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Show I I BEDTIME STORIES" BY HOWARD R. GAR1S I t LG W Hw.ll.V AND 1 ill WOOfel YOU ' Copyright. I9xv, by McClure Newspaper News-paper Syndicate I Bj Howard R, Gari ' There, I've laid tnerja all out, reaoy for you to put on ui the morning, ' t laid Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. to i m ie wiggily one evening, when it was almost time to go o bed Lfi the hollow stump bunx:ilow "What haw oii laid OUt, -Mi s PuZ-zy PuZ-zy Wuzzy?' asked the bunny gentleman, gen-tleman, giving his pink nose a sort oi! good night twinkle. Is it i piei ot cherry pie. or a bit of chocolate cuke" "Neither one: Don't be s II) this time of da. !" laughed Nurs Jane. VAs It I'd lei you eke pie or cak just before you go to bed No, indeed! It is your red flannels I am speaking about our licuv. winter flannels. It is time you put them on.: I've laid them out by your bed and you can jump into them the tlrst thing in the i morning." Oh. dearest me!'' sighed Uncle Wiggily Wig-gily in a doleful, sorrowful VOiCj "Why, what's U:c matter?." asked Nurse Jane. "You don't want to catch cold, do you?'' "No, but I don't want to put on my heavy red flannels, either,' said the IDunny gentleman. incy ucn anu tickle me so'" ' Nonsenesc!" spoke the muskrat 1 . 1 1 1 housekeeper. "You know you musl put them on Jump into them the firs! thing In th morning, when it is quit" chilly, and you 11 soon get Used lo tin ti Ule and itch. ' Uneb- Y iggil sighed and shook his cars, but he said- nothing He knew It would do no good. Nurse Jane had inaile up her mind a bo in those red flannels, and that was all there was ichb LTACle Wiggily went to bed. Surelj :lpi enough, on the chair in his room were the red flannels, nicety laid out. vYlth kHij his paw the bunny gentleman gently Ha touched them, and he could not help tBIj shuddering a little. "How they will titch and ickle"' h -Hl BtJd. "J mean itch and tickle," Ue H added quickly. Th'll make me squirm and t wiggle. Well, there's no BBF nse worrying about it. 1 must jut mHI them on in the morning." Uj I'nelr Wiggily went to bed, but ho Ki did not bleep very wail. He dreamed BH' he was wearing his new suit of red HBci flannel, and first he would itch on one Hkj shoulder, and then he'd feel a tickle Ml In the .middle of his back, where he ouldn't reach to scratch. Next he'd jiisfi'f feel a sort of ticklc-tckle between his ears. And so, not sleeping very Hi soundly, it was no wonder that when Hil In- heard a little noise In his room he awakened quickly. By the light of the moon, which streamed in one window, Uncle WJg-A WJg-A saw hadow: figure moving HB about near his bed. HIl ' is that you. Nurse Jane, tome to Hf? take away my red flannels ?" asked the Hj bunny gentleman, if it is you. I am Hljl very glad, for 1 can hardly sleep think - 1 tng of them " Hll No, this isn't Nurse Jane'" ans- we red a gruff and grow lery voice I'm the Woozy Wolf, and I came hen- to gel you! I'm tired of waiting for you In the woods. Besides, you H alwavs manage to fool me and g t H away- So I've come here to get ou LVI now:" I Mil, dearest me! sighed L ncjc Wiggily. "The Woozy Wolf is worse I ban the red flannels." "What's this about refl flannels'"' 1 asked the Woozy Wolf as ho flashed 1 his little pocket electric light in the HliJ fa, c of the bunny gentleman, who was m sitting up in bed. "What about red 1 flannels?' HK l There they are. on the chair." answered Uncle Wiggily. pointing to jig l,js hi-avii s." The Woozy Wolf looked tflft at them In the light of his electric Mm flash lamp, and his whisker curled EBB i in a smile. H; Ha! They look nice and warm. HH and it's getting real cold outside' " B1 snickered the hud chap. "I think, bc- SHI fun- I carry you off to my den, that Dr I'll just put on your new red flannels HI nr-.-.-if'" Hk1 "Mb. thank goodness'" exclaimed H Uncle Wiggily. Hl "fill, hoi tSo you are glad to h.i HS ,i me take you off to my don. are you Hi asked the Woozy Wolf. "So, not exactly that," said Unci K'igglly, Hying not to smile. 1 Just ' w onder " Never mind what ou wonder'" in- I terrupted the Wolf. "Wall until I get these flannels on. and we'll see what Happens. The bad wolf quickly took off h!s j clothes and dressed hlmselt In Uncle Wigg'ly's new red flannels Then the Wolf put his clothe- batrk on. and, taking ui lis eledtrlc light) which he had left burning a I this while, the U.-lf said. "Come along to my il- i now. U.ncle 'lggliy. Get uj, d'res3 yourself and ' . But just then tb Wolf reached around and began to scratch his left shouldc r. Whais the matter?' asked Uncle 1 'iggil Never you mind what's the mai- ter!" snarled the Woozy Wolf. Von just get dressed ami " The, Wolf suddenly slopped and j began to Rcratch his right shoulder, j "Kindly teil me u anything is the matter 1 begged Uncle Wlgg ly. j "Matter enough there'll be when I I get you to my den'" answered Hi bad chap. "Get on your clothes and "-I j But just then the Wolf gave n ter- I rible how l and tried to r LCh around ( to scratch the middle of his back, i where the red flannels tickled him. But he couldn't reach the itchy pari and hi- twisted and turned and tied himself in a knot and finally In- fell joer in a Somersault out of the window, win-dow, by which he had climbed i::t- Uncle WlggHy s room. 1 The bunny Jumped up and looked out of the window. There, over the fields, running as hard as he could and trying to reach Hie middle Of his back to Scratch It. was the Wolf. ( "There h- goes, and mv red QannelS -too!' laughed rjnoie Wiggily as he climbed back into bed. "I'm glad of And in the morning, when Nurse Jane asked the bunny rabbit if ho had on his new red flannels, the rab- , bit gentleman said : "A wolf came in the night and took th-m away. ' "Oh. dear me." cried Nurse Jane I must buj yon ome new ones!' "Don! be in a hui , l.m-h.-d Mr i Dongears. and he was so happv that be twinkled his pink nose twice as Cast. So if the pineapple doesn't Jump out of th- apple dumpling and trv to make the dusting brush scratch the hands of thP clock, 111 tell vou next about Uncle Wiggll and the box tor-' tolse. |