Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-12
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD &. GARIs
Copyright, 1895. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
NEEDEEPERS

"Ha, Ha, Ha!" laughed the
Fuzzy Fox as he sat in front of the
Bob Cats deu and Snickercd at the
bad chap. "Ha, Ha! Ha!"
What the joke" snarled the
, chap with the short tail.
"Nou re a Joke when it comes to
catching rabbits, was the an
Swer. The idea of letting a Bob
/ White quail bird fool Won the way
Won were fooled yesterday, oh.
my and the Fox laughed 50 hard
that hlS tall shook like a dusting
brush.
Well, that quail sounded lust as
= Nou were calling me. said the
Bob Cat. 1t would have fooled
unvohdv
~; wou'Iu't have fooled ne, e"
harkoG the Fox.
"Oh. i You think You re Sc smart.
why didu I You trv 70 catch thai
rabbi. vour>clt'' asked the Bob
Cat. Its easy enough to laugh,
bU' let 5 see You do i,
a" You shall" said the FoN. II.
20 -e, Uncle Wiggjlv How and bring
him here, Ne Bob White quail bird
Is going 10 fool me.
We II see! - Suarled the Bob Cat.
Wen, as it happened. Uncle Wig
Cilv happened to be out in the woods
that day. He had gone to see his
friend Mr TwiS,vtail. the pig. aud
was on lis way home late III the al
tcrnoou.
II guess I'll take >Ior, cut
through the swamp, said tie rab
bit 10 himself. Its getting late.
The cut through The swamp Will save
me nearly "a mile, and l Won I be
late tor supper.
20 tie bunny hoped along but
, the Fox, with his sharp nose. WAS On
his trail, and easily smeilcd his way
after him, the bad chap did. until
/ lie was close behind NJ. Lopgears
He's heading for the swamp,
said the Fox, sinking along close
behind the rabbit, We'll. that
SUITS me- After | catch him II 20
the short way through the swamp
and take tina rabbit l. the Boh
Cats den. ! II show the silly. short
tailed chap l know how II catch
good things 10 nibblc,
! Com'-C 90 ;hc edge of the swamp
the itbbit paused Il minute to pick
ont The right path. For parts OF
the swamp were deep and II he fell
! into li-L water lie might drown.
And iust u, Uncle WiggiIy was 60
ing ju start acro>> the wet place.
The Fox icapcd on his back and
caught him.
Now I have YOU" barked the
bad chap. Il IN smarter than the
Bob Cat. You didn : fool me!
No. l didu I fool You, but ]
wish | knew some way could :
thought Uncle WiggiIv - himself.
.'' What are You going IL do with
me asked the rabbit gentleman.
4. II am going 10 take YOU to the
Bob Cat den, Wa, the answer.
And wen jus; keep on the sane
way YoU were going. Come on, y
He caught Uncle Wiggily by one
paw. and started 20 lead him across
the swamp, the Fox walking on
ahead.
But the bad chap dldu I know
! the way very well, and soon he was
walking i'm puddle Of water.
II m afraid We can I get across
herc, said the Fox. 1t ; too deep
, for ne. Vel 20 back and around. =
Then. all Of a sudden, a voice
cried:
! "Kncc deep Knee deep"
Who said il was only knee
dccp!" asked the Fox.
~ didn ~" answered Uncle
. Wiggi'y, but he began to feel hope.
Again the voices said:
Knee deep! Knee Deep
We'll, if II : only "a deep as my
knees. IN wade in and you can,
20. barkcd the Fox. He took one
moro step forward and then, all Of
sudden be- slipped into water that
va- over hi, head. H went down
So quickly that he pulled his pa"
away from Uncle Wiggilv's :. 50 the
rabbit VA. left safe ou the edge Of
the swamp.
"Blub, Wug, Wlur, Glug.'