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Show UNGLK WJOOILV AND THl MAPLE CCD. Coprrlfht; IMS. by MrClur Kawap-pr Kawap-pr Syndicate.) By HOWARD n. OARIt. One upon ' tlm Unci Wirsrtly waa w&iklnf through tha woods with Nora Jtvn. bla muakrat lady houakpr. All of m auddan aomethtnir fluttarwo In front of Nun Jan' a faca, and ah mad a a daah at It with bar bunSock laaf fan. OtLlt'e bir twa; aftar ma!" erlad lit mi Fussy Wusay. "Ha! Ha!" Uuhd Uacla WlrHT. Why ar you sisclliaff that way.' Nurt Jan aakad. "Bacaua that lan't a biff buff at all, Chuck lad tha bunny, "ft ta only a tr.apla ad, llk a tiny aJrahlp. aall-Ina; aall-Ina; aJooff to find a placa to plant list li-st If " "What do you meanr aakad N'uraa Jana. "How can a mapl aead ba Ilka an alrahtpr "I'll show you, offered Mr. Long cxra. Ha plckad up from tha (round or. of tha aaada from a mapl t . Th aaad part waa a llttla round, rraan pod. with aomathln In It Hka a flat baan. or pm. And apradtn out from tho aaad waa a kna. thin bit of ffrean, ahaj?l Ilka tha wing of t ! raffm fly: rTatel. th4 mapla ed 'fiy," MM Uncla Wlffally. Hi k o or It. Tha mapla sm1 Hutird toward tha -vi-th, but tha wind, catchlnff tha wln part, blw it ; alonff Ilka a toy balloon. "That la how tha mait arattara tin acds far away, ao mo- tr nav row up." asplatnad thai itibblt ffantlx-raii. ffantlx-raii. "Of couraa, not a very acad takaa root and crows, Many ara pickad up and atrn.' "Just aa thla on la ffolnff to ba. cried a Jolly Htil otc, and down out of a tra dartd Rutty Tall, tha rad aqulrral. In hla llttla paws h plrkad up tha flylnff mapU aad Unrle Wi-ftly Wi-ftly had droppad. Thn. alttlnff up on hi hind lags, and hold In tha tiny ran airship In hla front paws which wara almost Ilk hands, Rusty ffnawad at and ata tha a4 In th round end of th filer. "You art aa thouab you liked thoaa." aid Nurs Jan. "Thay aren't a ffood aa nut, but I aat them whan I am h unary. " tha rad aqulrral chattarad. "Oh, what lots of mapl aaada!" ha cried. "And thay ara flym all over,' said Nurs Jan. For. Indeed, th br.vil wlnff parts of th eedn wer caufrht by tlia wind and aallad far. far off throuah tha wood a. Nurm Jan said It was rood to know how thus th mapl trees were scat tered. Than aha and Unci Wlgguv aald ffoodbya to Rusty Tall, tha red aqulrral. and went to th hollow atump buncalow. It waa about two day a after thla when L'ocla Wfftly wa rmppin-c alona In t.ha woods, that th Bkit'ery ScaCery Alltpur jumped out from behind buan and cus;ni tha rabbit ffentlaman before th bunny knew what win happortlnff "Now I'm got:. io tk ycu off to my den and hid -ou thr," arrow le J tha 'Uator. .'. i'ava yeu thr- and I'll go fft th Wolf, tho Fox and Bob Cat, and we'll nibble your ears." So to Alllffator shut Uncla WtariW up In a rocky dan built of biff atones piled on on top of tha other to make ft ear. .Locking tha sion door, ine ' Oat or waddiad away, aaying: "I'll aoon ba back with tha Foa. tha Wolf and tha Bob Cat!" Lrft to hi me If tn th A II Ira tor's den. Undo Wiaffily knew not what to do. There wer cracks In th atones and th bunny could look out. but tha cracks war too small for bira to crawl through. Suddenly, as h looked, th wind blew In throuah th cracks aome of th winged mapl seeds. And. savins them. Unci WigffHy had an idea. "These wlnffs ar flat and dry. Ilk paper. said th bunny. "I have my fountain pan with ma, very luckily. I'll writ message on aom of th winged aeeda and toss them out of tha cracks. Home of th mapl seed mes-aaffes mes-aaffes may reach Nurs Jsn and ah can com and let me out!" No sooner said than dona. Uncle Wlagtly wroto on a number of tha wlnffed aeeda of tho mapl tre thla message: I "I am In tha 'Gator's dent Coma and get ma out!" i Thee aeeda he toaeed out of tha cracka In th car. Th kind wind di.w ina aw. 10 ina aonow iiump bungalow. Nuraa Janr plckl th.m up. and whtn aha read Uncla Wlnlljr'a m-M. ah. callrd th Pollc. Ltog Wa will aava Incla Wlgl(jrr" barkrd tha doc. Off he ran, with NurM Jan. and Untla Buttr. Th,y raachrd th. 'Uator'a den bafor. tli. had chap trot hark with Ih. Wolf. th. K.x and tha Bob Cat. "Wa will aava you!" barked tha Pollca Do,, and. braaklna open tha cava. tb,y bclpad tha rabolt sentl.maji out. "Mapla aamla ara uaeful for aomathln, aoma-thln, laa than maklna' naw tri." lau,had tha rabbit aa h. hopptd horn with hi, frlanda. And you can lma,lna how anrry tha 'Oator waa. and th. Pox. bob Cat and Wolf, alao, whan thay had no aara to nlbbl,. And H tha apatlln, book doran't throw a lot of Ita vary hardrat word at tha Ink and and aplaah tha paper of pin,. I'll trll you n.at about Uncla wlgclly and tha Jay'a acorn. |