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Show 1 BEDTIME STORIES 1 BY HOWARD R. GARIS ! ' j UNCLE WIGGHjY and the CREAM j PUFFS 1 Copyright, 1920, by McCiurc News- paper Sy ndicate I (By HOWARD R. GARIS) "Dear me! Well I never! Who'd ever I think of such a thing"' exclaimed jmW Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy one day, as Ehe looked out of the hallow stump H , bungalow toward the front gate which Just then opened with a click, j What's the trouble '" asked Uncle rm Wlgglly, the bunny rabbit gentleman "Is Blllie or Johnnie Bushytal one of I the squirrel boys, swinging on our jjl "Oh. no" answered Nurse Jane as BBl she quickly took off her apron "But j tjl here comes Mrs Stubtall. the bear I J lady, to pay nn- a is.t. and I haven't a thing in the house to give her to 5 What" Not a thing?" laughed 4 Uncle Wlgglly, as he saw Mrs. Stubtall j 2 coming slowly up the front walk ; jB "Why It seems to me there are lots of j fl things down In the cellar." W "Yea, but I should have some cakes H to offer her with a cup of tea." went on Nurse Jane, who had taken off her apron to got ready to go to the door B and let Mrs. Stubtall In. "I have been I .M telling her about my cream puffs andj hero I haven't one baked " CjM " "Never mind! I think Mrs. Stubtall, rfM would Just as soon have a bit of J 6tra wberry pie, or some lollypop sal- !1 J, ad " said Uncle Wlgglly. as his musk- rat lady housekeeper went to answer jfjpf the door. jjffl No, I ought to have cream pufft," BS Nurse Jane said, over her shoulder "I have been promis tru br-ar lady SHI some cream puffs for the longest tlmei Pj and Oh. 1 how glad I am to see youl H she went on in a louder voice, as she opened the door. km. Uncle Wlgglly stayed back In the I Sj kitchen. I WM "Women folks. whether thy're muskrats or bears. are funn thought the bunny. 'Jus: us if It made s' any difference about ream puffs! SHU 'i I suppose Nurse Jane wants to show how well she looks after me, and w hat i g I good things she gles mo to eat ci Be to puffs among them. They are' H good I wonder how they are made", 9 As Uncle Wlgglly said this he hap-1 Mm pencd to see. hanging over the kitchen S sink, a recipe book, that told how to1 H I - k.- m,,S out of polk i dot dresses H and how to make the crosses on hot 9 bum foi Easter 3 Maybe It tells how to make cream Qf puffs,' thought the bunny gentleman ri "If It does and Nurse Jane and Mrs. f-i Stubtall stay in the parlor, talking, II, could, just for a surprise make tho puffs myself. Then I could wink at He Nurso Jane she could come out and M get them, and pas them to MrB. Btub- tall with the tea and everything would! 61 be lovely. I'll try It." P So Uncle Wlgglly looked In the cook! book to see how to make cream puffs H was quite hard, and when the bunny I - had finished reading he leaned against. Mm - the table ll "I don't believe I'd better try to I m ike those cream puffs," thought Mr Longears. "You have to mix up a lot of flour and eggs, and have to let them puff up In a hot oven And then you have to slice them open with a knife .and put the sweet cream inside i h, If a lot of work, I wonder ' Just then Uncle Wlgglly happened to see the rubber plant standing In the I kitchen where Nurse Jane had beer. washing the thick, green leaves. I ' Now rubber Is something that puffs up very easily." said the bunny "If I 1 could take some of tho leaves from 1 tho rubber plant which are. good to eat and puff or blow them up like circus balloons, I could fill the Inside with cream and thy'd be aa good as I It baked. I'll try It." 1 Unci. Igg-lly cut off some leaves from tho rubber plant which had a' 1 lot of extra outs. Thon the rabbit gentleman r L tilt In the edge of a leaf and in v.. Is hole he put a piece of macaroni which was hollow like I a pipe atem. Putting his lips to the 1 other e;id of the hollow macaroni stem 1 Uncle Wlgglly blew a hard as ho could blow In a moment the plant L leaf, being rubbery puffed up like a WF little balloon. P "Fine!" cried the bunny gentleman J 'Now I'll Just slip ln some sugared ill cream and we'll have cream puffs as J1 good as never wm!" I 1 ncl? Wlggily blew up some more! 3 of the thick greon leaves of the rub-1 IjTj 1 Iber plant. Then he mixed some; I whipped cream and sugar in a bowl I while Nurse Jane and Mrs Stubtall j tvere talking Uncle Wlggily put the white, sweet, I frothv cro-i.m Inside the green leaf 'cream puffs, and then he made some 1 tea He put everything on a tray and,' brought It In the parlor where Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy was entertaining the lady-bear. lady-bear. "Here are th- cream puffs. I guess you forgot about them Nurse Jane," I spoke the bunny "Cream puffs"' cried the surprised musk rat lady. "Yes don't you remember the kind you wanted Mrs. Stubtall to. have," and Uncle Wlgglly blinked one eye very hard at Nurse Jane, and twinkled his nose. "Oh, yes cream puffs I had forgotten !" and Nurse Jane smiled at f nele Wlgglly, for she understood what he had done. "Oh, these are dee-dee-liclous'" said I the lody bear when she had eaten throe of tho rubber leaf cream puffs. You must tell me how to make them." "Ask Uncle Wlgglly'" laughed Nurse Jane, and then Mrs Stubtall knew whit the Joke was. But the puffs were very' good try them yourself some day And If the umbrella doesn't flop shut and pinch the lady fingers when the baker takes them out of the oven, I'll tell you next about Uncle Un-cle Wlgglly's ragged clothes no |