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Show BEDTIME STORIES BY HOWARD R. GARIS l LB IVIGGITjY l THE STICR-ERY STICR-ERY BURRS. i (Copyright. 1920, by McClure Newa-I Newa-I papei .syndicate.) ( By Howard R. Garis. ( Uncle Wiggily, the nice bunny ran-bit ran-bit gentleman, was walking through the woods one day, wondering W-heth-' er or not he would have an adventure, adven-ture, when all of a sudden he he.irel some voices talking behind a sassafras bush 'Won't she Jump up as soon as sne sits down"" asked one voice 'Yes,' agreed another. "And nhe'l se-juerel, and maybe she'll let us all go home and we won't have any more J i lessons. ' But If she finds out who did It she! won't let us go horn?." said a thlrei j voice hehlnd the sassafras bush. "Oh. she won't find out"' spoke tne first VOCe ' Ho hum'" softly laughed T'ncie Wlgglly f himself on the other sloe of the sassafras bush. "These must i be some of my animal boy friends and they ar? talkin? about the laov mouse teacher in ihe hollow stump i j school. They are, I think, going 10 1 play oohre trick on her, but what I kind? I must find out and stop it If 1 can:" i ncif vv igsrny lOOKSU carttuiiy through the bush, which did not have! many leaves on as It was fall now an.i he saw Jackie ;tnd Pee tie Bow Wow, 'ae twoi puppy dot? boys, and ammlc f Ittletall, the rabbit, l ying on the ground, near tho ani-m.aj ani-m.aj boy s, was a sc hool bag. and as j Uncle Wlgglly looked he could see e lot of stlckery, prickly chestnut burrs 1 nthe bag. The animal boys! h id been off gatherlg nchstnuts anoi bad put some of the s!u;rp burrs ' in the bair. "80 that's what they're going to do, I are they0" said L'nclo Wiggily to hsm- sdf. "Thryre going to put some of I these slickery burrs hi the chair of i:ie t lady mouse? teacher, and when she s!ts down on them she-' 11 be so surprised that She'll let school out. those mis-1 hie" otiS animal boys '.Junk. Well, I'll I juyt fool them and teach them js ies- j son." All of a sudden Pcetie Row Wow cried: "Come on fellows, I se? an appio tree! We've Just time to get 3onie be-j rore the last bell rings." Away ran the animal boys, leavjng behind them the bag of stlckery burrs. Quickly coming out from behind thei sassafras bush. Uncle Wiggily shook out the burrs, and, in their place tie put some beautiful autumn leaves that! he had gathered for Nurse Jane Fuzzy! Wnzzy. "I can easily get more leaves for! Nures Jane." thought the bunnv "And when the animal boys open the Dag and see the beautiful colors in place of the stlckery burrs they'll reel ashamed of having thought to play a trick on the lady mouse- teacher. Hut what shall I do with the burrs so they can't find them again?" asked the' bunny of himself Uncle v iggily thought for a moment mo-ment and then lie took off his tall, silk hat and put tho stlckery burrs In thai. Rut. so they would not prick liis heaU, ho stuffed In some soft leaves to rorm a sort of cushion. Then laughing to himself, and leav- c ing the bag full of autumn leaves for the boys to take to school, the bump ' hoppc el on. "Jackie, Peetie and Sammie will never notice that their trick burrs are gone utnll the g.-t to school." thou"u the bunny, twinkling his pink nos-' nos-' And then it will be too late.' i On and on hopped Uncle Wiggily, lover the fields and through the woods until, all of a sudden, just as he vv.-.s i thinking of gathering some more colored col-ored autumn Raves for Nurse June, oil! from behind u grape vine Jumped a bad old bear. It was from behind a wild grape vine that the bear leaped, and this was most proper as the near himself was rather wild. "Ah, good afternoon, Uncle Wlggi-1." Wlggi-1." growled the bear. "Is not this a fine day?" and the wild bear opened his mouth as wide as he could, or perhaps wider, for all I know "It would be a better day If 1 had not seen you," said the bunny gentleman, gentle-man, rather sad and unhappy like I suppose you think you are going to have a nlblle off my cars iiot, or some part of me''" he asked, hoping against hope as II were. Indeed I am going to nibble you." said the .bear, with what he vvcant to be a low and polite bow And then Uncle Wiggily, not willing lo let B wild bear be more polite tian he, himself, reached his paw up ;o take off his tall silk hat, and make a low and polite bow in return. And as the bunny did that, he happened to think of the sharp, stlckery burrs In nil nai. "Oh. so v on think you will nibble me: do you"" asked Uncle- Wlgglly sarcastic likp and sly. "Well, how do you like these-?" And with that the bunny took off bis hat and thre w rjghi in tho bear's f:;ce all the sharp, stlckery chestnut burrs! Right on the Fort and tend" r no-.- of the bear (he- burrs landod! "Oh1 Wow! Woe is me!" howled tun bear 'Uh my noso. My nose: I guess I made a mistake! I don't wont to nibble you toda J ' "I thought not," said Uncle Wlgglly, smiling ns the bear rusheil s ly through the woods Then Uncle Wlgglly Wlg-glly hopped on, .and pretty soon ne met tho lady mouse tiacher. wim Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow, Sainmie Llttletail. and some of the other animal ani-mal children. "Why Is school out so early, Mil Lady Mouse?" asked the bun.iv "Oh, Jackie ami Peetie and Samihl; brought me such lovely colored nu-luiim nu-luiim leaves in a bag that I decided we would have no more school today, but would take a walk In the wood'," spoke the lady mouse teacher. "Wasn e it good of them to bring me the lovely leaves. Uncie Wlgglly?" s.-.e asked. "Yes. Indeed," answered the bunny, and he winked one eye at the three animal boys. So that's how the trick was not played on the lady mouse teacher, auu how Uncle Wlgglly with the stlckery : burrs drove away tho bear And if tne Ironing board doesn't slide down the cellar stairs all by Itself and bump Its nose into the black coal bin. I'll tell you next about I nele Wlgglly and the L I a p, S 1 |