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Show I BEDTIME STORIES BY HOWARD R. GARIS I UNCLE Vir.(.l!,Y M THi: CAKE Copyright. ll'O, by UcClure Newspaper News-paper Syndicate By Howard R. Oiirls One morning, Just as he was coming down stairs, after having nad his breakfast, I'r.rle Wlgplly Iongears, the nice bunny rabbit gentleman, heard Nurae June, his inuekrut lady housekeeper, chattering and banging in the kitchen. "Ah. N'urso June is busy, as usual," k said Uncle Wigglly to himself, as ho heard the bang of pots and pans. 'She is getting something nice ready for I my dinner, I thin:'. Good Nurse Jane.'' I .J Uncle Wigglly was ull drcsied up,! read;, to go out and look for an ad- I venture, but first he thought he would poke his head In the kitchen door and tell Nurse Jar.e where he was going j He saw the muskrat lady blisy stirring stir-ring something In a yellow bowl, but before the bunny rabbit could say anything any-thing the telephone bell rang. rins telephone bell In Uriels Wlg- gily'a hollow stump bungalow, was made of a morning glory flower, with a red cranberr) hanging down Ins d.-to d.-to do the tinkling "Tinkle' Tinkle- Tlnk " went the morning glory flower cranbenv telephone tele-phone bell That's; for me, I think. Wlggy," said Nurse Jane. "I'll answer it." So the muskrat lady left what she was stirring stir-ring In tho yellow bowl and went to talk over the telephone. j "Ves. I'm here," Uncle Wigglly heard her sav y(s. Mrs Wibble-wobble. Wibble-wobble. I can talk (0 you a moment, though I'm making a cake and 1'mi right in the middle of It. I mean the I middle of making it, not In the middle Ij j of the cuke, of course, and ' t. Then there wan Quite .1 lot of talk wf bet worn Nurse Jane on one end of the M telephone, and Mrs Wi r.hic wobble. the duck lady, on the other end The! telephone wire was a long piece ofi wild grape vine, running from the hollow hol-low stump bungalov. to the duck lady's' house-. "Mi ell. Nurse Jane Is certainly talking a long while " said Uncle Wigglly to himself, as he stood in the kitchen, waiting to tell ihe niu.'krat ludy where ho was going 'Sh and Mrs. Wlbblfe-wobble Wlbblfe-wobble have a lot to naj but I wonder what will happen to the cake Nurs Jane Is making? If she lets it stand too long It nut rise or fall necm3 to mc I heard her say something about a cake falling. I don't want this cake spoiled I know what I'll do' I II f m lsh thlr. cake myself while Nurse Jane it at the telephone." The muskrat lady was still busv talking away. Uncle Wigglly went to the kitchen table. In the bowl wore' some eggs and other things that needed' beating up "I'll Juet stir up this cake, sift in some flour as I've seen Nurse Jane do. and then I'll put it In the oen and bake it " Mid Uncle Wigglly Nurse Jane was at the telephone In . thj pent rj . and oh. could ,.,. . 1 whet Uncle Wigglly was doing So the rabbit gentleman look the egg-beater and began to stir It around In the cake mixture In the bowl ' Whizz' Whirr Zip' 1 stirred the bunnj, and he made the egg-beater go: so fast that he splashed a lot of cake batter on the face of the clock. Oh, I beg your pardon," said I nele Wigglly, now politely. "My error!" The clock waved Its hands at the bunn Then Uncle Wigglly stirred a little differently, but the- egg-boater slipped,! and some more cake batter wa3 plashed over the side of the bowl, j this time on the legs of Uie Cabli Oh. how careless of me,' said the bunny, as he took a towel and wiped I the egg cake batter off the legs 0f i the tabic Then he beat uo the things! In tho bowl very fast, as he was quite I excited and didn t want the ak iu spoil But, all of a sudden, some of the! aweet, sticky stuff spattered all over a head of lettuce on the table. "My j cbrtalnly am doing things this morning." laughed Uncle Wigglly. I while Nurse Jane was still at the tele-' Phone 'I spattered the face of the eh.rk. the Icks of the table and the head of lettuce. I wonder what I'll do next" And Uncle Wigglly tried to stir more slowly But the bunpj was thinking how he could surprise Nurse Jan..- when she! came from the telephone by having the r.iki- nil read for the oven, so he tut nr. 1 the egg-beater faster, and FJop! ut went a lot of yellow batter, bat-ter, tailing on the foot of the cellar stairs. Well, I guess I'd better give it! up.' aaid the bunny But Just ihen the door opened and the bad old Plpsewah stuck his head in Any souse today?" he asked "I mean have you any aouse for mc I nelo Wigglly?" "Oh. my' I should sav not'" cried tho bunny, and he twisted the egg-beater egg-beater so fast that he plashed a lot1 1 Jitter in th. r .es of the Pip "Oh, wow' What a way to treat me"'i howled the Pip, jis eyes were all gummed up and aw., he ran. not get-i ling any souso at all. And then Nursol Jure como away from the telephone "X, S;Wak batter i'-"hcd an the' ' h of lettuce and on the: foot of the stairs "I was trying to make the cake for! ike iTk0 Vn?.le WiKglly, deferential like and protesting "It looks to me as if you were trying' to fee, everything m the kitchen laughed Miss Pursy Wuaey Bui I'm glad you spashed the Pip Now I II finish the eke." And sh. did. and was very geod. And If the rocking Chair doesn't step on the rubber ball and make it squeak like a little chicke Playing tag v ,th a bumble bee i n tall Hi rpeott3about Uncl w., the |