But
maybe we d better go call Daddy
Gums Uncle Wig-'ly. He might like
TO look al the sn9w marks. y
''That's what W. ii do, sal
Tooter. 50 ia:o Tie bungalow they
hopped Just as Mr.. Lougcars was
coming downstairs II breakfast.
My, but you boys were up car
ly," cried the old bunny gentle
man. "Wcll, that's what l like to
sect
"'Well YOU ought TO come out and
see what we,s saw cried Tootct.
Snow niarks." added Scooter
"They re marks made in the snow
by the paws of Jackie and Peetie
Bow Wow, our dog friends. We're
going to follow the marks and find
Jackie and Poetic and have fun
And we invite you TO come with
us, spoke Tootcr politely.
Are YOU sure those marks in the
SHOW are the prints of the paws of
Jackie and Pccctic:' asked Uncle
Wiggily, twinkling his pink nose.
'Oh. yes, of course"' said Tooter.
"Wcll, all right, then III come
with YOU said Uncle WiggiIv.
without waiting for his break
fast, the rabbit gentleman hoped
out Of doors with the two little bun
mics. They pointed out the snow
marks and began TO follow the, Tn.
Gle Wiggily hopping slowly behind,
Then suddenly Tooter cried: u
see tail waving over the hill near
where the snow marks lead. | guess
il s Jacket
But Scooter gave another look
and cried: ''Oh, no, that ;sn'
Jackie or Peetie, It's the Fuzzy
Fox whose tail you see, Tootcr, Oh,
We must run back home, -
Yes, indeed, yOu must hop as
fast as you can!' cried Uncle Wig
gily. ''For that is the Fox. | knew
ii was he who bad made the marks
in the snow, but | wanted you to
find out for yourselves that the
marks were not Of the paws of
Jackie or Peetie. Dog tracks are
very like the tracks of a Fox, but
YOU must learn to tell the differ
cncc. or you may make a Christmas
dinner for Mr.. Fox.
It was well that the little bun.