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Show woultl ara It. "Ill pull the hoee ie tha other and of tha bad. Vncle wiraily pulled tha lone thtn, blark hoee alone. And aa It went alona by the uah where tha Bob Cat waa hidden, tha bad ehap heard and aaw eernethlns;. looklng down, na aaw, movlas; threusti tM ras. a Ion, thin, black lnln. "Oh. my iroodrirasa! A blaesl I anaka gasped the Bob Cat. -Hoar If thera waa ona thins; mora than another af which tha Bab Cat waa afraid. It waa a black anaka. "h. I muat net awar from bare quickly quick-ly before that bl anaka bite ma or .iueeees me!" whlepereel tha Bob Cat "OJi. how unlucky I, ami No eara for me today!' Then ha crawled away rery eoleW Iv. ao the anaka. aa ha thouejht tha Ion to be. wouldn't catch nim. Awar far off went tha Pen Cat. There!- aald Uncle WUr. he faetened the hoea ao It ";'d wet another drv part of the Ilower X bed "There! How calm and Peace- t fl everythlns- la!" And ha waat ta sleep en the et-oe Hut If It had not been for the Bob Cat thlnklan the hoe In the irraaa waa a snake, th Inxe mlaht rot have been ao peaceful and quiet. Anvhow, Nurae Jane thanked Incle Wlaally for watering her flowere. . And If the dilating bruah doeeVt M tickle the table and make It aland w Imm H - Ih. Mr II tell you next about Uncle W Kill? and Pammle'a trick. ge J - IJHK VI II. 11.1.1' MI 1HK tluafc. By HtU AMD It. OAHJ1. Tncla Wlgglly! Oh. I.'ncln Wlf-glly!" Wlf-glly!" called Nurae Jane JFnx.7 wuaiy In the hollow aturop ouasa-Jow ouasa-Jow ona day. . iw ree! What la It Inqulrrad the lorgeaed rabbit geatleman. "Haa anything happened?' - ' "No. but aomethlna la olnff to happen." apoka Mlaa Fuasy Wuaay. "1 am goina away front here." 'Not forever. I hope!" exclaimed t'nele Wlgglly, and even hla pink, twinkling aoae grew pale. Hla couldn't think how ha would aver manage without Nurae Jane to keep the hollow atump bungalow. "Oh. no! I am only going away for a few dare on a lltllo vacation lo are my coueln. Mlaa Water Rat. eald the muekrat lady. "And there le one favor I want to aak of TOO before I go.' "What la Itr and Uncla Wlgglly look out hie pocketbook. "5o. It len t moagy." Bld NurM Jane with a amllehat made her whlekere curl. for. Ilka all ffood muekrat Indira, aha wore whlekere. "I Juat want you to promlaa to water my flower bad whUa I am '""oh. right Metfly will I do that!" t,romloed I ncle Wlgglly, aa Be put hie puree beck In hla pocket. - Tim, Nueae Jana went aa -a 111-tle 111-tle vacation to are. her coueln. Mlaa Water Bat. and Uncle Wlgglly had a good time playing Bcotch check-era check-era with Uncle Butter, tha goal gentleman. . . . And at reef. Juat the day before Kurae Jane wai to return home, and while Uncle Wlgglly waa over at Uncle Buttefa houee. the rabbit gentleman gave aurh Jump that he nrerly apllled tha twlnklo off the end of hla pink" aoae "Whafa the matter." naked Ut- C'"IBjuetr'thought fit aomethlng!"" anewered Uncle Wlgglly. "I muet hurry home and water Nurae Jane a flower bed. I forgot all about It until Juat now. Ill aklp home and turn the hoee on all night. If I leave the water manlng a long while It may freahen up the poaiea no ahe will never know that I forgot for-got about them." , "I wl.h you luck aald rcle Bolter, aa Me rabbit frlerid hopoej over tKe flelde back ta hla hollow atumn bungalow. "I'll give the flowere an eatra rood weltlnr to mako up for having hav-ing fjrgott-n them.' thonnht the bunny gentleman, aa he looked a. tha long. thin. Wck hoao winding In and out of the buehee The hoee waa a tone one to reach from the kitchen faucet around front to the flower .ed. Uncle Wlgglir watched the water apraylng ever the thlrety flowers They haa pen .nim. their heede and drooping. But now thev twik heart and looked op- "Oh. how thlraty we were! they whlspred to the evening breere. Uncle Wlaglly eat on the froit atepa all alene. having faetened up the end of the hoee ac. it u aprav the flower bed. Tha rabbit gtatleman waa wondering when Nurae Jane would come home, when, all of a audden. tiptoeing In tha gate came the Bob cat. "Ah. Uncle Wlaglly la alt (one-whlspered (one-whlspered tha Bob Cat to hlmeelf. "I ahalL have no trouble creeping up and nibbling hla eara' The Bob Cat crept cloBer and eloa-er. eloa-er. And, oh. hew hungry he waa for e.-rf ta nibble! He hid behind a bueh and waited for a chance to spring on Uncle Wlgglly a back. But Just about the the rabbit gentlemar. thought he would move the hoae a little to make It wet another an-other epot cn the flower bet. "It would never do to make a puddle of water there," thought tha rabbit gentleman. "Nurae Jane |