Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-14
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ond and stopped another sneeze
from coming And when the animal
boys and girls had gone to school,
Nurse Jane. looking at Mr.. Long
ears, said:
You need some hot. sassafras
teaw
And I am going to get til" cried
the bunny gentleman, hopping out
of his easy chair
No! You stay right here! I'll get
it for youl' kindly offered the musk
rat lady housekeeper.
Excuse me, but I will hop out to
the woods, pull up some roots of the
Sassafras bush and bring them
homel" said Uncle Wiggily, looking
for his hat. Il know where sassafras
grows in the woods. 1t will do me
good to hop out and pull UP some
of the roots. You may make the
hot sassafras tea for me. Nurse Jane,
and I will drink it and then my cold
will be all better ker-choo" Uncle
Wiggily wanted to say thank you,'
but his pink nose started to twinkle
so he had to say "ker-choo,"
You are too III to go out!" cried
Nurse Jane. You must stay in and
| I'll go get the sassfras rootS!"
mo, thank youl" cried Uncle Wig
gily.
"Yes, pleasei' begged Nurse Jane.
No, thank you very muchl" cried
Uncle Wiggily.
Yes, thank you very much you
mustY squeaked the muskrat lady.
And Mrs. Longears, coming down
hstairs to see what all the talking
was about, said to Nurse Jane that
she might just as well let Uncle
Wiggily have his own way, anyhow,
as maybe it would do him good to
go out.
"Surely it will chuckled Mr..
Longears as he found his hat under
the stove where Baby Bunty had
been playing it was the ashman's
cart. I'll bring back the sassafras
roots for my hot tea to cure my
a-ker-choo choo coldr said the bum
ny gentleman.
Away he hoped to the woods and
soon he. found a ,sassafras bush
Uncle Wiggily began to dig with his
| front paws around the roots of the
bush. When he had dug down some
/ distance he took hold of the root
and tried to pull it up. But sassa-
/ fras bush has roots that are deep
in the earth and though Uncle Wig
| gily pulled and pulled and pulled,
he could not get up the deep root.
| Then, all of sudden there was
a splishing splashing in the pond
near the bush and loud voice bel
! lowed:
What are you trying to do, Uncle
Wiggily?"
II am trying to pull up a sassa-
fras root SO Nurse Jane can make
tea TO cure my cold" said the rab-
bit. Then, looking around, he saw
| the Skillery Scallery Alligator with
the double -jointed tail.
you won't need any sassafra5
root to cure your cold" beloved the
Gator. so don't, bother pulling any
up"
why not asked the rabbit gen.
| tleman
Because" said the Gator, Il am
going to carry you off TO my den.
There you won't know whether you
have cold or not. Come oni"
"Oh. please" begged Uncle Wig
gily. before you carry me off to
your den will you pull up this sas-
safras root for me. I am not strong
enough"
well. Pm strong and III pull it
upp' beloved the Gator. He put the
END of his tail under the root and he
pulled and pulled and pulled. Then,
all of sudden, the root broke off
and popped out. And the Gator
turned a peppersault head over. tail
and flopped back into the pond
"Hal Hal Thank you very much"
cried Uncle Wiggily. Picking up the
piece OF sasssfras root the Gator
had so kindly pulled for him, the
bunny rabbit hoped home, dranl.
the hot tea Nurse Jane made ano
his cold was all better. But ON,
how angry that Gator Wasl Ter
rible Hal Ha
But it served him right. And If the