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Show I I BEDTIME STORIES BY HOWARD R. GARIS II i ii. IGGILY M B I blli'S l in i R (Copyright lS-w. by McClurc Newspaper Newspa-per Syndicate i (By Howard K (.ails Where are you going?" asked' Nuree Jane Putey Wnz-y, of the bunny rabbit genllcina none morning, as she Ml him take his tall silk hat down off the clothes tree, and lift his red. white and Ida. striped rheumat'.ilii crutch from the piano. "I am going over to see Sus.e Little-tall," Little-tall," answer-d the bunny rabbit gentleman. gen-tleman. "You know she has tin- . hlck enpox. but 1 thiiik she must be gel-ting gel-ting better now However, she has to stay in Led. so I thought I'd go over and amuse her." "That Is very nice of you," said Nurse Jane. Here Is a little Jar of grape jelly for Btlsle. Qlvc it to her wltn my love." I , shall, ' promised Uncle Wigglly. I and away he started from his hollow i tump bungalow carrying the glass of grape Jelly in one paw. "I hope 1 do not meet any r'tuz 1 Pi or Bushy Bear, who might ta.v.- um. Jelly away trout me." thought the j bunny, as he hopped along. HQWeVer, he had no hud luck, and soon he was at the hurrovv house where Suite lived. Bammle had gone to I. ml. his u n mother having time, nou . to l"; o flinch for hlin "iih. Vncle Wlggfly, I'm s,o glad you . une," galled our Mi. Littu taii. as the - bunny gentleman came In. If you are going to stay and iunUM Susie, I ea,11 go to me niuic. i lis. hop along' said Uncle Wigglly I HI in hjs most Jolly voice. 'Susie and 1 1 vvlli get ulong splendidly while you're I So Mrs Llttlotsil hopped to the se-; on end eight cent store, and rnclej BK Wlugily sat down near Susie's couth., for she was well enough to be silling) 'Shall I read you a Uedllme Story. H,,. Susie?" asked the bunnj gentleman. 1 -uh, no. I'm le Wigglly 1" liughedj r: BUSie, an she ate some j.-llv "Vou may H. read me a Couchtlme or an Basychalr-j HL lime Story If you please." j Hr "I'm afraid there aren't any such Hl though Hi he." said fncle VSJgplly, also laugh- ! HH1 "Hut what else would you like II to tin HHtl "Oh, I'd love to have b liflei !" cried Lbs little rabbit girl. H "A lift- r!" exclaimed the buan gen-1 ' tls'man. "Do you mean rtove lifter. I ii! nf o - ... : l -. le W Li'.;- and Susie sort of giggled. "1 mean a red and green lifter one that goesj away up In the ulr." You don't mean an airship, do you"" Mr. Longears wanted to know. "I hardly think you could play with that." ' No. I mean a toy lifter a circus balloon that's It. 1 couldn't think ot the name at first. Please get mo a lifter balloon, Uncle Wigglly. I can play with- that In the house. "A lifter balloon you shall have!" cried the bunny. SJtut will you not be afiaiu lo stay here Uioui vvude l go gel it?" "Oh, not at all!" answered Susie. So T'nele Wigglly hopp-d hirmelf avvav and soon he reached the loy store, where he bought a big red lifter balloon bal-loon for Susie "Keep tight hold of the String, I'.w 1 tl'Unilv ' .... .1 Ik. I, doodle gcntlcmun who sold the bunny the balloon. "I. will." promised Mr Longears, and. in a little while he wns back at the hollow stump bungalow. How i Susie's eye-. sparkieS when she saw t he balloon ' "Oh, what a lovely lifter'" she cried, ! reaching out her paws. "Be careful and keep tight hold of I the string," L'ncle Wigglly warned her. Susie promised that she would, but w hen l'ncle Wigglly was sort of doz-I doz-I Ing off In his cnalr, nol having need I to amuse Suslo now that she had the ' balloon, all of a sudden ihe rabbit genuemin was awaKenea Dy hearing Susie cry: h. LJncle Wigxlly ' (Jet atiulek" "Oel what ."' asked UnClbTWlggfly, jumping from his chair. "My lifter' My balloon! i let go of the string and It's s;ul:ng away!" cried Susie. Mr. Longears looked up Just in time to sei snie s toy balloon iliri k out of the wlndpw. out and up It galled, and Susie was s excited she hardly knew what to do. "I'll get it for you." promised L'ncle Wigglly. "Keep quiet, Suie. ui more chicken pox spot may break out on you. I ll get the balloon' " The bunny rushed from the house. There naught in the branches of a tree outside, was Busier lifter balloon The string wa dangling down, but quite out of Unole Wiygily s reach. But If I go up on th porch roof I can get it," thought the bunny. Back lntb the Uttletall house he w. nt I "Where's my balloon?" asked Susie. "Caught In the tree outside. I'm Koirc out on tne porch COOf where I can reach the string. I'll climb from the window." Mid Uncle Wigglly. Out of the window he climbed, and then he was able to reach the string SJBd pull down the balloon Just then in . ame Mrs Uttletall. "Where's Uncle Wigglly?" she asked Susie, not having seen where the bunny gentleman was. He's up on the roof." the little tub-; bit girl answered, "oh. Susie: I hope you weren't so peevish thai you chased l'ncle Wigglly lo the roof." said her mother, sorrow-' , ful-like. "oh, of course not!" laughed Susie, i "He Just went there to pull down my lifter balloon that got away from inr." The l'ncle Wigglly came down with the red toy. and Susie was happy again, and her mother said the bunny gentle-1 man was a dear. So If the postage stamp doesn't stick Itself on the roller i skate to race down the street with' j the cxprc:s wagon. I'll loll you next about Uncle Wigglly and the nails oo The profiteer doesn't find sugar as weel as it was. Philadelphia Pub lie Ledgpr. i oo Just pretending lo be rich keeps some people poor. Savannah News. |
