Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-17
UO in tie air scared the easle.

though" +" screamed Uncle Wlggily 5
eagle to Mr.. Twistytail, who was
seated on the back of the other
big bird. eve will carry you safe
" as long as we fly and we II tax"
YOU down to earth whenever You
want to go. But if YOU lean over
too far YOU might fall off and that
wouldn Z be our fault.
'Of course it wouldn t. Std Mr.
Longears. "Be careful what YOU
are doing, Twisty. =
"All right grunted the pig.
moving back to the middle of his
eagles back. "But L don't want
TO go down TO earth just yet. | am
having too good a time. >
$50 am l. said Uncle Wiggily.
So the rabbit and the pig scared
along on the eagles backs, looking
at the clouds below them, for the"
were now high up. as eagles always
fly high unless they want to come
down to catch a fish. That is what
bald headed eagles best like to eat;
fishes, which they catch by diving
into a lake or river TO catch them.
All of a sudden, as Uncle Wiggllv
was leaning over 4 little bit to look
down at pink cloud, something
struck him on the end OF his noSe.
Mr.. Twistytail was close by at the
time and Uncle Wiggily said:
"Please don't throw things at
me, Twisty!'
II didn't throw anything,
granted the pig.
"'Well, something hit me on my
nose went on the rabbit.
II didn't throw it," grunted the
pig. And just then something hit
/ him on his nose, which was shaped
/ like flat rubber bah with two
holes in it for Mr.. Twistytail to
breathe through.
"'Stop it, Wiggy!' cried NJ.
Twistytail.
"Stop what?' asked the rabbit.
"Stop throwing marbles at me-. -
grunted the pig.
"Why, I'm not throwing any
thing exclaimed Mr.. Longears,
much surprised. Then he felt seve-
raj things bang him on his nose and
Mr.. Twistytail felt tht same and
,.thev didn't know what TO make Of
il until the eagle, on whose back
Uncle Wiggily was riding, screamed
out:
"'It's only rain drops pelting you
two, Don't be silly!'
Grain drops,' cried Uncle Wig
gily. "Why, how can that be!
Rain drops always fall down and
these things that hit me came up
from below. How is that
"That's because we re above the
clouds. - said the eagle. When
YOU are on the ground the clouds
are above you and the rain drops
fell down Now you are above the
clouds and the rain drops fall up
at seems very queer, but il must
he so. - said Mr.. Twistytail, looking
over the edge of his eagle 5 back
Then he could see a lot of ram drops
rushing up toward him from a cloud
below. The rain drops did not ex'
actlv fall up, but the wind from the
clouds blew them up 50 II almost
seemed AS if they were falling that
way though, really, they weren' t.
Anv how, Uncle Wiggily was so eX-
cited at this strange sky adventure,
seeing rain falling up, as he thought
that he leaned too far over his eagle
and-off he fell! SO did Mr.. Twis-
tytail,
Down, down., down, through the
clouds and rain drops fell the fat
pig and the rabbit and they might
have hit the ground very hard only
that both eagles quickly dived after
them. Getting below the falling pig
and rabbit, the eagles fluttered
about until Uncle Wiggily and the
pig had gently fallen among their
soft back feathers again and then
they were safe from harm.
Then the eagles took their pas
sengers down to earth and the sky
adventures was over. There was
the rabbits hollow stump bunga-
low right in front of them.
So everything ended happily. And