Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-05

when he saw they were not play
ing with matches. Nor was there
handed to Duster, saying:
Take a look through this and it
will make everything seem as If it
were on fire
Duster put the red glass to his
eyes and exclaimed:
"Oh, sure. 1t does look as if
even the trees and bushes were
burning. And it makes our bunga-
low look as if it were on fire. Oh,
this is good!"
Let me look!" begged Custer and
he took the glass.
We'll. that is safe fun for them,
Uncle Wiggily said with a laugh.
Red glass can't burn them, and if
they are careful they will not get
cut"
After the rabbit boys had taken
turns looking through the red glass
Buster said:
Il know where there's more of
this"
"Where?" asked his two brothers
over in the vacant lots" was
the answer. Somebody dumped a
lot of old glass bottles and things
there. There are lots of different
colored glass;
Let's get some and have fun!'
proposed Duster.
Uncle Wiggily watched the rab-
bit boys while they found some
pieces of yellow glass and some
colored green, pink, purple and
blue.
When you look through yellow
glass" said Buster, lit seems as if
the sun was shining double"
And when you look through blue
glass" said Custer, lit makes every
thing like the ocean. Oh, this is
lots of fun"
The boy rabbits played with the
colored glass and gave pieces to
their sisters, who walked about,
holding them in front of their eyes.
And once, when Baby Bunty was
looking through a piece of purple
glass she bumped into Jingle, who
was looking at something through
pink glass, and both little rabbit
girls fell down. But they only
laughed.
Uncle Wiggily, glad that his bun
ny children were having this safe
fun, hoped away to look for an
adventure. But adventures seemed
to be very scarce that day None
could he find, though he hunted
until it began to get dark.
We'll, l had better hop home to
my bungalow and get supper" said
the bunny gentleman, and away he
hoped, seeing his way in the dark
by the yellow flashes of fire from
the lightning bugs, of which there
were many out that evening.
All of sudden, as Uncle Wiggily
was hopping along the path, he saw
a big hole, where Jackie and Peetie
Bow Wow had been digging that
day. The puppy dogs had dug
big hole and should have put the
dirt back in to fill the hole, but
they didn't.
And now if somebody comes
along in the dark they will STUN
BILE into this hole and get hurt"
said Uncle Wiggily, as he saw it
by the light of the fireflies. There
ought to be a red light here to warn
folks TO keep away from the hole.
l wish l had a red lantern"
Uncle Wiggily saw the flashing
fireflies. He was going to ask them
to stay near the hole all night to
warn about the danger. But one
bug said it would do no good.
Our lights are yellow he said.
you need red light to show that
a place is dangerous"
Then I know how to get a red
light, said the rabbit. Wait here
for me. I'll soon be back. Hopping
to the place where he had seen the
children picking up colored glass,
Uncle Wiggily, by a firefly's glow,
found red bottle Now If you
yellow lightning bugs will get inside
this red glass bottle, it will be a fine
red danger lantern to warn about
the hole in the path" said Mr..
Longears.
So the fireflies in the red bottle
lantern flickered all night and no
one fell into the hole. In the
morning Uncle Wiggily made Jackie
and Peetie fill it up So if the
pussy cat will lend her tail to the
rag doll TO wear for a neckpiece to
the party, I'll tell you next about