Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-08
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD s. GARE11
Copyright, 1923, by KcClws
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY' FUNNY
FOUNTAIN

"There is only one thing I miss
down here at the seashore,' said
Mrs. Longears, the rabbit lady, as
she sat on the porch Of the summer
/ bungalow one morning.
"What is that" asked Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, who was Begin
ming to pack up, for the summer
visit was almost over. The bunny
and other animal children must soon
90 back to the Hollow Stump School.
81 have always wanted foun
tain squirting water in my front
yard," said Uncle Wiggily IS wife as
she watched the rabbit gentleman
down on the beach, playing in the
sand with the children. 81 dearly
love fountain and | thought, when
Wiggy brought us TO the shore, that
! might have one. But | suppose |
shall have 10 90 back to Woodland
and our hollow stump bungalow
without having seen my fountain
play
ooh. no, SO you want foun-
tain, do you, my dear?' asked Cncla
Wiggily as he came hopping mp to
kiss his wife, for he loved her very
much. "And why did YOU think you
might have one here at the shore -
asked the rabbit gentleman, giving
Nurse Jane 5 long tail a tweak, bus
only in fun, for he loved to hear the
muskrat lady housekeeper squeal.
"WeH,' said Mrs. Longears,
"vou see. there is so much water
here in the ocean that | thought
might have Il little for squirting
fountain. But never mind, Wiggy.
! we had very nice time, otherwise,
and it has been wonderful for the
children They are as brown as oak
leaves in the autumn. Well, | must
help Nurse Jane pack up to go
home she said with Il sad, little
sigh.
''Hum," said Uncle Wiggily to
himself as he hoped back down the
sandy beach. 81 didn't know my
wife was so fond Of q fountain. l
wish | had known it before. would
have tried to make her one.
the ocean, rolling and tumbling in
front of the summer bungalow he
had made out Of seaweed and drift
v ood.
Perhaps it isn't too late yet. 3"
ne murmured. Certainly there is
plenty of water there. And if /
could, somehow, get lot Of ii mp
in our front yard so it would squirt
out of the end Of a hose hidden in
the sand, my wife might yet have
her fountain before she goes back
to Woodland. III try it,
Uncle Wiggily hoped along the
beach on which the sea waves cast
up many queer things such as old
bottles, cans and pieces Of fish nets
and wood. Soon he found bit Of
old hose that had been tossed off
ship. Uncle Wiggily put one end
Of the hose in the ocean and carried
the other end up to the front yard.
He waited and waited, but no wa
ter came out. For water can't run
up hill, you know, unless it is
pumped.
"Well, / guess this fountain ism 7
going to work. said the rabbit
gentleman sadly. "And yet | would
like to surprise my wife with one.
/ wonder All Of a sudden
Uncle Wiggily stopped talking to
himself and looked across the waves.
TO his surprise he saw water spurt-
ing up in the air like fountain.
And, what is more, there were two
lets Of water and not one squirting
up
"a double fountain out there in
the ocean, How Wonderful!' - cried
the rabbit gentleman. 81 wonder
who made that fountain.
"'That isn't fountain, that . a
whale spouting," growled an old Sea
Dog who lived all the year at the
shore. "He's mighty close to the
beach, too, is that whale, if you
ask me, shiver my timbersl -
"a spouting whale, Of course!
I've read about them said Uncle
Wiggily. " A whale is really an
animal, and not fish, and it must
come out on top Of water to breathe
every fifteen minutes or so. II
holds its breath under water and
when it breathes out it blows lot