Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-07
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD B. GARIs
Copyright, 1926. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND ARA
BELLA S EGG

/ Uncle Wiggily was all ready to go
/ adventuring one morning, and was
standing ON the steps of his hollow
stump bungalow, when along came
J q rowing Charlie Chick, the rooster
/ boy.
| Cock,a-doodle do" cried Chat
| lie. ooh. YOU ought 10 see, Uncic
/ Wigsily, 1t : just WONDERFUL
what is wonderfully asked tn"
rabbit gentleman. twinklng his pink
lose. "Do you mean the weather
/ or surcly this is a beautiful day. -
No. its Ayabclla-nN sister,
,rowcd Charlie. "She has just laid
Lcr first egg, She wants YOU to come
and see it,
"Ob. surely viii DO that : said
Mr. LongrarS. "Going advcnturing
is very important for me, of course
hut seeing Arabella ) first egg is
even more 50. Run along, Charlie
III be right over to your coop
Uncle Wiggily paused long
enough to tell the good news TO his
wife and Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzv,
and then away he hoppcd over the
fields and through the woods 10 the
chicken coop housc.
"Arabclla must feel vcrE proud.
said Uncle Wiggily to himself. The
first egg. laid by a little hen girl, is
lust the same to her, as it would be
i'or me to make a hole in one. plaE
ing golf. or for boy dog to make
his first home run PLAYING ball. Yes
m,Gccd, Arabella is getting to be
cutie a hen girl when she bcg.n lay
mg eggs.
Well, when Uncle Wig2ily arrived
1T the coop house he found Mrs.
Chick and all the hens much excited.
But. more than this, there was Ara
bella, strutting up and down and
cackGns just lik' her mother.
''Oh, Uncle Wiggily, Come and
Sc, the egg laid-my very first.
called Arabclla.
Indeed l will, child, That : just
what | hoppcd over for. said the
rabbit gentleman. To thi:k YOU are
row grown up, A1abcIla. My, ! re-
IL nembcr YOU whel, You were Il little.
downv chicken, just out of an EGG
Yourself And now YOU are laying
eggs Tor other little chickens to come
out Of. some day. Well, wei, How
time flies
Cackling proudly. but not too
prcud-iu>t enough, YOU understand
led tie way to where, in
u straw nest. was the firs. egg sh" |
had ever laid Clean and white it
VIZ. on the yellow straw.
- rr-ker-der-h ZOO, rrowcd |
Charlie. proud Of hi, sister.
.Cock-a, ,doodle-doo, lied Mr..
doodle. the old rooster gentleman
grandfather Of Arabella. THAT :
a> fine an rg-, Uncle WiggllI. ~
ever was land.
True cuough." said :hr rabbit
gentleman. And then, all Of Il sud-
don. into the chicken yard can't /
Fluffy. the skunk bov. Fluffy was !
rather a bad little chap, and he wa'
vclv foud OF eating eggs, especially !
fresh ones. No sooner had he head !
tie talk about Arabella 5 egg thaA |
J.: made up his mind TO get IT,
Tp to the straw nest he ran, his |
tai, ike Il feather duster, dragging !
after him. And then, all Of sud- |
Gcn. Charlie Chick caught up some
tring white in one claw and threw
i: at Fluffy, hitting him on the .
nose. !
you can t have my sisters ,
egg" crowcI Charlie. Take |
tpat, /
.Wowchic, Ouch, Zowic!' cried .
Fluffy the skunk, and hwy he RAJ (
out OF tho chicken ward. The whit"
thing rolled AWAY. and Fiuffv chas-
cd after it saying. "Ho. lIo, III /
get that egg after all
con, Charlie. You threw my love /
=, first cgg at Fluffy cacklcd !
Arabclla. Il was swecT Of you 20 I.
drive that skunk boy away, but yon
b.rkc my first and only egg
- 80 ! didn ~ cried Charlie ,
d, throw white stone, that ,ookrd ,
lu.t IKE an egg. did it to fool /
Fluffy. There's your egg N,ill in the I