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Show II BEDTIME STORIES MT' I BY HOWARD R. GARlc Il XClE WGOILY fD RJEODY TL'KT Copyright. 1520. i HcCIure Newspaper Si ndlt a e me day as Uncle y Iggily waa hoii-plng hoii-plng along thamgh the wooda, wondering what Nurse Jan- would have for i i Than'kggtving 'iinncr. the dear, old bunny bun-ny gentleman rabbit happened to see Jchnnle and Billy ESushytal). the piiirril boys, Just nhc.id of him. ' Thev are golut: m sehool ' said L"nclo wlgglly to himself, twinkling his plnlt no.-e "I'd like t- Lave LtlCIfl I with nic to look for c.n adventure, but I must not keep lb. 'in out of school. An . -how, Tbank.sgix ing cornea tbls weex r. they'll have a holiday ' Mr. Long cars was Kolng to hop down! another )a(h. lo look for ftls 'laih- ,l-venlure. ,l-venlure. when be happened to sac .fobn-1 nin Bushytall drop something from his! pocket as the squirrel by r am ureu ; along. "Perhaps tl.ai Is one of his ' books," thought I'ncfe Wlgglly. "He'll r.eed It for his lesson?, or the Indy , mvuee teaeher may keep him In after j school. I'll hop aloni; and give Johnnie ; k ills book." But when the bunny reached the plan here )io hail seen something fall, be " found b. was only a pKiier .as filled 1 'Visrvi with hickory nuts. tnl Johnnie hod Br- "Johnnie must have gathered those H huts for bis lunch." thought Uncle Wlg- H L"II. He'll miss them at recess. I'll ta'tc v them to him." V Mr. Ixmcears started to hop nlon? to H catch up to the Bu-Oiviall s iulrrel boys. H but they skipped ico fast ftr Mm. ami on out el H 'Never mind." spOKC L'ncle wlggl himself. "I guess Blllle v. Ill give John-IB John-IB ' rie some nuts for lunch, I'll i -u these H until the squirrels come hem.' from H -So Uncle Wlgglly put the bag of hi ;- H ory nuts in his pocket and hopped along. H wondering If this would be his only nd- Bj venture for thai day. But. all of a sud- Bi den, he heard a voice saying "it, "Oh. how hungry i am! How hum rj I am!" Ij Dncle Wlgglly looked up :nfi around BH and just behind a stone wall be saw H two ears With tufts ot bunches of furirv H hair on them sticking up behind me wall H ih. inv goodness n-. -.il.e; alive and H some aiqile sauce lolly pops!" thougnt the H bunny. "Those tufted ears muss belong to Bob Cat. the Lynx! He's hungry for Itne. i suppose! Oh, why did I ever come tbls way?" At the snnv- time (he voice behind the fonco i-abl ogam: "Oh bow hungry I am! How hungry J am!" The cars, widen were all I'm le Wic-gih Wic-gih tould see. waggled to and fro. the tufts- of re. I fr . n t' ,-m shaking to I ami fro. I "Oh. Mr. Bob Cat, please don't get so hungry that. on will want' to ;t me' begged Uncle Wlgglly, and he felt r-unhappy r-unhappy that he c ..Idn't twlnkb pink nose an cent teenl.v bit An. I 1 I red, wlilte and blue striped rr;eunrtlsin crutch shivered and shook. "Oh, If Nurse Jane were only here now. with her scissors, to snip off ihe tufts from the eir or Ttol fat. he1 wouldn't hurl me" tnoughl Uncle Wig-' (.'My Then the voice said again: "Oh. bow hungry I am'" Once more trie ears, with their tufts, I , twitchi d to and fro, and then over Hi top of the stone fence there looked Uncle WlggJIj n deir '111110 red.. squirrel The red sfu:rre wa not a. larre h lohnnle i r lunie Basltytall, ths gra siulrrel. bul he a.i Just a.i lively, was lb Is red ba'.ter cban. "Oh, I dlfln t know It, wa on. n-1 Squirrel," said Uncle Wlgglly, and now he felt so nappy that bis pink i s.-twinkled s.-twinkled like n nw tin tllshpan "I-thought "I-thought when I saw ihe tufts of fuzz on your can. thai you were bod i:i "a... the Lynx. The Lynx always has tufts on his ears." "0! no! I m not Bob Cat! chattered the fted Squirrel "And I only l ave tnfls of hair on my ears in winter. In summer sum-mer my ears are jc.m like thee of Johnnie John-nie and rtinic Iluahvtall But, oh, I m so hungry!' chattered ue Ked Squitre,!. Oh, then I'm glad I met y.-u.'' spo'te fr.de Wlgglly Ho you eat blckor. cuts. a-. Johnnie and Ulllle my gra . squlrrei nephews, do?" "Of course' ' chattered ihe other, whose name In winter w as rt I. J - Tuft, because bis fur was a port of red eolor. ' and because he had tuft, or :aseis. of! hair rn his ears. In rammer he was -i'ii..l t n,i-i r,r i i ki.i. ory mils:" spoge Reddy "ii'rt. Then tak. these. ' Invited I'ncle Wig- . gily. "Johnnie will not mlsr them. He : cda g-i more So P,eddy Tuft a'.e Ihe hickory nuts and very tfankful he was to gel them, facie Wlgglly wan WMUhlng the Rod sti irrel eat, when, all of h sudden oui (n m under a bush po i) the lad old j Kuzr.y Fox. "Ah. bn! Now I can get Unele Wlg-eli Wlg-eli !'' growled the Fox. "Here! Vou let Undo Wlgglly alone' He was good to me and now I II be cod , to him' fioroci chattered Reddy Tuft ! 'Come, my iirends1 ho shouted ' loudly. "Come, It'll S.iulrre. to the rescue!' Bavi Uncle Wlgglly!" yVnd with that about forty-' leven hun- J !r-i. i-hatterlng I'.ed S juirri-1 , a ;nperd out of their holen In the tre-s of t;.' wr.wls. and they scolded the Fuzrv Fox. and threw arorns and bits of bark at ) him. hitting him on the nose, so that the' fox was Klad enough to run away and not hurt 1'ndo Wlgglly at aM. The Pussy Pus-sy Fox was afralrl of mo m?.nv soulrrH frlerdr as Reddy Toft called to help the bunny gentleman. "Thank you. Reddy.'v. said 'Uncle WIk glly. as he hopped away. "Vou did mo a great fever." "And you did me rne'" chattered Red- 1 ". as be ran orf With his suulrrd friends. So you see it is a good thing 1 sometimes. io ioo your hickory nuts Arul If ihe dinner bell OOesri t rlr.c nu loj!) that It makes the butter wake up and jump off the dh 0 Of bread. 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