Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-17

Green was st. Patrick's favorite col
or and il 5 the color of the country
he best loved ireland. The story is
that ST. Patrick. besides doing many
other good things, drove all the
snakes out of ireland. Naw | don I
like snakes-they are too fond Of
catching rabbits, though there ~
be some good sIaacs. And to show
how l love 81. Patrick, l m going
to wear bit If green color in my
lat. This is his birthday.'
ooh, how nicc!" squeakcd Nurse
Jane. "Wait, IN give you fine
bit of green ribbon, - which she
did. Soon Uncle WiegilY was hop
ping along looking like 81. Patrick :
Day and wondering wha: sort Of
adventure he would have.
The rabbit gentleman did not have
to wait very long for something TO
h9ppen. All of - sudden, a. he
hoped through the woods, he heard
a singing voice calling and saying:
"Good morning, ;.rlclc Wiggily."
ooh, good moruing." answered
NJ. Longcars and, looking at u bush,
he saw, pcrched on it, the carly bird
robin who had bee living in the
hollow stump bungalow, waiting for
the weather to get bit l..rmer.
Now the sun was shining hotter,
though it was hardly yet spring,
and the robin had flown out INTO
the fresh air.
- DO you happen 70 have a nest
about y0u?' chirpod the robin.
"A ncst2" asked Uncle Wiggily
in surprise. 'What would I be doing
with nest and why don t YOU make
one of your own?'
Il am going to make nest very
soon,'' sang the bird. But You see
my wife just came up from the warm
Southland to meet me; she is here
with me now, - and then Uncle Wig
gilv saw a second bird on the bush
He made a polite bow with his green
ribbon hat to the lady robin, and her
husband went on 10 say:
t'You see, it IS a bit cold for my
wife, lust having come up from the
Southland, and was thinking, I'm
Gle Wiggily, if you had an old nest
a6out you, why, my wife and |
could live in that gptil it got warm
cr Then ID make our own nest,
she ID lay some eggs and hatch out
little robins later in The spring"
"'That will be wondcrful!' said
Uncle Wiggily. "'Thc only trouble !
IS | haven't an old nest. But per
baps / could find one for YOU. IN |
hop back and look around my bun
galow"
Near the back door of the hol- |
low stump in which he lived, Mr.. !
Longears found what looked like a /
leather bag'stuffed with curly, black /
hair from the tail Of a horse. The
leather was torn and the curly hair
stuck out of q hole.
"'That will make me nest for
the robins - said the rabbit. Quick
" Uncle Wiggily carried the curlcd
hair and leather to where the two
birds were singing on The bush.
"Oh, what q funny most - chirpcd
Mrs. Robin.
"But it viii do us very nicely
until we can build a regular one, !"
sang her husband. Thank YOU, Un-
Gle Wiggily for this funny nest"
"I'll put it up in this tree for
YOU" said t'" rabbit. which he did
and soon the two birds were nesting
down in the curled hair and leather.
But when une,e Tyiggily reached his
bungalow again be saw Buster, one
If his rabbit boys, looking all around.
"Have you lost anything, Bus
ter'" asked his daddy.
"I'm looking for MY baseball
catching glove, made of leather and
,uIled horse tail hair" said the rab.
bit boy. "lt was bit torn but still
it was good catching glove. l left
it right here"
~ guess took your torn catch
ing glove for the robins' ncstl"
Uncle wiggily. Hal Hat
No wonder they said It was funnyll