Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03
Bed Time Stories
BY HOWARD &. CARTS
Copyright, 1925. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
SQUIGGLE BUG

Everything wa, peaceful and qUie,
ja the Hollow stump School ony
! afternoon. The Lady Mouse Teacher
lad listened 10 the animal bay, ana
AND girls rceito ,hci, lessons, and
they were wishing they might run
out in the warm sunshine and play.
for i: was getting close to vacation
time.
All Of a sudden, a small tin bah-
iug powder box on the edge Of the
Lady Mouse Teacher began to move
.aIout. Tie box was one Miss
Mouse had taken away from Jackie
Bow Wow, the puppy dog boy.
Jackie had taken tie box out in les
sem time, showing it to Billie Wag-
tail, the goat.
I'm going to put string
through "a ho}c in thc bottom Of this
box and make telephone afte"
school,' whispered Jackie to
Billie.
Now, Of course the puppy chap
~louldu I have whispered in Schoo
.af3 tr shouldn't have taken out
empty tim box. 50 the Lady
Mouse Teacher squcakcd:
"Como up and sit in the front
scat. Jackie. Also bring what You
hayq been showing to Billie. M ,, YOU
mast stay in after school. -
SO that : how the tin baking pow
der box got on Teachers ; desk 1t
, lad been quiet all morning and
nearly all the afternoon, but now il
was moving about. juggling 70 and
1ro and rolling almost to the edge
"Oh, Teacher, Look" gaspad
Susie Littictail, pointing wiki hes
Jaw Il: the box.
IL dancig. chattcred Billie
Bushvtail,
The Lady Nous, looked Il, the box
surely enough il seemed 10 be |
dancing. aa.l there was a funny lit
tie rafting sound inside il
jackie! " Squealed Teacher IN |
her most severe voice. are You |
doing that
Am doing what. Miss Mousse !
barl,el Jackie.
Are voH making tiat box mpv, /
'N l'ui-t-a- tt E'-I' Il 81 = bl sIi4'.ii1 [
that you have fastened t. it3 Are !
you'
"Oh, ue:i7, Miss Teacher Il !
me1n Miss A,ou>e-no m, : barlled !
Jackie. u wouldn' I d6 such |
thinIt Any | haven t a string OF
tnread. was going to put = |
string through Il hole in the bottom !
II tn boz. ike | told Billie. after !
school aud make telephone. bu. |
IL not doing anything now.
And Miss Nous. looking over the !
edge OF her desk. could see that |
tLere WAS no string running from /
tho box :" the from. ,>"at where |
Jackie sat as part Of lis punishment |
NriI thr TIM box kept moving !
about most mysterious =, dancing t. |
and fro. riding about and fitting |
this way way and dat way. som |!
ot the girl pupils became lit merry
Gus. or kcrtlommuXcd. a. the boys !
called il. an dcyeu tho boys were |
wondering what il wa, al about.
Surely no baking powder box had !
over acted 50 all hy itself before.
">ha]I / ~ tell Uncle Wig
gily.r barkcd Poetic Bow Wow
while his brother Jacki" was won
dering why the box acted 50 strange.
iy.
IT will take too long TO gct
tnclc Wiggiiv here from hi, hollow
stump bungalow. ~ >qucak"d the
LADY Mouse, feeling that She must
bc brave as an example TO tn" chill.
dIeu, though she didn feel like it.
You had better run for the Police
Dog, she said.
"ol. but I'nclo Wi-gily is right
out iu 'front.' harkcd Poetic. - II"
r go;n. past, ! II cali him jn! -
and the LITTLE puppy dog chap did.
Whcr tho rabbit gentleman looked
cd at the fin box. which was dancing
about and ij-gIjug faster than b'-
fore, the Lady Mouse Teacher and
the boys and 4jrls kept very quiet.
Ttcn Cnrlc Wiggiiy twiuhl"d his