Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARRIS
Newspaper Syndicate
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
UNCLE WIGGILY'S SPRING
SONG.

Where is the alarm clock, if you
please, my dearl'' asked Uncle Wig
gily of his wife one evening when
all the little bunny boys and girls
! had listened to the Bedtime Story
and had gone to sleep.
"Alarm clock 3'' asked Mrs. Long
cars in surprise. What are you going
/, to do, with that, Wiggy?' Not take
lit apart to fix it again, l hope y
irOh, no, not that, answered Mr..
Lnngoars with a smile and a twinkle
OF his pink nose.
! because, went on his wi f &
''rhe time you took our alarm clock
/ apart to fix it and you put it to-
I gether again, you had enough pieces
left over to make a toy automobile
for Baby Bunty.'
"Yes, L know, my dear ans
vered Uncle Wiggily, calm and pa
tient like. But why bring that uI
again'''
| "And,' continued his wife smil'
ing, "the clock didn t 90 after YOU
did put it together again and | had
10 get new one at the five and six
cent store"
Yes. | know, my love" spoke
! the bunnv gentleman with a twin
ke of his pink nose, land it is the
new clock | want. IN going to wind
il and set it so it will awaken me
! Carly in the morning
J "What in the world for?' asked
Mrs. Longears. "Must you 20 look
Tor an adventure so earlv!''
.'It isn't that" explained her
! husband. "But tomorrow will be
the first day of spring, sweet, gen
! tie spring and | always 90 out early
m the morning of that day and sing
my spring song. l must do 1T this
! year as usual
! "March the twenty-second Is
spring," hummed Uncle Wiggily
"The little birds begin to sing. Ano
: if birds sing ] must also sing foi
. spring, Ira la la! oh. how glad an
! ,hat winter is gone and spring viii
be here in the morning, SO give me
! she alarm clock, my dear, and / y
/ ilA IL 10 aNdhfu iIf val '
"All rightl' said Mrs. Longear'
with sigh. "But if YOU ask me
I it is very silly for an old rabbit like
YOU to get out Of bed early in the
morning to the rattle of an alarm
! c'ock just to sing a spring song.
/ ooh, well, it s fun to be silly
cnce in a while chuckled the bun
NV gentleman as he wound the cloct
and set it for the hour of ., whicf
was quite early, as you must agree,
So Uncle Wiggily went 10 bed
happy dreams visiting him as he fei
asleep thinking Of his spring soni
to come in the morning. But if uh
cle Wiggily was asleep the Fuzz!
Fox in his den not far away, wa
wide awake.
! 81 must do something TO Unci'
Wiggily to pay him for what h'
did-having my friend the Shaggy
Wolf arrested and put III Jaii,
mumbled the Fox as he paced 70 am
fro in his den. Just because
spelled Welknm wrong on the Won
back when he was pretending 10 p'
dOormat was no reason for ha'in'
him arrested. know what ! ~ DO
III 60 TO Uncle Wiggily . bunga
low in the morning, early. ] ~ eilm'
up to his window by the old, drle' d,'
honey vine / saw TO-DAY J
Jump in his window and grab mn
before he's out of bed. Now ] mus
90 IA slean for shall have TO &c
up early" ~
And, early next morning the Fo. !,
went softly out of his den ga T. |.
the hollow stump bungalow % - .n
ele wiggily. Up the dried honeJ 1eJ !
suckle vine, which was iihe Ia. ~t
F., der, the Bad Chap climbed arr ;''',,,Ia, 80 y
Uncle Wiggily's s bedroom ne lump" " "
II ella! I have you now "a n''I"e, h,I
a the Fox, making Il dive for wn,e A." 'au ~
r You had my friend the '. moir ar az
''rested after ] painted :" e ."