Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-04

does on hot day.
But we re soon going to be
cool. SO we don t mind it, added
Beckie. And you re all going to
be cool, too she said to Uncle
Wiggily. Nurse Jane and Mrs. Long
ears.
How come l m going to be cool3
asked Uncle Wiggily. lis it going
to snow!'i
Not until nearer Christmas,
laughed Neddie. But Mr.. White
wash, the polar bear, sent my sister
and me to invite you all to his cave
for Il little party. We are going to
sit on cakes of ice and drink lemon
and we II all be cool.
"Oh, that will be lovely.' sighed
Nurse Jane.
1--WE can t get there any too soon
to suit me, said Uncle Wiggily, and
soon the three, with Neddie and
Beckie. were on their way to the
polar bear 5 cave. All the forty
leven little bunny rabbit children
had gone on picnic in the woods,
so they Were cool enough.
Mr.. Whitewash always kept cakes
OF ice III his cave, even on the hot
test day in summer, and now his
home was most delightful place, a ;
Uncle Wiggily and his friends found
when they arrived. Uncle Butter
and Aunt Lettic, the goats, were
there, as were, also Mr.. and Mrs.
Stubtail, the bears, together with
many other lady and gentlemen ami
mails.
Sitting on cake of ice and drink
ing lemonade, Uncle Wiggily soon
forgot the very hot day. and the
party was a very jolly one, especial
ly when Uncle Butter got up and
told Il funny story about hen who
sat on white china door knob in
mistake for an egg and hatchcd out
cute little bungalow window.
All Of sudden, after hearing this
story, Uncle Wiggily began to laugh
Oh, how it chuckled, gigglcd, roared
guffed and snickereed, all being
different forms Of glec or merriment
And then, all of a sudden, Uncle
Wiggilv gave such loud roar of
laughter at the funny story, that he
! burst all the buttons off his coat.
All over flew the bunny gentleman S
buttons, into dark corners of the
of the cave, and his wife cXclaim-
ed.
Wiggy,D AS, indeed, she might,
! for it is not polite to appear at Il
party with all the buttons of one S
coat.
~ couldn't help it, my dear, "
said Mr.. Longears. I'm get some
! other buttons from Mr.. Whitcwash
and you can sew them on my coat
and / II be prOper.' For it was inn
possible to find the buttons Uncle
Wiggily had lots. But now there
was no more trouble.
The polar bear gentleman, being
"a bachelor, had no buttons in his
/ cave except one collar button. and
that wouldn't do. 1t looked as if
Uncle Wiggily, to be polite, would
have to leave the party, but, all OF
d sudden, Nurse Jane said:
why not MAKE DuIlOhs out VI
! pieces Of iciclcs!'
Why, indeed" asked Uncle
Wiggilv. So, with his sharp claws,
Mr.. Wilitewash sawed off round
discs from a big icicle. He pierced
holes in these round discs, which
were like buttons, and then Nurse
Jane, who always had needle and
thread with her, scwed the funny
! icicle buttons on Uncle Wjggily s
coat aud he was respectable again.
Then the jolly party went on. And
! though the ice buttons melted when
the rabbit gentleman came out of
! the cold cave what did that matter,
] ask you And answer-it mat
tered not. So it all happened for
the best, and if the rubber boot
6Ocsn t step on the umbrella and
crack one of its ribs / II tell you
re~t about Uncle Wiggily aud the
, Lg@eysuckle.