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Show BEDTIME STORIES" BY HOWARD R. GARIS t , , l 1,1 WIGGIIV ND BOBBIE'S B nil. ! Copyright, 1920. by McClure Newspaper News-paper Syndicate. (By Howard R Garls i ! pne day, when Uncle Wlgglly was out In front of his hollow stump bungalow, bun-galow, sprinkling with the hose, , he beard; from behind the hedge, a voice saving: Well, I'll soon be leaving you, Unci.- Wlgglly, I've come to say goodbye good-bye I" ' Goodness me sakes alive and some chocolate cai mel loliv pops'" cried Un-cie Un-cie Wiggtly, giving auch a Jump that his pink, twinkling nose almost fell off. "I hope that Is the Dip or the Skee, who wish to tell me that they will no longer try lo gel my souse Hut still I'd rather they wouldn't come even to say good-bye." I i ic I ,i V. Icirll.. t -i irAinwl In IU who had spoken to him from behind the hedge, aud, in doing so. he turned! the hosle of the hose the wrong way, I ;:nd another voice cried. ! "Oh, Uncle Wlgglly' You're get-1 ; ting me all wet!" and there stood .Mrs , Wibolewobbie. the duck lady. "Phi 1 beg vour pardon:" exclaimed the bunny uncle "I hope I haven't 'spoiled your dress1" I "Oh, no:" said Airs. Wibblewobble. : ;wlth a quacking laugh. "I don't mind I water you know, being a duck." "Thut's good: " said the rabbit uncle 'as he gave ono of Nurse Jane's ferns Is drink of water from the hose. "But i was it you who spoke of coming to say good-bye, because you are going' , lo leave. Mrs Wibblewobble " "oh. no," answered the duck mother of Lulu, Alice and Jinnnio Wlbble-j (wobble. I am not going away. 1 am' Just going to the seven and three cent Bton to get some corn meal for lunch."! "I wonder who spoke?" said Uncle Wlgglly "1 did," answered a jolly, happy voice, and down out of the hedge flew Bbbble Cheer Up, the robin boy, with the red leathers on his chest, almost! I as gay as Uncle Wlggily's red vest. "1! came to tell you good-bye. Uncle Wlg-gily," Wlg-gily," went on Bobbie, "as I am soon1 going to fly down south with the BWal- llows and bluebirds. Some of them. j have already gone, and we robins will follow soon. Hut I came to see if you1 would do me a favor." 'Of course! What is It?" asked the bunny uncle. i "I want a bath." went on Bobbie ! "We lards ru ed to bathe often, to keep; lean and sanitary like, and it's time for m bath n I . as it hasn't rained lately, and the duck pond ocean is al- i most dried up, I flew down here when jl saw you watering with the hose." j I "Of course 11 give u a bath. Bob-j j bio," spoke the kind rabbit gentleman.! "Just sit where you are and I'll spray, i you with the hose." 'oh. If It 8 all the same to you." said Bobble, I'd like you to make a little' puddle of water on the ground. I tan get a bath better in that." "You shall have your wish, Bobbie,"' said Unci.- Wlgglly. 'I ll dig a little hollow hole in the ground, and fill it with water from the hose. Then you! may splash in It as much as you please. And later on, if Oickte and Nellie rhlp Chip, the sparrows, want a bath, they can flitter themselves In the same - place. I will fill it with fresh water for them. ' So Uncle Wlgglly, with his front paws Just made for digging, scooped out a hole, like a bathtub, in the 'ground near tin hedge Then with Ithe squleter hose. Mr Longears filled the hole with water Now your bath Is ready, Bobbie:"! I called the bunny Down flew Bobbie Cheer-Up from ! the hedge. Into the. queer little bath-1 tub he stepped and then he began to shower himself with water He spread I j out his wings and flapped them, send-' lng the water in a shower over hiSI back Then he spread out his tail, like a fan and flapped lhat. More water splushed all over the robin boy. and j:ome even spattered on Uncle Wlgglly ' "Look out. theroU' laughed the bun-' ny gentleman. Jumping back. "I'm getting wetter from you bath. Bob-j hit tbsin T rliil frnrn Wijfrrlnrr ltli in hose" But Bobby did not mean lo splatter Uncle Wiggily, no it was all right The bunny kept farther away and the robin boy sang bis cheer-up song anil had a grand time in his bathtub on the ground. Attcr he had finished sprinkling with the hose Uncle Wlgglly lunvd off the water and sat down on the grass, in a dry place near the hedge, to rest. Before he knew it. Uncle Wigglly was fast, fast asleep, ills eyes closed, his tall silk hat fell off and his pink dosm stopped twinkling. And just then, along came sneaking the bad old Bqueedunkum. He hail gotten his Juws open, after eating the chewing candy, as I told you last night, and now he w;is hungry for souse. And I'll get a lot off Uncle ig-gily's ig-gily's ears, too, I guess." said the Bqueedunkum to himself as he sneaked along by the hedge. "Uncle Wlgglly in :i. leep now, and he Isn't Squirting with the hose. I'd have been afraid to come near him when he was squirting squirt-ing with the hose, as water mikes me sneeze mj head almost off But as long as there Isn't an water I'm not afraid." The Squeedunkum sneaked nearer, and he was just going to bite Uncle Wlggily's souse where Bobbie Cheer Up, the rbbbln boy, who was drying himself after Ills bath, saw the bad chap. "Uh. ho! No you don't'" cried Bobble. Bob-ble. "You don't get Unci Wlggily's souse this time' I'll splash water on you myself!" With that Bobbie flew down In his bathtub again, and flittering flitter-ing and fluttering his wings and tail, he splashed so much water on the Bqueedunkum that the bad chap sneezr ed : Ker choo! Ker choo! A-ker-choo-choo-zu!" and his head almost sneezed sneez-ed off. And for fear It would all come off, away ran the Bqueedunkum, not getting any of the bunny's souse f coins., the Water that Bobbie splashed got on Uncle Wlgglly. and awakened him. but he didn't mind thai and he was very thankful to the robin boy for helping. So everything came out all right, you see. And if the rocking horse rocsn't try to jump through the hole In the bottom of the pent h basket and scare tin clock so it cant hold Its hands in front of Its tire. I'll tell you next about Uncle Wlgglly and the butternuts. |