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Show BEDTIME STORIES! I BY HOWARD R. GARIS UNCLES WIGGILY AM THE em h'mi hi i sb "opvrlght, 1920. By McClure New spa-1 per Syndicate, i Bj Mow ard H. Garlsi. One day, when L'ncle YViggily Long-1 ars. the bunny rabbit gentleman, was lopping over the fields and through! ho woods, wondering what would hap-' en, h0 heard some voices talking n a field of mullcn stalks i liese rhullen stalks were t-'ii weeds ike the spears some soldiers carry In mmmer, the mullcn weeds have broad rreen leaves, but when vvlntei comes he leaves dry up, leaving onlv the i'.nlk. which is as tall us a broomstick; ind -llmost ns thin. L'ncle Wlgglly I listened lo the voices In the field of J mullcn sialics. "1 live In a very fine house." said cmc voice. "It has a roof of lar paper pa-per ami It has windows and doors In it And we have a wire fence around our house, only I found a hole In the ivlre and that's how I got out." "Hum I wonder who tliat Is?" thought Unch YA lKgilv I don't seem to know that voice Must be some now ml ma I Chap." Then another voice said Well, my L'ncle Wlgglly lives in nirt. hollow stump DuUgalOW, and It has Windows and a roof, and Nurs,-lane Nurs,-lane FUZSy WllSgy lives there, too" "Bul where do you live? asked the voir.- that had first spoken "Do you liv- In a stylish house like miiK-'.'" We used lo live with L'n:lo W:s-glly," W:s-glly," spoke up the second voice, but he lives in his hollow stump bungalow with Nurse lane now 1 guess you wouldn't like our house. It's down under un-der the ground, and Is called aa burrow bur-row When we want a new houso my father or mother dig it with their paws m l lie dirt and Susie and 1 help' Ha! 1 know who that is, anyhow," thought l'ncle Wlgglly. ' That s Sam-nut Sam-nut Uttletall. the i.ibblt bov. and I did use to live at b's house Hut I wonder to whom he is'talklng? ome proud chap. I'll venture to say." The bunnv gentleman peeked over the top of a mullcn stalk: and there he saw Iteglnald Spot Tall, the peacock pea-cock ho. Iteggle, as lie was called, for short, was strutting around in front of Sammle, the rabbit and Keg-g'e Keg-g'e had his tall spread out so the sun shone on the golden purple feathers v,!ih vvcro marked with spots like eyes. ' Won't ou come over and pla at my house?" Invited Sammle "It Isn't ss nice as yours, Kegel' but we can ha v e some fun " "Booh! Io you think I d play in a common ordinary dirt house, and get my nice feathers all soiled ' ' asked the peacock boy- "I guess not' I'm going go-ing to my 5wn stylish house where we have a window and door." with that Reggie strutted away spreading out his spotted tall larger than ever, and Samrile Stayed behind among the mullcn stalks, looking rather sad and feeling o,uite badly. "What's the matter. Sammle?" asked I'acle Wlgglly. coming out with his tall silk hut and pink, twinkling nose, "Are ybu afraid It's going to rain0- "No ' said Sammle. "but I wish I lived In a fine house like your hollow slump bungalow. Uncle Wlgglly. Then Keggie .spot Tall would comc to play IbbbbB w lih me " ufr and donsense: ' cried L'ncli 'iLS Wlgglly, "If your friends look at your iLVi houui first, und then at you It Is bet- ssaK ter to 'fi new friends. But. If I am LsHI not much mistaken, here comes that Beggle L'bs.p buck again. And he's running, too I wonder what's the "Maybe he has changed his mind, H and Is going to play with me, after said Snmmle. But when the proud peacock boy H strutted closer he cried out In his not very plraxunt voice: Oh! This is terrible The . Toodb- noodle is chasing mc! Run' Run Or tin Toodle Oodle may get Lsbbbb no i s the Toodle Oodle?" asked isHsf i lc W IggOy, as lie caught hold of bbLh Sammies paw ti. the Toodle Qodie Is worse than 'LLgR rip-Msewah Mi. iLg d Keggie. "lie is blK and fat bbbbbB like a cow and he has six horns on his Then we'd better run!" cried Uncle H "And we'd better run to m house." B added Sammle Tt isn't far from hero W'e can hide In my ground house." "That v ill be best!" spoke Uncle sbbbbbI WTegllv r, holding Sammle by the i - iK while Reggli the proud pea- iLLwE cock hoy, strutted and half flew along ILB beside them, the bunny gentleman and LV9 St mmie hopped through the woods. flH Soon they came to the hole that vvns the front door of Sammlc's burrow home "ih. the T,oodlc Oodle Is right af-ter af-ter us " cried Keggie, as he folded his tall and followed Hammle down tho BBM hole. Being a peacock boy and not a full-grown fowl, Keggie could easily get into the hole. 'We're Just in time " said Uncle Wlgglly, as he, too, slipped down the hole after the two boys, I p cam. the T"Odle i lodle puffing like a steam engine and shaking his "Just my luck'" he cried, as he '.-inn- to a stop outside Sammlc's itrouud house. "They got away from i me anil now 1 can't have any souse i for dinner. I can't get down thai hole, for I'm much too fat and my horns stick out loo much. But if I had caufTht that Keggie Spol Tall OUt SBBBK alone. I could have nibbled him!" And I guess ho would, too" said K'-ggle. who heard what the Toodle i indie said, outside the door of the un- dei ground house. "And with his horns J the Toodle odlo could have ripped j my wooden house apart, too." J "Well, he can't get jn here," laughed I l'ncle Wlgglly. 'Thin isn't such n bad hotse, after I all," said the peacock boy. and when the Toodle Oodle had gone. Reggie land Sammle played .'round outside, and Mrs Llttletail gave them some i lettuce fudge to eat and after that Keggie was not so proud, which was 0 good thing And if the screen door loean t bang shut on the leg of the table anrl make It drop the sugar bowl. I II tell you next about Undo J Wlgglly and the water house. |