Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-23
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD &. GARIS
Copyright, 1926, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE LIT
TILE TREE DOOR

One day Jingle and Jauglc, two of
Uncle Wiggily's little rabbit girls,
camc hopping up to their daddy, all
excited and ont of breath a> they
cried:
"oh, Daddyyums' You ought to
see,
see what asked MIR. Long
ears.
You ought to see the little door
! in the old oak tree" said Jingle.
, What : that. a little door in Il
tree? Nonsense! - laughed the bum
/ ny gentleman. i have heard of
bark on a tree and not dog barks
: either, and Earo heard of leaves
/ on a tee, which are not leaves in Il
: book But never heard Of q door
j in Il tree.
Just You come and see" invit
| ca .jang}c. 1t : 81 cutci
] And wouderfut,' added Jingle.
$50 wonderful, she went on.
hardly stopping to take breath, 50
! excited WAS she.
Smiling 50 that you could hardly
I see the pinklc ON his twink nose. Tn
! clc Wiggilv hoped with the two
! little rabbit girls down through the
! onion orchard past the bushes where
/ the Strawberries grew and 50 ON to
the woods where the oak tree stood
! tall and strong.
/ Nov show ne the little door,
/ said Uncle Wig-ily, "Ha, lIa! You
two buuuics must think this tree i
) :, house, to have door.
/ But Jingle and Jangie knew what
they were talking about. for, lead
ing their daddy close to the tree,
they pointed to Il certain place ON
the rough bark.
There, cried Jingle.
Look at thu uoor. exclaimed
( .Tauglc.
, ",Wcil. it does look lik" a door,
] spoke Uncle Wiggilv after he had
I lut Oh his glasses 50 he might see
bette. But don / really bcIicT"
It Is 1t just q bit Of rough bark,
= aped like Il door.
/ = But i has }.uoa, and hinges
and kcyhoIe and panels and every
! thing iu>t like Il real door, said
.Iangle.
And i opens aud shuts, addcd
! Jingle. What more could "a real
, door do
..Wbat. indeed" laughed Uncle
Wig-ily. But why would there BE-
Il little door like this ir q tree un-
less some one Iived inside? And | m
sure no ene does.
THAT : where You re mistaken, -
sand tiny voice, with buzzing
sound. Il live inside this tree amt
this i> "a real door-scr.' With
that the little door opened Il crack.
swinging on the tiny hinges and out
peercd a Black Brrilr Bug
'Oh, excuse mc,'i cried Uuc.c
Wig-ily, Jumping back. hrcau>c he
was 50 a,touished. u didu I know
anyone was behind that door!
II II excuse YOU alright, - sal!
the Black Beetle. kindly, and smil-
i,. a> she twiddled her two hind
legs. II have been living here for
some time.
Docs the tree know your r,
making your home iusidc:" asked
: The bunny.
"Ob, yes, answered the BLACK
; Beetle. The tree said might
make my home here, | am not a bad
>ort Of bug. really. went on the
Beetle II do not eat the leaves
uol guaw thr bark live ON small
worms that would, otherwise harm
! the tree, 50 il is glad to have m"
here. made this little door my.
self, 81 could get in and out cas-
i'y."
"Aud we were sitting here under
the tree Just now, when we saw the
door orcn and cio-r, said Jingle.
"At first We couldn't believe it,
went ON Jingle. And then we hur
lied to tell YOU daddy!
If i, quite wonderful, really, t'
think Of Black Beetle lady living
inside a tree with front door il
! the bark, said the rabbit gentle
Imam. "Quitc wonderful"
But that was nothing to what