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Show IfttLK VIUt.l,V ANU THU TWO noa. (cearrlfht, 111. t McClure ffewepsper Syndicate.) By HOWARD ft. OA US. Curly and Floppy Twfatytall, the two llitla pfggle boy a, walked over the flalda to Uncle Wlgglly a hollow stump bungalow, "Uncle WIssMr. asksd Curly, may we go with your "But I am not going anywhere, replied the rabbit gentleman. 'Arent you even going adventuring?" adventur-ing?" naked Floppy. "So," answered Mr. lon gears, twinkling hla pink noe. "It la too hot even to go adventuring." "Than," aa id Nuroa Jane Fussy Wussy. looking out of the kitchen door to the side at op hr Vncle Wlgglly was otttlna- ta the shade with the piggies, "then 1 auppoae It la too hot for you to go to the tor for ma, "Wlggy?" "Oh. no. not too hot for that," politely po-litely answered th bunny. "What do you wish?' "I need soma atlcky fir paper," said Miss rusty Wuasy. The bei 1 files are getting on thick la the bungalow that f muot catch them , before they .bits us and spoil out food . "I'll get you the atlcky paper. prom lead Mr. Uongvara. "Oh, may we come with you and help voit carry It 7" squealed Floppy and Ourly. Vly pa rr Isn't heavy to carry," laughed Mr. Longeara. "I can put half a dosen aheata In my pocket "I onlv want three sheets. said Nurse Jana. "As th sheets co.ie double, with the sticky eldas together, to-gether, that will make ma aU pieces which will be plenty. "I'll gat them," offered TJaele Wlgglly, hopping down off the stoop. Oh. let us coma." begged Floppy and Curly, ao Undo Wlgglly oald they might. Soon tho three rnenjs were on their way to the fly paper store. They walked slowly In the ahade, for the sun wss very hot. "1 want three double sheets of your very stickiest fly paper. aald Unole Wlgglly to tho Uttlo mousls girl clerk fn tha stors. Sha gave them to the rabbit gentleman, gen-tleman, and Uncle Wlgglly waa about to put them la hie poena when Floppy said: ")h. let me carry no! And Curly aald: -Oh, let mo taka one In my wVll," remarked Uncle Wlgglly with a smile, "aa there ara three double sheets there will be one tor; each of ua But bo careful not to pull the aheata apart or you'll be all stuck up." "We'll be careful,' promised the pirate boys. So Uncle Wlgslly put R double sheet of stick, fly paper In la pocket, and Curly put a double sheet of stick fly papsr In h s pocket, and Floppy put a double sheet of sticky fly papsr In his pocket. . Thea they started off through the warm sunshine for- homo. About a Quarter way homo Floppy put one paw In his pocket to make ours he hsl ths fly paper safe. Wall, his paw want in hi pocket anally enough, but It didn't coma out. ot bis paw wsnt In between tho two sticky sides of ths fly paper, and there his paw waa caught taat. riimn, mm nathlna. but he had a funny look oa hi. fac. a. h. alked along, with on. paw In hi. pocket. Then, .bout half way home. Rut hie paw tn hi pocket to a.e If e had hla pl.ee of atleky fly papal aafe. And th. wm. thing happened hap-pened t. him. He put In hi paw but he couldn't pull out hla paw beeauM It wa. caught fee. In between be-tween th. tw. aheele of fly paper that had come apart becauee th. day waa warm. Then, about three-quarter of the way U'.me, Unci. Wlgglly put hla paw la hi. pocket to aee If hi. fly Eaper wa aafe and 1.1 and old hi paw waa caught fact. "Oh. my goodneeel" cried th rabbit rab-bit gentleman. "I'm atuckl" "So am IV cried Floppy. . . , . 8o am I!" aquealed Curly, And luat then up cam. th. Bob Cat. But when the Bob Cat mw Vncl. Wlgglly d Curly and Floppy, each on. with a paw la hu pocket, the Bob Cat howled: "Hal X know what you are going to dol Tou hav. atone tn your pocket and you ar going to throw thm at me I No you don t! Tou can, fool ma that way!" And away ran the Bob Cat. though the bunny and the H'1 bsr ku B ton" a " l0"Ha!"Har laughed Unci. Wlgglly. Wlg-glly. "Bven If we ar. etuck we fooled the Bob Cat-" Nuree Jane laughed when ah. aaw th. three each with a paw etuck In hla pocket. But aha helped them get rid of the atlcky fly paper by greaelng their paw wlva butter. And then the muckrat lady caught a lot of file. . And If the eour milk doean t wtat lte.lt up Int. iunny facaa ee that the Ice cream eona tlrklM th. abort reke. I'll tell you next about Uncle Wlgglly and the little brown wren. (Continued Monday.) |