Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-22
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD &. GAEIS
Copyright, 1925. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
CHEESE TOP

Once upon q time Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy opened tho back door
Of the hollow stump bungalow to
throw some thing out.
"What is il YOU are tossing away
these " asked Uncle Wiggily who
was about to hop off and look for
AN adventure.
! 1t is a chunk If old dried
/ cheese. answered the muskrat lady
. lousekocpcr 1T is too hard for me-
= TO use. Ii is like a piece Of wood,
, Even the birds can I pick it.
! "nau't throw the old piece of
/ cheese away begged the bunny
gentleman IF it as hard a> you SAY,
, give il t. M, | can make something
Of it,
"No0,cn>e! laughed Nurse Jane
+ - You viii need a sharp knife even
: 10 cut il.
Speaking Of knives gives me an
idea, exclaimed Mr.. Isongcar>. " |
viii tahe NJ very sharp one and cut
a spinning top out Of that piece Of
cheese.
-, beng rcrv clover, Uncle Wig.
.i.y, Is he loppcd along looking for
au aGve#;are. carved the piece of
old, dried cheese in TO the shape of
wooden top. such a. boys spin ON
their Way 10 school.
49, And speaking Of lessons re-
minds ne that must 20 see the
Lady Nou>c Teacher in the Hollow
stump school. said thu rabbit ger
tl.man "a himself a. ne finished
making The cheese top, / II 20 >c"
now the ANIMAL children are coming
a;ong with thcir studies.
Putting The cheese top Ia his poe
hct, Taolr Wig-j!y hnppod to the
iIo'iow stump school. whore tn"
Lady Nou~e Teacher WAS hearing
the reading .cs>oa.
"Ccu.e in, Uncle Wigeilv, Come
in," She invited the bunny gentle
ma@ We are always glad to soc
you.
- Nr Lou-caes 81 down in a
rAa.r beside The Lady Mouse teach
"r : desk ell the platform. and a,
he listened to the animal boys and
girls reading, Uncle Wiggil, took
from his pocket the cheese top and
rut it On the desk.
"Wh:t's thar for2' whispered
Miss Mouse.
II am afraid | might forget and
spin that cheese top in school, as
once did when | was a small rabbit
boy. whispered the bunny gentle
Kan. Thnn You might keep me
in.
"Oh, | guess you wouldu' t do
that, laughed Miss Louise. Bat
that j. a queer toP. What is i
made -
Dried cheese, answered the
bunny -cntlemau. II carved il out
of chunk Of old cheese and | say.
ed the crumbs for YOU, and lie gave
. pawful Of them to Miss Mouse
who was velr fond IF cheese.
Well, the queer top remained on
the desk If Miss Mouse all during
the time the boy and girl animals
We're saving their lessons, and then,
all of j sudden, while Johnnie
bush tiaH. tHt lh' SqGlffcl phN, was
looking at i. that top stood up and
began 10 spin around.
"Oh, look what that top is do
ing, chattcrcd Johnnie. 1t :
spinning all by itsrlf - The Lady
Mouse Teacher looked rs did all
the children. surely the top Wa,
spinning,
Arc YOU doing that, Uncle Wig,
gilv3 asked the teacher.
"Oh, no indeed. IN not touching
the top, answered the bunny gen.
rlcman, and truly, he WASH 7. He was
On the other side Of the desk from
il. But the cheese top kept on spin
ming, and il madc the children laugh
r. ght out loud in school, until. all Of
q sudden, il stopped.
And then. all at once. Il little piece
! of cheese fell off the side Of the
!top, and-out stepped a tiny little
brown and white mouse.
"Oh, Wcrc you inside the top, and
l"cro you making il spin - asked