Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-17
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD 3. GARIs
Copyright, 1925. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE wIGGILY'S LEMONADE

Look out! Look out, every
body" shouted Uncle Wiggily as
he ran through his hollow stump
hmgalo one day. toward the back
door.
"Whatever is the matter'>
squealed Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
to Mrs. Longears.
ct must be that the Wolf or the
Skillerv Scallerv Alligator has come
in and is chasing my husband. sigh
/ ed the rabbit lady "Oh, dear.
Never cross a bridge until You
see it coming toward you. smoke
! Nurse Jane. which means never look
for toruble until YOU are sure it is
around the corner. So the muskrat
lady looked out in the kitchen and
what she saw made her laugh.
ooh. tell me what has happen
ed, 80 begged Mrs. Longears.
"Nothing, only that Uncle Wig
gilv has made big pitcher of lem
onade and has taken it out in the
shade where the animal boys and
girls are PLAYING, was the an
Swer
"Whv did he crv 'look OUT I
wondera' asked Mrs. Longcars.
II guess he didn I want anybody
TO bumn into him and make him
spill the lemonade. answered
Nurse Jane. and that was it.
The rabbit gentleman carried the
pitcher of sweet sour cold stuff out
under the trees, near the ocean he
had made by putting salt in the
duck pond, and then Uncle Wiggilv
sang:
"Lcmonadc in tlrc shade. Come
one, come all Don t be afraid,
Lemonade. in the shade have Just
made. There 5 nothing to paw. so
walk this way and stop your play.
Then indeed. the animal boys and
girls stopped their play and ran to
drink cool lemonade in the shade.
Those who were in swimming pad
died ont and soon were sipping the
sweet sour drink from birch bark
Guns which Uncle Wiggilv filled for
them. Others who were playing on
the sand or beneath the trees also
hurried to drink lemonade.
Uncle Wiggilv SAW the Lady
Mouse Teacher. from the Hollow
Stump School. walking across the
fields. and he called to her:
ooh Miss Mouse. You haven t
heeu teaching school today, have
voue T thought school was out and
this was vacation. Come. and have
some of nv lemonaae. You look
tired and not. Whore pave YOU
been
"O,cr TO my schoo' re get some
thi'tg I forgot when I closed it on
the last 6ay. squeake,i Mss Mouse
Il shall be clad To have a drink of
vour lemonade she went on.
Uncle Wiggilv saw that ihr teach
cr had = small nit N r of something
ned. which she vas rareitfi!y Gerry
ing. and he said:
''Oh. perhaps that is pink lemon
ade YOU have there-pink lemon
ade such as YOU get at a circus.
Perhaps YOU don care for my
plain pale yellow lemonade
The Lady Mouse laughed in jolly
fashion.
"It wouldn't be very good for
me 10 drink this. she said. holdin"
up the pink pitcher. ''This is red
ink. I forgot to empty the red ink
bottles when I closed my school the.
last day. and as l didn I want the
ink TO dry up during the summer
filled this pitcher from the bottles.
I'll take il home and, when school
opens again in September I'll put
the red ink back in the bottles.
"Oh. - said Uncle Wiggilv. Then
the Lady Mouse set her pitcher of
rcd ink down on the table and
drank three birch bark cups filled
with Uncle Wiggily's cool, sweet
sour pale lemonade. and very good
she said il was. Then Uncle Wig
gilv and the Lady Mouse walked to
tho duck pond ocean to watch
swimming race between Bully and
Bawlv No Tail, the frog boys.
When the race was over, and