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Show BEDTIME STORIES BY HOWARD R. GARIS l U. W OOlLl IND Mil .l MI'Y Copyright, iHii'V by Mo lure Newspaper Newspa-per Syndicate. ( incej upon a tlm NurSe Jane Fuzzy jWuzzy. the muskral lady housekeeper lot t ncle iggil; was busy in the lk:lehin oi the hollow Mump bimgalovv. "What are ;.on doing. Miss Fuzzy jWuzgy?" ask?d the bunny rabbit gen-It gen-It leman, us he made a low and polite l ow with his tall Blk hat while his pink no3e twinkled like a etrawberry !ln a diamond ring. I am making a cocoanut cuke," an-Iswered an-Iswered Nurse Jane. I "May I help'.'" asked Unoie W'iggilv. Who was always anxious to do litlK-Ithinga litlK-Ithinga round the bungalow-I bungalow-I "ou may fix the cocoanut for me," answered Nurse June. "Take the i grater and rdb some of t ho white pieces of cocoanut up and down on It. The rough grater win shred the co- 'coannt nice and fine so I can put H in the cake". i "Right gladly will I do that. ' spoke! I'ncle Wigglly. like u moving pJctuic.j and. taking off His block cout, nis red; vest nnd hanging his hat on the back of a chair ho started to help Nurse! Jane. t ncle Wlggily was grating away at the cocoanut and he was thinking1 .what a dandy cake Nurse Jane was koing to make when, all of a sudden, at tne open window of the kitchen1 Mr. Longeais heard a voice say: Weil, how Is your SOUSC?" The bunny looked up and there he1 saw a funny creature, with a face like a Jack o'lantarn looking at him. Souse" You can't hove any of m souse'" cried I ncle Wigglly, and before be-fore khe knew what he was doing he threw the tin grater through Ihe window, win-dow, right in the pumpkin Jack o'lan- ,ttrn face of the bad chap that had. usked about sou"' j "There' Take that:" cried l"ncle Wigglly and the funny animal guv.- I loud yell of ' Ouch'" and ran away, j "Oh, I'ncle Wlggily! 1 hope you, aren't hurt'" exclaimed Nurse .lar.e. I 'No, I'm nil right answered the bunny gentleman- "But I fear I have :lost your cocoanut grater, 1 threw it out of the WlOflpW at the pumpkin i faced chap However. It may have' ;fallen4ln the weeds. I II see if i can Ipet it and finish grating the cocoa-, nut for the cake." I I'ncle Wlggily looked among the vv eeds under the window for the grater but It was not to be found Nurse' Jane also helped to look, but It was of! !no use. The grater was gone. "Maybe that bad animal took It," said tli muskrat lady, "I think not," nnswered I'ncle Vg-;gily Vg-;gily 'It must be hidden somewhen around." But the more h.- ami Nurse Jane looked the less they found, and finally the muskral lady said. "Weill I must go Ui and flpish my cake." And I'll take a hop to the slx-and-stven-cent store and get a new grater and then I can finish shredding th-cocoanut." th-cocoanut." spoke Unele Wigglly Over the fields and through Ihe! woods he hopped, but when he wan half way to the cloven-and-lwelvc-cent store he saw Jacko Klnkytail, tTie monkey bov. picking up from the ground soni cones from a pine tree, off which thev had fallen Hello. Jacko' ' called I'ncle Wigglly Wig-glly ' Why are yon picking up the idnc conos? They are not as good as let cream cones, and though I know some birds and squirrels eat the seeds! ill the pine cones 1 nwei heard you were fond of them "Oh, I don't eat pine tree cones." nattered the monki;- boy "But my, Mother Is making a cocoanut cake and she broke h?r grater. So she sent mej ut to get some of these cones. They, arc rough, just like the tin graters youl I U In the drug store, and she say. 1 I li.,-, help h-i grate the cocoanut on I the pine cones and she'll give me a' piece of cake." 'l ine' ' cried L'ncle Wlggily, ' I had forgotten that n pine cone would make1 u good grater for nutmegs or cocou-uuts cocou-uuts I'll take some home and help Nurse Jane finish her cake" Jacko picked up what coins he; wanted, nnd then L'nclo Wigglly filled his pockets to take some to Nurse Jane ro Re might help her finish making i ihe cocoanut cake. I ncle Wlggily was almost at the hollow stump bungalow, and he Wl feeling the rough, grutery pine cones! In his pockets, when, all of a sudden.! otii from behind a bush jumped tin-:-;:mc pumpkin-faced Jack o'Lahtern i l ap at whom he had thrown the1 i, rater. I want souse! I want souse'" cried the bad chap, and he wns just going to grab Uncle W'lgglly's ears when the. buntiy asked; "Who u.re you? I know you are not the PlpslSCWnh or the Skeezlcks " ' I am the Clumpy: ' was the answer. And souse I want and souse from your ears 1 must have:" "Well, just vvait a minute!" said I'ncle Wigglly, "and hold these until l Bee Whether I can spare you an Bopse," and with that the hunny took out a double pavvful of the tough, gratery pine cones. The Gumpy held out his paws and L'ncle Wlggily tossed the cones into them. ; "Oh. wow! ouch! Oh, how rough i and stlckery and prlckery tlicy are' I can't hold these!" cried the Grumpy., Ills paws were as soft as the softest of gum drops, after which he was named, and the rough cones ao scratched and tickled him thai he dropped them and ran off through the! woods crying: I'll be good! I'll be good' I won't: lake your souse!" Well. I guess you'd better not'"; i ughed I'ncle Wigglly I'm glad I thought of putting the rough pine' cones in vour oft gum drop paws."i And then, taking enough pine cones to! grate the rest of Nurse Jane's cocoa-j nut. I'ncle Wlggily hopped home i So this teaches us that even though! apple dumplings are soft they are good to ent; and If the buttercup floworj doesn't take a drink of sour milk and i make a funnv face at the creajn pitch- j I'll tell von next about L'ncle Wig- Klly and the tree house. |