Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-09
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD r. CARTS
Copyright. 1926. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WTGGILY AND THE
STICKERY LOOP

Saturday was always very JOY
Gus occasion in Woodland. where the
little bunnies lived under the shadow
| of the Orange Ice mountains. The
| main reason was because on that day
they did not need to hop to the hol-
| low stump school to recite their les
sons to the Lady Mouse Teacher
! They could play out of doors all
day long.
That is what they were doing
| now-hoping about in the snow -
Jingle and Jangle, Tooter and Scoot.
er, Baby Bunty and all the others,
together with Sammie and Susie Lit
tletail. some cousin rabbits, John
ME and Billie Bunshytail, the SOUR
rels, and Jackie and Peetie Bow
Wow. the puppy dogs.
Let $ have racei barked
Jackie and away he leaped, follow
Ell by his brother. Joic, Tommie and
hitt4e Kat joined in, and so did all
the others. Jackie won, being the
first to reach the edge of the woods
across the field, and then all the
rest Struggling in one after another
had caught up to Jackie, they looked
back and saw Sammie Littletail half
way across the field.
"Slow poke Sammic! Slow poke
Sammie! mewed Joie Kat, laugh
ing.
'IIa. Ha' : barked Pcetie Bow
Wow, Il thought YOU could hop
faster than that, Sammie!
He like molasses.' jok ed
Johnnie Bushytail.
Stop it! cried Susie, for she
did not like them to make fun of
her brother. ''Sammie can hop fast
I he wants 10. >
Then why didn t hc?' asked
Johnnie. the other squirrel. What s
he hanging back there in the field
for.H
Il don / know. answered Susie,
trying to keep the tears from falling
out Of her eyes. Maybe he 5 found
some maple sugar or something like
that.
''oh, if he has | m going to ask
him to give ne some! : barked
Jackie. = Whack;r on what YOU
found, Sammge, Whackie on it,
.'Whackie, Whackie,' cried the
other animal children. meaning they
wanted Sammie to go ''whaks or
share, with them anything good.
But Sammie did not stir from his
place as his sister and the others
nearcd him. And there was queer
look on his face.
What S the matter'' asked
Susie.
II m caught in trap gasp
cd Sammie. - stepped in it while
was hopping across the field in the
race. 'm in trap, | can feel it
around my left hind paw. 1t IS tick
ing me and prieking me. :
Those are the sharp jaws of the
trap whispered Jackie Bow Wow.
II know-once | was caught in a
trap myself. But Uncle Wiggily got
me out!'
Now, if there is one thing, more
than another, that an animal fears,
II Is trap, Ana the niue DuhhieS
and others were much frightened as
they looked at Sammie. They also
feared lest there might be other
traps set about in the field under the
snow fer them to blundcr into.
Look out where you step.
chattered Billie.
Susie Littietail darted off by her
self.
"Whcrc are you going'' asked
Sammie.
- IN going 10 get Uncle W;ggilv
to help YOU out Of the trap an
swcred the brave little rabbit girl,
and away she darted over the
snowy field to the hollow stump
bungalow. "Oh' she cried as she
caught the old rabbit gentleman,
- Sammie' 5 paw is caught in a
trap under the snow,'
II II come right awav. promis- !
ed Mr. Longears, and away he hop /
ped with Susie. carrying his snow
shovel with him. Now stand !
back, my dears," Uncle Wiggily told
nYyr ovyn yvyAx,