Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-06
Bedtime Stories
Fy HOWARD E. CARRIE
Copyright, 1928. By Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY' S FUNNY
CONCERT

The night after Uncle WiggilE
gave his moonlight party on his
bungalow lawn without moon
something else happened. 1t ma
seem queer to You that a rabbit
gentleman could have 4 moonlight
party without a neon. But the Wa
Uncle Wiggiy did it was this:
Thousands of kind lightning bugs
perched in trees ana they made IN
illumination almost as bright as the
moon. Then all the animal children
could see 10 eat the ice-cream and
cake.
But the night after that, all of q
sudden, as Uncle Wiggily was try
ing TO 20 to sleep in his bungalow,
he heard dog loudly bowling not
far away.
"What s that?" asked the rabbit
gentleman, sitting up in bed,
"That' 5 either Jackie or Peetie
Bow Wow barking and bowling .
said Mrs. Longears.
What are those dogs bowling
at?' asked the rabbit.
At the moon, | guess, > answered
his wife. "The moon is shining
bright tonight, though the clouds hid
it last night when YOU wanted it to
glow for your party. Dogs always
bark and howl when the moon
shines. you know
"Well, l wish they'd keep quiet
and let me Sleep murmurcd Mr..
Longears as he turned over. For 4
time Jackie and Peetie were quiet
and then, all of sudden, some
where, some eats began to yowl and
howl.
What's that,' exclaimed the
rabbit gentleman again sitting up in
bed.
"'That must be Tommie, Joie and
Kittie Kat singing to the moon. ),
said Mrs. Longears. cit sounds ike
a concert
"A funny concert!' murmured
Uncle Wiggily pulling the covers up
over his long ears and trying to- go
10 sleep. The eats stopped yowling
for time, but something else lap
pened.
"Quack, Qua , QuacE -
screamed some voices down By the
brook.
''What in the world is taat?"
asked Uncle Wiggily, twinEliug his
pink nose in the dark like flash
light on strawberry short cake.
''That must be Lulu, Alice and
Jimmie Wibblewobble, the ducks"
answered Mrs. Longears. "Wiu you
please 90 to sleep, my dear.
Glow can l sleep with all this
lacket?' sighed Mr.. Longcars "I
wonder why all the animal children
are so noisy tonight3'
"It's because of the full moon,
my dear" said his rabbit wife.
".The moon is full Of light ana the
ducks, cats and dogs are full of
music, l guess
"'Ha! Hal" laughed Uncle Wig.
eily, trying not to be cross. II
guess so. But there-the ducks have
stopped quacking and | can Sleep
he said. Good night.''
"Good night" murmured Mrs.
Longears, turning over. But the
quiet did not last very long, for,
all of a sudden sounded;
"Ker ump Ker ump! Kcr ungi"
"What in the world is that!"
cried Mr. Longears, sitting up so
suddenly that he fell out Of bed
and bumped on the floor, making an
other noise. What's that?'
"fI guess Bully and Bawly no
Tail, the frog boys, are singing a
duet" said the rabbit lady, pa
tiently.
"Singing! My goodness, To call
that singing!" cried Uncle Wiggily.
Something must be done about
this,"
"Oh, T wouldn't let Il bother
me-" said Mrs. Longears. "Try to
90 to sleep, my dear! "
With all that noise? Impossi-
ble." said Uncle Wiggily "I'm
going to put on my rubber boots and
wade out in the pond until ! find
those frog boys and II make them
keep quiet
But when Uncle Wiggily hoped
around trying to find his rubber
boots he stubbed lis paw on a chair
leg and it hurt him 50 hc had to
20 to bed again. And BY that time