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Show fqiF I UNCLt WIOOILV NB THS WATERMELON. (Copyright. !. by etoClore paper Syndicate.) . By HOWARD R. OARIS. Tlng-a-llng!" rang the telephone bell In the Hollow turn wniww of Uncle Wlgglly ene toy. 'TU see wno (l la, said Nurse Jane Fussy Wussy. And whoa ths muikral lady had listened (or a ! ment, saying "Yea and hN" and "On. how lovely r couple at tlinae, ahe turned to Unci Wlgglly and "aipa.MTwltytaU Is seating seer to Oood!" exclaimed Unci Wlggtly. "la ah going to brine any el the Uttto Twlelytallc with hart' "No," rapllad tha rouekrat tady housekeeper who had hung up tha talaphona, "aha la coming all by nar-aalf. nar-aalf. And do you knew what I wlah you'd do W la-art" "Do yon maan oomh down my fur or put on a naw nacktlor aakad too rabbit uncla. "lon't ba'ainvl Ton atwaya look nlra" lauirhad Nnrao Jana. "Bui I wlah you d (at a larca maloa for lunch. Mra. Twlatytall la vary fond of mlotia." Than I'd battr rt a watarmalon." lanrhad Undo Wtnlly. "That la tha lariul kind. All rlaht. I'll takt my au4a aad wwt aho-Urajaaa aaalaw oaa find ao you can aiva Mra. Twlatytall two alaa If aha waata that many." Oh aha'a aura to want two, at laaat!' laufhad Nurao Jane. ' Than tha muakrat lady baran tidy up the hollow atump bunaaiow. while Uncle Wlnlly aat off In hie auto to buy a larva watermelon, at tha eeven and eight aent' at or a. He found a loYefy one ereen on tha outalda and red en the Inalde with plenty of black aeeae. The watermelon waa placed In the back part of the ante, and UaoJe Wlgglly supped aa the (aa and started lor home. . But he had net gone very far when all of a sudden he felt the ear rua ever something. There waa a jott a Jar and a Jiggle and then eame a bias of air Ilka a steam radiator en a ootd and frosty morning. "Puncture!" cried TJnrle Wlggfly. "1 thought that would atop him!" chuckled another voice. Out of the buehee at the side or the road stepped the Be Cat And the Allgator the Bklllery "canary Allga-tor Allga-tor with humpe on his tall. Incle, Wlgglly looked at the bad chape and then at a sharp-pointed nail In the road. He had rlodaa over thla aall '".Jf'pjj" pVll there!" laughed the '1'Indr. helped" rtuekled the Hob Cat. "Now come Into my den and we ll nibble your ears!" And aa he and the Alligator led poor Uncle Wlgglly Into the rocky cave den the 'Oator saw the big watermelon la the back of the ante. "Oh. we muat have thla, tee," gurgled gur-gled the 'Oator. . . . "By all means," growled the Bob rat. "We'll tie Uncle Wlgglly cut-aide cut-aide the den by a grape vine rope while we eat the melon. After that we'll nibble his ears." fto they tied the bunny rabbit out-alee out-alee tha-eevo by-ayaa plies ei see from the wild grape vine. Than, taking tak-ing tha melon Inalde the cave, the Alligator and Bob Cat rut It open In halves, and each one taking a half, becan snooping out . the Julcjr red ""'Ahriat was rood.' said the fle-tor, fle-tor, tossing outside the cave his emnty scooped out half of the melon. "Vary good." growled the Bob Cat, and he also toes I outside the cave hie empty half of the eoooped out watermelon. "Aa new for that rabbit's rab-bit's ears." "Oh. let's rest a bit end sleep." said the 'Oator. "There Is no hurry and I am not so hungry after eating AM'Shf-saM the Bob Catgut first in look and eje II Uncle Wig. glly Is tied safely." He looked outatds the oav. but Unrte J''r there. "Hs'e gone!" howled the Bob Cat. -I eee the empty watermelon rolling down the hUL but Uncle Wlg- ,UInA soothe bunnr wee. For when he saw tha empty halves of ths melon come rolling out of the cave the bunnr thought of a trick. He gnawed himself loose from the grapevine rope got Inside the empty, scooped out melon, and, holding the balvea together, to-gether, he wiggled and wnggled until he atarted It roiling dowa hill away from the cave. inside ths empty melon TTnde Wig-1 glly rolled entU he reaohed his auto, not far away. Then he buret out of the empty melon. Jumped mto to ear, stepped en the gaa and away he went so faat that the bad chars eoulfln t catch aim. Than ha bouaht another melon and get safely te his bungalow "''in you were a long time. Wlgglly"' Wlg-glly"' said Nurse Jane, who was talking to Mrs. Twlatytall. j 1 had a great adventure,' said ths bunny, and he told about It. Just a I have told you. And It ( Bod a penny rolling up hill to buy a Mlypop for the baby elephant I'll tell you aeat about Uncle WlaTTlly'a police bat. |