Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-16
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD &. GARIS
Copyright, 1926. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND BILLIE
MARK

Once upon time Uncle WiggiiN
started to hop to the store to gct d
pound of butter for Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzv. The muskrat lady
housekeeper wanted to make Il cake
SO Mrs. Cnclc Wiggily LongearS
could give piece to each of the lit.
IT,, bunnies who lived in the hollow
stump bungalow with the rabbit
sent leman. whose pink nose
twmkled like star on top of Il
Christmas tret.
J II M glad to go to the store for
YOU, Nurse Jane. said the bunny
aS he hoped off the front steps.
Besides getting the butter | may
get myself an adventure, and love
adventures.
Il hope you find a jelly one,
squcaked Miss Fussv Wuzzy politely.
But though he looked on every side
Of the path as he hoppcd along
through the woods on his way to the
store. Uncle Wiggily found no adven-
turc. He looked so sad when he
bought the butter that Mr.. Twisty-
tail, the fat pig gentleman who kept
the grocery, gruntcd:
"What $ the matter
Il couldn t find an adventure,
sighed the rabbit gentleman. But on
his way home with the cakc-l beg
! YOUR pardon, | mean the butter 10
make the cakc-all of sudden In
/ Gle Wiggilv heard a voice calling:
Come on. Come or. Come on.
"Ho, | wonder if they want nc
to come on?' asked the rabbit OF
himself. And if they do where do
! tlcv want me TO come! And, what Is
more, who is If wants ne. Perhaps
/ d better not go,' For he happen
| ed to think it might be one of the
bad chaps trying to play a trick.
| But again the v0icc called:
Come on! Oh, please come on or
YOU II get bad mark.
Then Uncle Wiggilv SAW Johnnie
Bushvtail, the squirrel boy, scampcr-
ing along under the trees. Every
ROW and again Johnnie would turn
around, look back ad call:
"Com on. Come on. If you don I
you II get black mark.
What ; the matter, Johnnie =?
asked Uncle Wiggilv.
"Oh. its my brother Billie,
ohattcrcd the little squirrel chap,
Jerking his tail from side to side.
He and started out for the woods
early this morning with our sled. to
see if we could find last little bit
OF snow for ii ride. Out IN the open
| the snow is melted, but we thought
we might find some in the woods
where it is cool and shadyl
did you find any snow? asked
the rabbit gentleman.
NO" Johnnie shook his head.
I'VE looked all over, until it was
almost time to run on TO school so we
wouldn I be late. But Billie said
he would climb a tall tree and maybe
from the top of that, he could sce il
place where there was snow. 50 he
climbed up, but he wouldn I come
down again, and now he's up there
and he II get a black mark for being
late to school. =
do YOU mean Billie can t get
down out Of the tree asked MI.
Longcars.
''Oh he could get down if he want
ed to, - answered Johnnie. But he
Goesn I want TO. He couldn I SEE
any SNOW, but he called to NE that
he found nice place TO lie down ana
get warm in the sun, and r. says
he doesn I care if he IS late to
school,'
MY goodness. never heard Of
such a thing cried the rabbit.
" You hurry along to school, Johnni"
30 YOU won I get "a bad marx and II
hop to where Billie is and see if |
can make him 20 to school 50 hc
on yet bad mark
Uncle Wiggilv quickly reached the
tree where Billie was summing
Come down this instant and 20 to-
school. cried the rabbit.
"Oh, what 5 the use now asked
Billie. - II be late anyhow and get