Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-30
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
WHITE MARBLES
REG. U. S. PAT. OFF.

Once upon a time Uncle Wiggily
caught cold. The old rabbit gen
tleman caught his cold without even
running after il little BIT. Oh,
such a cold as Uncle Wiggily had,
He coughcd: 'Hoch. Heck ,
Hick.'
lie sneezed: Kcr choo. Ker
chow! Ker chee"
"Dcar me- squeakcd Nurse Jane
! Fuzzy Wuzzy, eve must send for
DR.. Possum at once, Uncle Wiggily''
When DR.. Possum called he said;
Uncle Wiggily must stay in bed
three days."
''Oh, dear, What shall l do for
adventures - asked Mr.. Longears.
Ana he roughcd: "Hoch, Heck,
IIick.' And he sncczcd: "'Kcr choo,
Ker chow! Ker chee,' But Dr.
Possum only poured out some medi-
cine and said:
Perhaps you may have some adj
ventures in bed, Uncle Wiggily."
So Uncle Wiggily stayed in bed.
All day he kept under the covers,
which were made Of soft layers of
lark bctwccn which were scwcd
soft, warm cotton from inside the
pods Of milkweod plants. And it
was lonesome for the old rabbit
gentleman who always hoped out
Of doors whenever he wished to
look for adventures. But not an
adventure came to him that day in
bed.
However, at night, when all was
still and quiet in tho hollow stump
bungalow and Uncle Wiggily was
trying to sleep, all of a sudden he
saw, in the middle Of his room a
queer looking little elf.
"Hcllo!" said the visitor.
"Hcllo,' answered Uncle Wig
gily What do you want here! !!
Have You come after my cold' II
YOU have, take il and welcome! >
81 have come to bring YOU an ad-
vca1uI - said the little elf.
'Wl.t kind 30 thc rabbit gentle
man wanted to know.
AN adventure with marbles, -
was the reply. "Comc we will play
a game Of marbles on the quilt of
your bed"
But | have no marbles" said
Uncle Wiggily,
~ have, chucklcd the little elf
Reaching ont Of the window he
brought in his two hands filled with
rouud, white marbles. 'Ionr bed
Quilt has red rings or it" said the
litlr elf, which was tru" enough,
for Nurse Jane had embroidered the
rings with silk thread. We can
play with my white marbles in the
rcd rings Of your quilt" said the
little elf.
So Uncle Wi2giiy sat up in bed
! quito pleased that he was going to
have a marble adventure with the
, little elf and tho game began. Now
the rabbit gentleman had not play
/ cd i'm many wears. But he rcmcm-
bored how be used to shoot when
/ hc was rabbit boy 50 he won th"
game and had quite lot Of white
marbles for himself
"Ha. lIa, win!' cried Uncle
! Wiegiy. Won play another game .
"'Not now said the little elf.
81 must 20. But ! VIII come back
tomorrow night and play you again.
III bring lot Of white marbles
/ them"
So Unclc Wjggily put the white
marbles ho Lad won ON the floor un-
der Nj. rod. lIo fIuffed up bis pil,
lows, said goodnight to the little
clf and, turning over wont sound to
sleep. And rs he closed his eyes he
. th"ught:
~ win surprise Nurse Jane and
my wife in the morning by showing
/ them the white marbles ] got in the
I gmuc played. II was quite . Jolly
! adventure even if have cold. .
81 the next morning when Cnrl"
Wigeily awakened he felt better.
T.. ..c stu cougAcd: "HocA! Heck!