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Show 1(1 I BEDTIME STORIES I BY HOWARD R. GARIS I- WICGIM s ( MtRoTs f (Copyright. 1920, by HcClure Newspaper News-paper S ndicate ) I fBy Howard It (.arts ) F -Are ou going to be home all day, , ? Nurse .lane'.'" asked I nrr Wiggilv of I bis muskrat lady boisekceper one. y morning, as he started dov. n the steps 7 of his hollow stump bungalow. "Why, I was going to run over to see Mrs Wlpbfewobble, the duck lady, for a moment or two.' upoke Miss Pun 'uzz. "But if you wish me to remain In " "Oh, you may go over t0 Mrs. Wib-blewobblfe's." Wib-blewobblfe's." said the bunny gentle-, gentle-, I man "Only I meant don't go down j to the three and four cent store, shop-l shop-l kt-- pins for diamond ih-h)..i i-. or gold Sf frying pans I am having mv winter if supply of carrots sent up today, and I' I'd like you home to open the eel la i I door, so the carrots can be stored awn, I in the bins " I "Oh. I'll be here"' promised Nurse Jane. "Indeed It is quite time we had the winter, carrots put in. I'm glad you are not letting tnem go as long l as you did the winter wood. Uncle i WiggMy." 'That was a lesson to me. ' said the bunny rabbit gentleman. If it had not bMn for the kind crows, filling our cellar wfth eones from the pine tree, we might still be without fire wood for the winter. Then the bunny rabbit gentleman hopped off to order his Winter carrots, and Nurse Jane put on her bonnet and .shawl to go over to see Mrs Wlbble-iwobble. Wlbble-iwobble. the duck lady, who was mother to Rulu, Alice and Jimntle Wlbblc-w Wlbblc-w obble. "I can easily see when the monkey doodle gentleman drives up with the ; load of carrots." said Nurse Jane, as she skipped over to the cluck lady's house, which was .lust ncroas the path from l'ncb Wiggily s nollow stump I tiimga low I Lulu, Alice and Jimmie. the three ducks, were at school, bo their mother ;and Nure Jane had a nice time talking talk-ing together about the best way to m,ake bnnne:s out of sun flower roll-: roll-: iiik down hill off th.- honing board. MM Wlbblewohble was just lelllng Nurse Jane bow well Jimmie. the duck boy, was getting on with h'.s c(uaek-in c(uaek-in lessons at the hollow stump school when, all of a sudden, the muskrat J lady housekeeper cried: , Here comea Uncle Wiggilv s car-J rots. I must go open the cellar door 1 for the monkey doodle I'll come over again, Mra Wlbblewohble.1 Yes. do " quacked the duck lady. ' I It did not lake long for the mon- j I key doodle to carry into Uncle Wig-glly's Wig-glly's ce'llar of the hollow stump pun-gjtow pun-gjtow all the carrots the rabbi' gentleman gentle-man had dfMe'red for wlntei The long, sharp. llow egetab!es wcr put In bins next to the pine tree cones, that would be burned when cold days, ca me "It's a fine lot of carrots Uncle Wig-Iglly Wig-Iglly ordered this time," said Nurse i Jane to herself, ns she looked at them j in the cellar, bin. and got ready to go j upstairs to get the bunny s lunc h j ready Just then she heard Uncle Wig-glly Wig-glly walking around In the dining room above, and Nurse Jane called to him: "Come On down. Uncle WJgglly, and Bee your carrots. They just camel" I Hippfty hop, on his recj. while ind blue striped rheumatism crutch, the bunny gentleman, who had renrhi -d , home a bit early, came down cellar. With Nurse Jane he looked at the! golden heap of nharp, pointed, yellow carrots. "Ah, they'll he Just fine made Into puddings, pies and strawberrj short-cajcea short-cajcea this winter"' said the hunny. .smacking hVs Hps ann" making his pink nose twinkle twice as last as a lolly-pop. lolly-pop. 'And you'll bake, boll stew and! roast them, will you not. Nurse Jan,?" i Yes. and make carrot -oup " said the muskrat lady. "You shall have all the c.irrotK you want, Uncle Wlggily. And but hark! What that?" suddenly sudden-ly asked the muskrat ladj "Whn'.'s what.'" Uncle Wiggily i w anted to know. "SomethinK jusi went pnst the cellar cel-lar window," said Miss Futay Wuaaj Can it lif th,. monkey doodle man bringing more (arrets"1" ' No. these are all 1 ordered." said the bunny "Rut wall I'll take a 1 lordc. Keep quiet Nurse .lane." The muskrat lady kept ery quiet, and Uncle Wlggily went softly to the foot of the cellar stairs and looked up ' Then he came back to Nurso Jane I on his tiptoes I What is It?" whispered the musk- i r.-. I lady. "A great big black bear'." whispered whis-pered Uftfcle Wlggily He's up at the I head of the cellar stairs in the kltch- en, and I guess he's waiting for me. OK, whit shall we do" How can we 'get out of this cellar'" "Wer can't " said Nurse Jane ' I nailed the outside door shut after rbr 1 monkey doodle put In the car?ot . h. ' how can wrc make the bear go away ' L'nclo Wlggily thought for a moment, mo-ment, scratched his ear and twinkled , his pink nose Then be whispered. I know a way. I ll make believe '. I'm Mi Hedgehog Porcupine, all cov ered w ith sharp stick, ry .ullls. I . .ire aTi.-iid of hedgehog':. for fear they'll Ket themselves stuck full of quiils. I'M be a make-believe pOrcu- pine and scare this bear away. lie s la bad bear, and not like our good friend Mr Stubtall, dr Mr Whlt- . w ash " "How an you be a porcupine?" I asked Nurse Jane. "You fur is so sot." Listen.' said the bunny 'These carrots have sharp points, like th quills of a porcupine. Tie a lot of j these carrots all around me, so they ' stick out all over Then I'll go up the staffs the bear will think I'm a port i-plen i-plen and he'll run away. " So Nurse Jnne tied a lot of the sharp-pointed carrors on Uncle Wlggily. Wlg-gily. making them stick out like the quills on a fretful porcupine. I P the slalrs walked UhCle Wiggilv. hiding his long e-rs back of his head "Ah ha" growled the bear, as ie heard the bunny coming uo stl Ira. Now 'or a tender rabbit:" But when be saw the sticker) pointed carrots the ben- cried: Oh. no hedgehog porcupines for me' They are too much like toothpicks' I guess I made a mistake: mis-take: Uncle Wiggilv doesn't live here after all. " and away he ran So the bunny was saved and so was Nurse Jane, and how she and Mr. Longears laughed as they untied the carrots from the rabbit They had fooled the bear. And If the sugar cookie doesn't go uut walking with the molas-.cs Jug. and get so tangled up that it cannot slide down the wash ! :tid, I II tell you next, about Uncle Wiggily'i autumn leaver. |