Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-03

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! had hold Of his coat.
:. But it is a bit lonesome, though. "
went on Mr.. Longears. Il wish some
OF the children were here to keep
me company.
just then the rabbit gentleman
felt someone pulling at the corner
of his coat as it rested on the
sand.
All ha." thought the pink,
twinkling nose gentleman to HIM
self. " Here are some of the-children
! They want me to guess which one
it is. | suppose. Hello, Baby Bunty!
Is that you?' asked Mr.. Longears,
without looking. down, but there
came no answer. Only Uncle Wig
gily's coat was pulled again.
Perhaps that sister Sallie, =
went on Mr.. Longears, but he only
heard a sort of glggling laugh and
them, when he had guessed Billie
! Bushytail and Susie Littletail and
! Lulu Wibblewobble, the duck, with
out getting an answer, the rabbit
gentleman looked down and saw
funny sight.
He saw, sticking out of hole
i'll the sand, large pinchIng claw
| that had hold of his coat, pulling it,
and the rabbit asked:
Who are you!
II am the sand crab If you
please was the answer, land l
was trying to feel in your pocket
to see if you had anything tor me
tC eat. y
Are you hungry asked Uncle
Wiggily.
''Oh, am l hungry" hissed the
/, sand crab. II am so hungry as
never was. l have had nothing but
sand to eat these last five days, and
| would 50 love a bit Of bread and
jam
You shall have it, declared
Uncle Wiggily, and, hopping away
he soon reached his hollow stump
bungalow. AS it happened, Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy was, just then.
getting ready a lot Of bread and
Jam for Jimper and jumper, Tingle
and Tangle, Jingle and Jangle and
the other forty 'leven little rabbit
boys and girls. .
"A slice for the sand crab, if
YOU please!' exclaimed Uncle Wig
| gily, taking up the largest and
jammiest bit of bread and away he
hoped wit hit.
"Sand crab indeed" murmured
Nurse Jane. ~ never knew sand
crabs liked bread and jam. L hope
something good may come Of it.
And something good did, as truly
as IN telling You. For after the
sand crab had eaten the bread and
Jam Uncle Wiggily gave him the
pinching creature crawled partly out
Of his hole and talked with the rab-
bit gentleman about different
had only one eye and why it was Il
had only one eye an dwhy it was u
pin could never stand on his head
without being held up.
Then, all of a sudden, there came
sinking along the sandy duck pond
ocean beach the Bob Cat with his
silly little tail. Down he squattcd
ON the sand near Uncle Wiggily,
stretching forth Il sharp claw and
hooking it in the bunny's coat.
Here am, said the Bob Cat.
~ didn't expect to find you, but
since | do, how about an ear nib
bIe?'
Nothing doing!' said Uncle
Wiggily, and | think, under the
circumstances we should pardon
him the slang.
Nothing doing, eli, )" snarlcd the
Bob Cat. "'I'll see about that"
Aud just then the sand crab
reached out his big claw, caught
hold Of the Bob Cat 's tail, pinehed
il hard and grunted:
What s this Oh, | say, what s
this?"
That s my tail.' howIcd the
FOB Cat. COW. Ouch, IT 3 my taii
and / wish you'd let it 90" which
the sand crab did after giving it
another hard pinch making the bad
chap howl again. Then away sour
ried the Bob Cat over the sand
and CBclc Wiggily thanked the sand
crab for saving his ears from being
inched.
"'Thc Bob sat \ tail was pinehed
~ that's enough, muumurcd the
crab ~ he picked up the last crumbs
Of bread aud jam. Aud if the
noon dODsn I try 10 swim out Of the
bread when the little pussy is eat
ilg her breakfast, II tell you next
about tncle Wiggily's funny but
tong.