Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-17
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD &. GARIS
Copyright, 1926. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY S SCOTCH HOP

Jingle and Jangle, Tinglc and
Tangle and Scooter and Tooter, six
Of Uncle Wiggily's s little rabbit chill
dren, were making queer chalk
marks on the sidewalk in trout of
tine rabbit gentleman S hollow stump
bungalow one day
''What S the mattcr?' asked Mr..
Longears as he came out with his
pink, twinkling nose, which he was
going to take adventuring with
him.
Nothing is the mattcr-why?"
asked Jingle.
! :" You are making so many chalk
marks on the sidewalk, went on
the rabbit gentleman. Is il that
the Hollow Stump school has burned
down, and has the Lady Mouse
Teacher told YOU to use the side
walks for blackboards; is it -
"Oh, no daddycums.' laughed
JangIe = It ism I.
"Schoo} is out for today, cried
Scooter, who, like his brother Tootcr
vas boy rabbit, Tingle and Tan
gle, like Jingle and Tangle, being
girls.
And We re going to play the
game of hop SCOTCH said Tanele.
"Oh. tina IS all right-if it $ only
a game, said Uncle Wiggily. II
was afraid the school had burned. =
He was about to hop along to go
find an adventure when. all of
sudden, Jingle came running after
her father.
'.Oh, Daddycums, come back, will
you please begged the little rab-
bit girl.
..Do YOU want me to watch you
children play that hop Scotch
game asked Mr.. Longears. /
haven't time for that, my dear!
lie started to hep along, but Jingle
caught his coat tails.
"Oh, Daddycums! she cried, If
vou don I come back and watch,
scooter aHd Tooter Won t play the
game fair. Those boys viii take two
Jumps to our one and they Il say
they have beat. and thevHl be hor-
rid Can't ynu stay just Il little
while ard watch Scooter and Toot-
er don : mcan - cheat, but they
set SO excited they jump wrong and
they won't go back when we tel
them t., and j; gets all mixed up.
Al! light. Il 60 back and hoP
= littlc Scotch myself. :
1t isu / Scotch hop. It ) hop
Scotch. corrected Jingle.
1T is much the same, said Tn
,.e Wiggily. u think I remember
how 10 play Il. And when he
got back to the place where the
squares were marked with chalk OH
the sidewalk Mr.. I.ongcars hoppei
first in one and then in another.
'.There won the game, he said.
..Oh, no, Daddycums! cried jim
gle. You skipped two places, and
YOU have to 20 back and do It all
over again.
, Never mind, laughed the bum
ny gentleman. IN do my Scotch
, hopping little later. Now ! II sit
here and watch vou play. So as
long as he sat there in the shade of
tree and watched the rabbit
children jump Scooter and Tooter
played the game fairly with their
sisters.
Aud then, all of a sudden, up the
street came the Skillcry Scallcry Al
/ ligator with the double iointed tail.
, lie Saw Uncle Wiggily half asleep,
, doing in the sun, and the bad chap
started 70 crawl along the sidewalk
o get the bunny. The Gator walked
over the chalk marks, and he was
almost up to Uncle Wiggily, who
had his eyes shut, when, suddenly,
! Jingle hoped hravely in front Of
the bad chap and cried;
You can I bite my Daddicums.
Why not asked the Gator,
without 20 much rs whispering
please. -
"Becausc you walked in the
wrong squares Of the hop Scotch
game.' cried the little rabbit girl.
- You didn t step in number six, or
lumber eight. Now you got to 90
/ l4@k At the beginning and 90 all