Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-17

Eopped ont from behind the bush.
Who made it
We made it, Uncle Wiggily. 3"
squeaked Jollio the boy mouse. We
made it out of bark, and We call il
our little bungalow.
"Of course it ism I as big rs your
hollow stump hungalow, Uucic Wig
gilv. : said. Jillie, the girl mouse,
" but it big enough for Us To play
in and we like it.
" Don t YOU want to come ia it
and play with Us asked Jolie.
"We were Just going to play Fox
and rabbit. -
- heard YOU. said the bunny
gentleman with 4 laugh and twink
le Of his pink nose. But ! IN
afraid the bark bungalow i too
small to let me get in. 1t : big
enough for You mice bat not large
enough for me.
''How would you like TO play the
lollypop game - asked Mr.. Long
ears, as he locke dat the cute little
bungalow which Jollic and Jillic
had made out Of pieces of bark from
trees-not dogs bark, YOU under
stand.
How do YOU play the lollypop
game - asked Jillie.
Well - said Uncle Wiggily slow
ly, YOU take penny and 20 to the
lollypop store and you ask for It
lollypop. If YOU get it YOU win the
game.
But 'posin' YOU haven't any
penny squcakcd J0llic.
Then YOU have to find some old
rabbit gentleman like me, and he II
give you the penny laughed IN
Gle Wiggily ''Comc on, Wen 20
play the lollypop game, 50 he took
the two little mice children to the
candy store.
No sooner had Uncle Wiggily, i'll,
lie and Jollic hurried away than out
Of the bushes, behind the bark house
whore ne had been hidden. popped
cut the Bob Cat with his silly little
tail.
II know what III do, 50 said the
Bob Cat. / II get in that bark bum
galow aud hide. When Unclc Wig
gily comes back with .jiliic aud
Jcllic II pop out at him and bite
his cars
But when the Bob Cat tried to get
inside the bark bungalow he found
j. too small, for it was only large
enough for two mice, not for him.
Wlangon' snarlcd the bad chap
- What am / going to de-? | know.
! II hide myself under some old
leaves and stick just my tail inside
the bungalow. When Uncle Wiggily
and the mice come back, they viii
see my tail in the littlc lousc. They
viii think il is one Of the Bushytail
squirrel boys and they III run up.
Then ! II scramble out from under
the leaves ana get the rabbit gentle
man.
The Bob Cat stuck his silly little
tail through a window inside the
bark bungalow, but, no sooner had
he done 50 then, ali Of sudden hc
fclt it bitten very hard. oh, such
u bite rs his tail got.
Vow! Vow, Yippic'' howIed
the Bob Cat Who bin my tail?'
~ did, answered tceny,
wecny voice, aud there IN The play
house was Squ"akic Eckic, the cou-
sin mouse. She had been asleep
and .JolIic ana Jillie had forgotten
all about hpr. "'Takc your tail out
Of our bark bungalow!" squcaked
Squcakie Eckie and she hipped the
Bob Cat again.
"Oh, DOM stop! Yowpic yip"'
i,owlcd the bad chap alfl he ran
away, taking his silly little tail
with him. Aud when Uncle Wig
gily came back with Jollie aud Jillic
they said Squcakic Eckic was brave /
to nip the Bob Cat tail, and the .
little cousin mouse had had a whole !
lollypop for herself.
So this teaches rs that wc do not /
have to be big and strong 10 be /
brave. And if the cnvciop viii give /
tho lead pencil sheet Of paper with |
which to cover itself Whcu 1t soes |