Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
Buster whispered, WHAT'S that?

did all the others, but Uncle Wiggily
called TO them:
Don't be afraid, little sillies!
Those shining eyes you see in the
dark are only those of Nurse Jane
coming, think, to tell US that sup
per is ready. Is that you. Nurse
Jane?" called Mr.. Longears
Yes, it is" answered the muskrat
lady housekeeper, your wife and I
have been waiting for you to come
with the children from your eve
ming picnic in the woods by the
campfire What have you been
doing?"
"Oh, he told us the loveliest story
about a bad boyl" said Bunty.
And he's going to tell us another
about funny boy" said Jingle.
Well, can tell you story about
what Will happen if YOU don't all
hurry back to the bungalow at
oncei" Squeaked Nurse Jane.
will the Bob Cat get us?" asked
Jingle.
"Of course he won't!" laughed
Nurse Jane. But all your suppers
will get cold if you don't come and
eat them. My goodness, Mr. Long
ears" she went on, ''it seems very
funny keeping the Dummies out here
in the woods after dark when IT has
been raining! Very queer!"
But I built a campfire TO keep
them warm" said Uncle Wiggily.
And he told us a lovely storyi"
said Bunty. About bad boy. We
don't want to go home now. not
even for support"
That's right" exclaimed Jingle,
Jangle and all the others
"Oh, dearl What am 1 going to
do?' squeaked Nurse Jane. Your
mother sent me to make you come
home to supper!"
"We1l all come to supper" said
Uncle Wiggily, "and while the chill
dren are eating I'll tell them about
the funny boy"
"Oh, that will be finei" exclaimed
Baby Bunty. Come on. everybody"
After Uncle Wiggily had carefully
put out the campfire, so it would
not scatter sparks in the night and
set the woods ablaze to burn the
fine trees, the party hurried back to
the hollow stump bungalow There
they had fine supper, which Mrs.
Longears had kept hot for them, and
when they were sitting about, wait
ing for bedtime, Uncle Wiggily told
this little story:
once upon a time there was a
boy who was very queer, for he was
always making funny faces At least
he thought they were funny. He
would crinkle up his nose and squint
his eyes and puff out his cheeks
and he would shout:
Look at me, See how .unny
ami"
"Oh, I wouldn't make those queer
faces if were you," the boys moth
er said to him, more than once. And
when he asked her why, she said
some day he might make funny faces
in cold weather and then his nose
would freeze crinckled and his eyes
would freeze squinty and his cheeks
would freeze puffy and he might
never get them Strengthened out
again.
But even after his mother had
said that. went on Uncle Wiggily,
this queer boy kept on making fun
ny faces all around the house, up
stairs and down stairs, in front Of
his sisters sometimes, and making
them run away, for they didn't like
his looks.
"One day when he was upstairs
this funny boys mother heard him
shouting for her. She ran to him
and found him in the hall crying.
She asked him what the matter
was and he said: Oh, Mother,
Just now saw a boy here and he
made terrible faces right at mel"
The boys mother laughed and said
there was no other boy in the house.
oh, yes there is; lookl' cried this
funny chap. He pointed and what
do you suppose had happened? Why
this boy was standing IN front of
looking glass in the hall, only he
didn't know IL was there He had
been seeing his own funny faces in
the looking glass and he didn't know
| himself. Now let this be a lesson to
you, said his mother And after
that the funny boy made no more
queer faces"
The bunny children laughed at
this story and went to bed. And
If the molasses candy will stop pull