Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-14
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARRIS
Newspaper Syndicate
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
UNCLE W1GGILy'S LOOKING
GLASS

Has anyone seen my LOGGING
glass;" asked the rabbit gentleman
one day as he came down stairs in
lis holow stump bungalow.
"DO you mean the one up in the
bathroom where you shave. : asked
lis wife. THAT looking glass was
there a moment ago. -
mo, | don t mean that one,
thank you," answered Uncle Wig
gay. - = eSterday l bought little,
round looking glass to carry i'll my
pocket and / ielt it on my bureau,
/ IN sure. But now it is gone
Maybe some of the children
took it, said Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy. but, excuse me for ASH
ing, why do you want little look
ing glass to cary in your pocket,
CAcle Wiggily
"I'll ten you,' said Mr.. Long
ears. "Often when l am out in the
woods looking for adventures, 1
come to a hole in the ground. The
hole is deep and dark but II | have
my little rocking glass 1 car hold
al in the sun and shoot beam OF
sunnght down into the hole and
then can see whether or not there s
an adventure in il. That's why L
bought the little mirror and nov 1t S
gone.
u II ask the children about it
when they ONE home from school, -
promised Mrs. Longears.
We'll, IN buy me another look
ing glass, said Uncle Wiggily. SO
he dId TINS, but the next aay il was
.ust the same. The small round mir
ror he was sure he had LETT on his
bureau was gone and all his own
bunny boys and girls, including Ba-
by bunty the orphan rabbit, sald
tney hadA't taken it. So of course
Uncle Niggily knew 1t must be some
body else.
II wonder if it could have been
one Ct ne BAD CAaps' asked
Nurse e.
"CA, / Aardlr think 50" Uncle
Wigguy ansNt.ed. "NeIthcr the
Fox, Jne " OF nor the pob Cat would
want LOOKING glass;
| "Cnless they wanted to shiae the
sunlight IN your eyes, as YOU shine it
/ down a DARK hole, 50 they could uaz-
zle YOU and the more easily catch
/ you, spoke Nurse Jane.
"Wen, there may be something IN
/ that" agreed tncie Wiggily. but
! III took around MY room more care
] fully like Il Boy scout, and perhaps
rtrG tr4p "A
| Will tell me who took my looking
glass. IN 90 buy another now ANA
leave it on my bureau.
Having bought his third looking
glass, | ncle mlggily left it on ms
bureau as a sort or Ualt tor whoever
had taken the other two. AnC next
dav the rabbit gentleman came sud
4ng down the banister railing very
much excited.
I've found out who took my ook
ing glass.'' he cried.
:Who?" asked his wife and
Nurse Jane.
"A little raccoon boy Of g.rl,'
said Mr.. Longears.
"You don't mean Bobbic or Bet
tic Rlngtall, do youf asKcd Nnrs'
Jane. 81 'm sure those raecoon chill
dren arc too nice to do such thing
though of course they are goot
climbers and they could 90 Up thu
tree outside your window and easil.
hop to your bureau
"No, it wasn't either Bette o
Robbie" said Uncle Wiggily. 81
was "a strange racco0n, ] m sure
Perhaps visitor around here VIII
didn't know ! wanted my locking
glass for myself. -
How do you know il was a rae
coon. ?" asked Nurse Jane.
"Comc up to my room,' sad Nj
j. Longears. There he showed his wif
T. and Nurse Jane where some anima
-e had Jumped in the open window frol
the tree outside. And on the t!oo