Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-05
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1927, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD e. 0AkIS
UNCLE WIGGILY AND
SCOOTER'S SKATES

One morning, when Uncle Wig.
gily hoped out of his hollow stump
bungalow to see whether it had
rained any icicles in tho night, he
noticed Scooter, one of his little boy
rabbits standing on the front pain
looking rather sad and axious.
why aren't you at school,
Scooter - asked Mr.. Longears.
"You are not i'll, l hope"
"Oh, no, but my roller skates
are,' replied the little bunny boy.
Your roller skates are WHAT"
cried Uncle Wiggily in surprise.
''They are sick, - went on
Scooter. Anyhow they won't roll
any more and l can have any
fun on them, I've been waiting for
you to come back from the Wog.
glejigs bungleump so You could
mend my roller skates for me, Dad
dicums! Will you.
"Why of course l will!' cried
Uncle Wiggily with jolly laugh.
81 just love to mend toys"
Then you will have your hearts
desire" squeaked Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy who shuffled out of
the bungalow just then to 60 to the
store for dozen of bread or u
pound of milk or something like
that.
'What do you mean-heart s
desire'" asked ncle Wiggily, taking
the broken roller skates which
Scooter held out to him.
81 mean that half the toys of
your forty 'leven little bunny boys
and girls are broken and need
mending,o went on the muskrat
lady housekeeper. while you were
with the Wogglejigs the toys here
had hard time of it. The children
have been saving the broken pieces
for you to mend when you got
home
"Well, m home now said
Uncle Wiggily. land m going to
stay. 1t will be some time before l
60 back to the Wogglejigs to help
Boppy and I'm unscramble their
funny wooden childrea. So I shall
mend all the broken toys l can
find
"And you'll fix my skates SO
they II roll again, won I you, Dad
dicums - asked Scooter.
"Of course | shall!" his father
answered. "You hop along to
school SO you won't be late and
when you come home your skates
will be as good as new
''Do you think you can mend
them'" asked Mrs. Longears, as
she came out on the porch to shake
the dust rag and saw Uncle Wiggily
mending Scooter's skates after the
little bunny rabbit had hoped to
school.
"Uf course / can mend .hem!'
declared Mr.. Longears. I'd like
to see the broken roller skates /
can't fix! All these need is clean
ing and oiling. The wheels are all
gummed up. | shall take them off
grease them and put them back.
Then Scooter can have a lot of
fun
Whistling jolly little tune,
Uncle Wiggily twinkled his pink
nose as he took the skates apart
while sitting in the sun on the
back porch. Nurse Jane had gone
to the store for a thimbleful of
molasses, Mrs. Longears had hoped
across the street to see if Mrs,
| Twistytail, the lady pig was going
i to the novels that afternoon, all
| the little bunnies were at school
and Uncle Wiggily was all alone
on the back porch mending
ScoOter's skates.
! All of a sudden a shadow fell
across the ground in front of the
rabbit gentleman. He thought the
shadow was cast by his wife come
ing back, so without looking up, he
| said:
" See, seootcr's skates are all
mended."
''Oh, are they, how about your
ears.' suddenly asked a savage
voice and looking up, Uncle Wig
! gily saw the Fox standing there.
The Fox had east the shadow.
! 'Oh! OH" gasped the bunny.
II thought"
"Ha! Ha." laughed the Fox.