Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-04
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD r. CARTS
Copyright, 1926. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND JILLIE S
BREAD

! When winter comes, the little
creatures of the woods and fields
must look fos warm places to stay
/ until the coll weather passes and
summer comes aga.u. Turtles and
some fishes - deep down in the
mud of the pond bottoms aud sleep
! there. Bears. grcuuthngS and am
mals like t. take a long sleep III
caves or ola. hollow trees. Little
things Ike mice that live iii the
field. hurrow deep Beneath the
ground, in nests lined with soft grass
and old feathers and SO keep warm.
Sometimes the mice venture our
even i'm cold weather to see what is
going on.
Now there were two littlc mice,
whom Uncle Wigsilv knew, who did
not live in the +. ids. and who. i'll
consequence Of tins, did not keep
out of sight nearly all winter. These
mice were Jollie and Ji,i;e Lougtail.
and they lived in cute Gttl2 house
not far from Cnc,e Wiggiiy ; hol
low stump bungalow.
One day when the rabbit gentle
man was hopping along, looking for
an adventure, he met Jiile Longtail
the mouse girl. who was creeping
across Il ficld with her tail stuck UP
so il wouldn / drag in tue SHOW.
"Whore are you going, Jillie ; :
asked Jncic Wiggiy.-
II am going to see my cousin.
Nibbler, the field mouse. squeak
ed Jil,ic. for that was the way she
talked "Mothcr SAYS. as il is al
nice. day, Nitbler may be cut uf her
burgow andI can = az with her.
And I am going to take to Nibbler 5
mother, who is my aunt am go-
ing to take her a loaf Of bread. :
'fEut where is the loaf of bread
YOU are taking to your aunt - ask
ed Uncle W:ggily. - don I see it,
ooh. l haven t bought il yet,
answered Jiltie. I have five cents
and am going to the five-cent store
to buy loaf Of bread ami take It
to nv aunt. Then | am going to
play with Nibb'er. Yau know. Tn.
Gle Wiggilv, whispered '@i,iic. my
aunt i, Il poor field NOUS, lady. ana
she hasn t much money to buy
bread. That 5 why my mother is
sending her some.
lit is very kind Of your mother.
am sure. spoke the bunny gentle
man. twinl.ling his pink nose. And
] will hop aloHg with You and watch
you bay the loaf of bread and give
i to your aunt Then will look
at you and Nibblcr play. It may
bring me an adventure.
Uncle WiGgily lopped along with
Jiliie until they were almost al the
fiye-cent store, when. all Of Il sud
den. the little mouse girl put her
paw in her pocket and s4ueaked:
''Oh. We lost it.
Lost what ?'' asked. Uncle Wig
gilv
The money for the loaf Of bread, -.
answered Jilie with tears in her
eyes. II had the five-"ent piece in
nv pocket with my handkerchief,
and l must have pulled the money
out when used nay handkerchief to
wipe my paws after throwing a!
SNOWFALL at Jackie Bow Wow.
every likely, said Uncle Wig
gily. "Well, II hop back with you
and look in the snow for the money.
But they couldn I find it and the
bunny gentleman had come away in
such hurry that he had no money
in his pocket or he would have Civ
cn some 10 Jillie.
"Oh. dear" sighed the mousie
girl. u guess there will be mo-
loaf Of bread for my aunt today.
And It did begin to look so. but. all
Of a sudden, along scampered John
ME Bushvtail. the squirrel boy. He
began digging in the snow near
where JilIie stood.
"What are YOU digging for, john
nie'' asked Uncle Wiggily.
"For some nuts ! buried here un-
der the ground last fall. chattercd
the squirrel. ~ am hungry for
them now and am going to eat