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Show 1 BEDTIME STORIES BY HOWARD R. GAR1S I I UNCL1 WIGGII.1 M BELIiT'S Ir aaaaaaf ' ' 1 E "Hold on there' Walt minute' I jBBfljB want some of your souse!" B That's arhal Uncle Wiggiiy. the nico am bunny rabbit gentleman, heard some HBH one call to him one morning, us Mr. KSH Longcars was hopping through the UKH vi.ods, on lils way hack from the store jBjKfll for Nurse June 1 uz.y Wuzzj. MH "Wftlt a minute.' I gueat not"' sjid jKH I'ncle WlggU) to Qlmaalf, and he hop- IBH ped on and faster than VjBH dcdglng this wa) and that through the tBBXV trees, and now and men looking back UbM LVB over his shoulder to see who wus after Kt him. 3DSH The bunny gentleman caught sight i of a big, unpleasant-looking animal, with horna rth noaei and right 1 1 I t n. U W Iggll . said . l.tWp "Ha! 1 inoughl Thi Plpsls irah JBfH ls n'ter nu ! And. wrj hkeiy. Uiv Skre- FriBBM 1 d run CABV IPB So I'ncle Wiggiiy ran last, holding 2BBj : "' 1 '-' el "l 1 1 Nilf.H. Jjf had isked tun to brl from ihe BBBH but us fast aa tnc bunny ran he still lVI heard Lite noise in the bush e.i behind H "Dear mc! 1 h. tnc rip doesn't m K?t my tiouse!" tt hi Uncle wiggiijj BH Uncle wlgglly .. t just going to' BBB empty tie grooerlea out of me busketi at w ' 1 1 0 ie his BVBVJ souse, when all of a sudden a Jolt. Rjil little voice called. F" "This way, Uncle Wlgglly! ronio In A- A "Who are ou a ked he bunny jWJTaBT gentleman, sort of hceitatlng like and plclou toi bi 1 bought moj be 11 was some other bad chau trylnst to HB tool r was the 1 jM ! here behind the bushes ." fiM 1 '" fou mean hunk where you J, nop, aa th allori 1I1 ep In bunks on a ship?" asked Unci Wlgglly, chang- rBJI Ing the basket f 1 cm one pan to the ftBBj other, for It was heavy 1 mean the bagket was. 'No, 1 d.'i't i.if an a sleeping bunk I H I 1 att d Blllte, 1 1 nv an hiding bunk IkH Ibis Is nheie 1 hide when 1 play ' in- v. itlt iha oihar (..lb.w. ' ...ne in f r.ere and the'il nevci find ou ai IbVbbbV OU l,,M'lnb tag or hide ami go boak c i k- with Bammle and Busle L4ttletall " BKed Ulllle. the goat. jBlBB "Neither one," answered I'ncle Wig- IBBf gily. ah he mw Blllte erawllng out BBK tioin a hollow log hidden behind some ifias bushes. "The Wp Is chasing joe and majba the Bkeaalcka, too. for. .-"'11 I know. They're coming right I along'." j 3 "T hen come Into mv huiilr .iol' Ilide! " Invited the goat boy. and h-crawled h-crawled back Into the hollow Iok and t'r.cie WlggU crawh 1 with him! only lust In time. too. (or all of a sudden .elcng through the woods tame rushing But the bad anlmnl with horns on h,s nose, who wanted to get aouse off I ncl WigKtly's ears, never thought of1 looking In BUlle's bunk ior the rabbit gentleman. The rip rushed on' through the trees crying: I II gat him yef I'll get him!" That's what the Pip howled. "Hut I guess he won t get you this; j time." said Ulllle. as he pl. fully tlc-i kled t lie- bunny with his horns inside l the hollow log. " "I guess uot." agreed L'nele Wlgglly. ' "It was very good of you. Btllle. to i It.vite me Into your bunk hiding place I'll Wait a little while, to be sure the Pip and Skee have gone, and then L I'll go out !" W ouldn't it be fun. Uncle Wlgglly." bleated Blllle, "If we had something Kood to ant while we're hiding here' J? In rny bunk." "it would be final" laughed the J-anny. "There Isn't much room to j jp7v. around In this hollow log bunk of; I ours. but maybe we can eat. Pll L see what's In Nurse Jane's grocery . i basket. She bought the stuff herself, and I just called for it, later, at the, store. " J Uncle Wiggll) looked in the basket1 and found some sponge cake. He ate; a lot and so did Hillir. for they were hungry, and then they found a bottlo1 of root beer in the basket and they drank that on top of the sponge cake "My! I fee aa if I'd eaten a full mi .c' " said llilllc "'So do 1." eaftd I'ncle Wlggfly "And 1 guess now li's time for me to leave your bunk. The Pip Is gone."' Put. when Uncle Wlgglly and Billlc triad to crawl out of the goat boy's hollow log bunk hiding place, they, were nil swelled up from atinu Sponge Cake 'nd drinking roo'. beer and thev cculdh'l squeeze out of the hole in 1 the log. I "Oh dear!" bleated Blllle. "What; s -all v, Jt is almost us bad as It" the 1J1) had taught you, L'nele Wig-' Kilv " "'Not quite." said the bunny "Rut alMoal Let's try again to squeeze1 out!" Thay tried but they couldn't, I and Blllle was thinking they'd maybe nave to stay there all night when. "all of a sudden. I 'ncle Wlgglly thought of I a new nutmeg giatir he had Been in I the basket. Taking out th0 nutmeg grater which WOf like a rouge file, the bunny quick-' ly scraped the hole in the log big enough so he and Ulllle. (at as they were from eating the cake, could get cut. "Oh. how glad I am!" bloated Ulllle, and. Uncle Wlgglly was glad also. Then he bought more enke for Nurs- Jane. I and bopped to his hollow --tump bun-.' gnlow. And. if the rocking chair doesn't danci on one leg when It's giv-! ItiK the BOfa i u.dilon ci r!do to Banourvl Ureas, 111 tell you next about. L'nele Wigglly s hot day |