Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-03
at YOU!

ScAO3I 10 tease me INTO taking them
aut to look for more Christmas
trees.
Uncle Niggilr hoped t. the
| woods and. finding = smooth, mossy
log on which to rest himself. he sat
! 3oYr under an oak tree, as it hap
! pened. hope YOU children know
/ what grows on an oak tree besides
| caves and bark, or else YOU may
| not understand what is soon going
. happen. But l think You will.
Anyhow, Uncle Wiggily sat him.
| self down upon the log. and. all Of
d sudden he saw Jennie Chipmunk,
/ the little striped creature who was
2 distant cousin to Johnnie and
Billy Bushytail, the squirrels. Jen-
ME was scampering UP the side of
| the oak tree.
Hello, Jennie" called Uncle
! Wiggily.
"Hello, Uncle Wiggily,"l an
wered the striped chipmunk girl,
nut she did not stop.
All Of sudden, a littIe while
| f.er th"t. e.mcthi~o fon nth
bounce down out Of the tree, and
ruck tncil WIggl!y on his head,
| = cn lis ''paIc as Chicken Licken
would sly when she went out, as
vou have read in thn story. He
thought the sky had fallen.
',Dcar mo!" exclaimed the rab-
| bit. Il wonder what = dropDiu"
'oun on mc!' Hardly had he spok
n when i loc more things fell, and
ftor they had bounced off Unc'c
! Wiggi'y's head and his pink nose,
Q look-d 70 the ground where they
al landed s-1 saw-ycs, you have
guessed il. acorns \ lot Of acorns
eli If the oal rec.
Down they ci- tered, banging the
-ab5.t gentlcla. in many places
nd y" saw . 0pia Chinm"nf-
scampc-ing around in the branches
NJ Uncle Wigai. cried:
jennie m surprised at
! you!"
nEprised at me- chartered the
chipmunk. Why So
Pclting me with acorns in this
way went on bunny. You have
hurt MY pink nose very much.
Oh, Uncle Wiggily, l didn t d.
/ at ALI" said Jennie. ~ am
being Pelted up here where am
much as YOU are down where you
are. You see this oak tree kept
! - ar""ns very late ihis year, 5nr
! 1ow "ith the warm dar after the
-o'd frost last night, and with the
/ '-.ad - - th"0' thr ar~~"' ~~.s
falling Really I'm not dropping
YOU viii see that thcyIl fall just
! Ae same.
Surely enough, whor Jennie sat
Lcside the bunny gentleman on the
log, the acorhs were bloHn down
4uo pc.tcd them bo,n. 50 Tnrlc
! Wiggily know Jennie hada't done i
aud h- asked hey forgiveness for
thinking sir had surprised him.
Thcn Jennie scampcred home, TAX.
! ing few acorns with her to make
d cake, leaving Cnclc Wiggily alone
on thc log. And as he sat there
along cono the Bob Cat with his
silly littlc tail.
la, havn surprised you,
haven I ~" snar'cd tltr bad chap,
ls be sat c!osc beside the bunny 50
hr couldn I get away.
" Yes, this is twice have been
gurpriacd today, answered Mr..
Longcars, bat he didn I tell what
he first surprise was. Then, all Of
- sudden. ~Hen the Bob Cat was
going to nibblc the bunny. some
arorns fen down and peltcd the bad
chap hard upon his head
Who is daiag that2t' be sHarlrd
lcohiag up into the tree. But he
rou;d gee no one, for no one was
thcr" And more acorns fell, bang
iag thr l'ob Cat in his eye, 50 h"
erar'rd. "Wcll, IN fix you al
rglt in climb rp thcfo and
s"ratch you, and then ~ c0mf
desya and nibblr Tprlc &iggi'y;
80 tie Bob Cat climbed up into The
oak tree thinking he could scratch
nhoeycr was peIting him witt
aeoIns, bot he couldn't scratch the
wind; could he2 And, no sooner did
she Bob Cat Climb up into the tree
t'.an I'nelo Wiggily raR hOm". AHa
NrheD the Bob Cat canic dowa le VA
greatly SURPRISED, And if the auto
mobile dop5nt start turning soincy