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Show i Sleepjlime UNCLE WIOCILV AND THI JAV' ACOMN. Copyright ltZS, by McClur Nwa-paper Nwa-paper "yndluat. y HOW A WO R. OARIt. , "Hayl Hay! Hay! called a shrill voloe on morning outald the hot low atump bungalow of Unci Wtgglly Longear. "Who la that calling hayr aaked Kura Jane. "Tell them w don't want any hay, nor straw Hher, If youpteas. Unci Wlgglly." Tht lan't a peddler aelllng hay, laughed tb bunny. "Who I If then?" Mlas Fussy W ussy us-sy wanted to know. "L think It la a Blue Jay bird," was th bunny a answer, and, surely enough, it wa on of tho bright blue birds making tb nols. It cannot can-not be aald that th oag of a Jay la pretty music Still. It has It wscs, 1 HelTo' Mr. Jay!" called Unci Wig-gib'. Wig-gib'. VVr you calling m?" "1 was." answered the Jay, perching perch-ing en t'ncl Wlgglly' roof and, with hi hsad on on side, looking down at the bunny. "Do you want an adventure, adven-ture, Mr. Longears?" Inquired the Jay. "Hay! Hay! Hay!" ha eh risked, Rubbing iu aadwdowa alttk. bis wio utter liia as he made thla nolae. "Why yea, I'd Ilk aa ad vent ur," the rabbit answared. "Than com to the wood with me," Invited th Jay. "Under a tree where I hav my neat la something very queer, all curled up In a round ball. Perhaps It la a football belonging to on of th animal boys." "I'll come and ee what It l,1 deckled de-ckled t'ncl Wlgglly. "As yoa aay. It may be an adventure." v So the rabbit gentleman hopped through th woods, while th Jay flitted flit-ted on ahead, flying and darttng from tree to tree. All of a uddn th Jay swooped down and. In hi beak, picked up something from th ground, flying back to a tree branch with It. "What did you pick upr aaked Cnclo Wlgglly. "Blub-blub gurr-aee-gik," mumbled th Jay. "I can't uaderatand a word you say. spok Unci Wlgglly. "Plop!" Th Jay dropped - something some-thing from hi bHI. letting It fall with a rattle on the dried leaves that covered cov-ered th ground. "I picked up an old dried acorn." th bird ald. "I couldn't talk any Klalner with th acorn In my bill. I ad to drop It to tell you about It.' "Oh, I am o eorrv I gave you that trouble." Unci Wlgglly aald. "But. feallv. I didn't know what you meant by 'glub-blub' and so on." "It s perfectly all rl-ht, laughed the Jay. i can pick up the acorn again." Down It swooped after the brown nut from the oak tree. And when th Jay had th acorn In his open bill one more. Unci Wlgglly naked: "Ar you going to eat ft? "Blub! Glut! Zlck! She!' mumbled th bird. "Tear ro." said Unci Wlgglly. "I enn't "Plop" Down fn th' scom again as th bird dropped tt to aay: "I am taking thla acorn horn to my llttl bird a. It han't really any Sood to sat. but they like to hear me rop It, Plopplty-plop, on th dried leaves. Now I'll pick It trp again," which lis did. - "I'll try not to aak you any more qu eat Ion whll you are carrying th acorn in your Mil." aald Unci Wlgglly. Wlg-glly. with a low and pollt bow of his pink, twinkling no, Blub! 01ub:r' murmured the Jay aa h flaw on with th acorn, floon he reached hi neat tree, t'ncl Wlgglly looked around and aaked: "Whr la th queer adventur thing?" "Blub! Blub! Zrr! Zoop!' mumbled th Jay. "I can't quit make out what you say," began to bunny. "Plop!" Down fell th acorn again. "uear mer- exclaimed Uncle Wlg-gllv. Wlg-gllv. and Just then the cuddled up object at the foot of the Jay's tree i uncurled, and thera was the Woosle Wolfl Well may yoa asy Mear me!' " bowled the Wolf. "For I am going to nibble your ears. Uncle Wlgglly! ' "No, you sren't. cried the Jay. With that the bird swooped down and picked up the hard, round brown acorn. ''Plop!" the Jay threw the score at the -Wolf. It hit the bad snap en hi eye. "Wowchlel Scowahle'" howled ' the Wolf. "It's hailing stones! . I muet run away!" And away ae ran, nibbling nib-bling no ears that day. , "Hurray! Hurray! ' Hurray" shrieked the Jay. Then he picked up the acorn again and let It drop en the dried leavee for the little Java, making It aouad like a baby's rattle box. S "Tou wer very good to me," spoke the buSny. "You gsve me an adventure adven-ture and saved my ears" And If the tennis ball doesn't try to Jump rope with the ealt shaker and make the Pipper eneese, I'll tell you next about nrje Wlgglly and the two Utile pigs. |