Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-08
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD r. GARIS
Copyright, 1926, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY'S COLD EARS

| "Whcc- -ee.ee! whistlcd the wind
around the corners of the hollow
stump bungalow.
"Zing! zippicc-cc-ce!" ratified
the flakes of snow as the wind blew
hem against the dried and leafless
branches of the tree.
"WeN, this surely is winter all
right! said Mrs. Longears, the rab-
bit lady wife of Uncle Wiggily, as
she gave the little bunnies their
breakfast Of carrot cakes with
maple sugar sprinkled around the
edges.
:. es, it is very cold out, spoke
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the musk
rat lady housekeeper. Il nearly
.roze the end of my tail sweeping
the snow off the back porch. -
Uncle Wiggily came down to
breakfast, smiling, happy, humming
a Ittle song and twinkling his pink
nose
1t is very cold OUT said his
wife. Surrey you will stay home
today. You won t go out adventur
ing. will you!'
II II think about il, - was all the
rabbit gentleman would promise
Cold never harms me. | have such
a thick coat of fur, and if l don t
get out and have an adventure it
Will be like lost day
GU had much better stay in, -
said Nurse Jane, and Uncle Wiggily
hA, t,9l- !, h..
listened to the wind and the rattle
of the SNOW flakes against the win
dowS. But when he saw Scooter and
Iooter and Jingle and Jangle and
Wlbblc and WoDble, as we'll as the
other bunny children, getting ready
Tor school, Mr.. Longears said:
If ii ism I too cold for them to
90 out, it ism too cold for me.
m going!'
but tney must go TO school and
you really don t have to 60 adven-
turing squeaked Nurse Jane.
" loa might freeze your pink nose!'
'Oh, not much danger of that, l
think, laughed the bunny uncle,
ana - out lie went. He hoped with
stump school, where the Lady
Mouse Teacher heard their lessons.
Dut instead o. golng into the class
room, Mr. LOnscars nopped Oh over
tne 4leids ana through the woods.
fretty soon ne met Uncle Butter, the
goat.
Let 5 go adventuring together, +"
flp N IL
certainly, UIeated Uncle But
ter, - the Two friends ran over
the fields and through the woods.
After a While Uncle Wiggily be-
gan 70 stop now and then and to
.uu his cans with his paws.
=" hat tie matter" asked the
goat.
Ny ears are catching cold, |
guess, the rabbit answered. u
onOud have brought my little ear
nuns with me. but didn I think
At was as sharp as II is. / didn t
even wear nIt.cns.'
hcII, / dldn wear anything on
my ears. sad the goat, for / can
htCP tAcm DeA4uu my horns and
wa.m tutM tuat way. But | did
wear my mlttens, ANA you are wei
come 10 them 10 put on your ears,
LAcle Nlgglly. here, take my init
cells ana uidw them over your ears. -
heIl, surely this was very kind
on me part OF Uncle Butter, but
when ne look OFF his mittens, and
uncIe "lgsuy trIed to draw them
over MS c"is, the mlttcns wOuidu I
ut. 4hey were too small and the
DuAhy cars were too large.
"Aot So good bleated Uncle
Dutler. Are your ears stl.l col"
'AAcy are 4reell.g.' cried Uncle
NiggAy. oh, how cold my ears
axe. l was silly OF come out with
no ear mutfs.
Uncle Butter looked around the
snow covered fields. Then he saw
something at which he gave a bleat
Of delight.
II have it, he cried. Here are
some old, dried miIkweed pods. In
side each pod is lot of fluffy stuff
like cotton. We can take some OF