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Show r BEDTIME STORIES" I BY HOWARD R. GARIS LLii I'N'CU WIGGLLY'S -FROeTFl SLIDE. Copyright 9&i. MoClure Niswspa-4 Niswspa-4 I per Synd ieat une afternoon, when Lncle Wiggily hud ju.-1 reached his hollow stump bungalow, aft. r having searched in the woods ior an adventure, he saw Sam-lui' Sam-lui' iid sJusie Lit;l"t,itl. the two rub-bit rub-bit children, hopping up his front 1 it ps Hesldes their school hooks, 1 Sal and Sum. )ud. under their paws, each a little bundle. Hum' I wonder If thev are bring- Ulg in. suiiif cake or pie?" thought Lncle Wiggily to himself, as he twln- kled ills pink nose. "When I used to live wltli Mrs. Uttletall sin- made very H good jam tarts, 1 remember. Perhaps sh has sent nu- sonic by Sammlo and, H liut when Uncle Wiggily had reach-' ed the stoop he found the raboit chil- dren waiting for him. They had not H vet rung the bell knowing the bunnv ML rabbli gentli ma n had his kej H '-'h, Lncle Wiggily!" said Susie, as hi i, ..fir r. polite little bow to Mr. HI J lOngears. "Here we are!" H,j 9 "And I've brought my pajamas, and' 1 $ we're going to stay all night!" added 3 Sammie, holding out his little bundle. I 1 "Oh, so you h o t- pajamas in there, ; have you".'" asked the bunny gentle- H p ' And here's my nighties!" added Su-! i "Hum! -said Uncle Wlggilj Well. I i I guess I'll have to eat N'ui-se Jane's I i Jim tl rts ii you didn't bring any. But H ;b I'm gla-l to sc.- you," he went on. to I I Samtnle and Susie, "though I don't I -now wnai you mean by staying all I fi "LMdn t. mother tell you?" Sammie I wanted to know. I S Juut then the door of the hollow' I f stumj. bungalow opeiud. and Nurse I I Jane put out It i whiskers, for. being a I I muskrai lady housekeeiier. site had . I f nice whisker. I "Oh, 1 rorgot lo tell you. Wiggy," , I she aald to the bunny gentleman " But I Mr. and Mrs. Uttletall are going lo be I away all night, and the.v want Sunimie! I ! and Susie to stay here. The children I s,re to stop on their way from school. I f .md go to school from here in the I 1 1 morning." I;. "And uh! vv.-'re so happv we can ' ; " c 1,1 '' " ' ' L'tv. : n ig. " led Sush j "Will you pleaae tell us a Bedtime I i ji Story after supper . " asked Sammie. I I I II think about il. " promised Uncle I I1 Wicgilv. and his pink nose twinkled I if- as fail as a roller skate sliding down' i 91 Thus it happened that Sammie and I Susli carne to stay with the bunny 1 gentleman. Ami in the evening, after 1 . (per, when they sat about the table : eating sliced carrots and turnips, with" parsley sugar sprinkled over them I j Uncle Wiggily said: 1 'Tin, is j us, like old times. Sam- ' , ni ie and Susie, when l used to live ai your house," "Didn't we have fun!" laugh-d Sam nn. Member how wc used to plav iln the snow and slide down hill?" "Oh, wasn't It fun"' cried Susje "I'd love a slide now' L'o you thinh you tould make us a slippery, lev sli t- Uncle Wiggily?"' she asked th-r.'biut th-r.'biut gentleman as she sat In his lap "Hum! llardl.v tonight, Susie." answered an-swered the buiinv undle. "I mean in the morning," Suite Wehl "il Oil Sal, tlii i . ' s 1 1 cried Slipping out of the bunny's lap and dancing up and down on her tlpio-s Lncle Wiggily Wig-gily is coins to mak us a slippery slide so we can play on it In the morning morn-ing hetore we go to schol " 'Wait! Hold on: i didn't sjv that'" ; cried Uncle Wiggil as he saw Sam-mi. Sam-mi. . also jumping up and down for Jo I can't make slippery slides If Jack V rost doesn't send sonic snow oi make the water freer.- I can t do it: "Oh. 1 guess you can. in sonic w a J 1 said Sammie "It will bc our first -lidc this wmter. Susie. Com,- on.' he udd- , o, LLet s l?0 to ,Jt'rr ' jrl 'l it will b- rnorninc- all the quicker Uct your nightie and 'j get my rfajamas. I lease take us up 0 bed Nurse Jane!" , "No' No! Hold on a minute: Wait"' ln,le wigguy. but the rabbit children slipped oti upstairs and Nurse Jane put them to bed "Now here's a fin,, .state of affairs.'" said Lncl Wiggily when Nurae Jane came downstairs, saying that Sammie and Susie had fallen asleep after talking about what fun tlu-v would Have on the slide in the morning fine state of affairs! Thev expect me to make an icy slide for them, and now can I '." Nurse Jane opened the outside door It Is going to be a cold night.' she said "It ma snow and then thev -ould slide on the long boards of out hack walk I don't believe it wlfl snow. ' said i 9 wiggily. And he was quite woi-ned woi-ned when he went to bed. for he did ..w. oaiiiinie ana nusic tO be dls- appointed. k..HUw lhe morning, when the rabbit rab-bit children awakened and looked out of the window, thev cried' lwiifi' ,h'e, " !?:'Thf It Is! fnclc Wiggily made the slippery slide for Then Sammie g0t out of his pajamas nH?hHr0Me2' Sl,Sle Kvl 0,,t of h nightie and dressed and down thev hurried Into the yard The lone smooth boards of the back garden ualk were covered with whiteness like snow and they were as shppcrv ,ts glass, sammie and Susie had a fine I io.',?r,hanfl ?'hvn l nc,c W,y came iout, he said: "3 see what happened In the night S 7T a, v?ry heavy dew- Th my Rood friend Jack Frost came alongl t! EES, fh,e rtrops of on I the boards Into crystals of froft The heavy frost is just Ilk. slippery snow'" MJtHr J0 t,,c ,noi?t scrumptious olide cried Susie InviVeTLmmie0 iT .The bunny gentleman took a slide. M fc" ,J,nvn bumped his pink, twinkling nose. However. he did not' mind that. hut Jumped up with a laugh The rabbit Children had a fine rrosty slide before the warm sun melted melt-ed the frozen dew on the boards Then thev went to school And if the bottle bot-tle of milk doesn't fall off the stoop and whitewash the door mat. I ll tell you next about Uncle Wiggily and Bll-he Bll-he s flashlight. |