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Show Ljf BEDTIME STORIES J BY HOWARD R. GARIS IM I-F. WIGGILY s WINTER WOOD (Copyright 1120, b McClure Stvfs- I pfl per Syndic ati i ( By "Howard R (.arl- i nele Wigglly, the bunny rabbit gentleman was hopping along through Woodland, near the "range It " Mountains Moun-tains one day. when he happened to !pas the house when Grandfather Goosey Gander lived. Out In front whs a large pile of corn cobs, and Grandpa Grand-pa Goosey, with the help of uncle Butter, the goat gentleman, was carrying car-rying the corn cobs In his CCllai "Well, what are vou doing'.''' asked Inch- Wiggily. ;(s he stopped an leaned on his red, white and blue striped rheumatism crutch. "Are you ,i going to have a lot of ploy corn cob , houses tor the animal boys and girls. . Grandpa Goosey?" "No. indeed, "answered the old gen- , tleman goose, who was. really, a gttJi- r der. "I am getting in my winter sup- jj ply of i obs to burn In the stove when the cold days come. Corn cubs are n. a . . - 1 1 iav . vou """ put in vour winter wood yet, I'm It vviggiij " ' fUW ''Why, no. T haven', s . ,t th rob- .t; bit gentleman "I s'pose I'd better ec about It. too. The nights are becom-T1! becom-T1! Ing julte frosty now, and even with " i our fur coats Nuise lone and I vUI gjlj not b( aide to keep warm without i3 wood I'll see If 1 can gel SO me i-obs." So Uncle U Iggily hopped here, there ii'iSsl, and everywhere looking for a lot of I dried corn cobs to put in his cellar f.-the f.-the winter. But not a corn cob could he find They had all been bought . , by the other animals of the wood. ; j i in i field? ' .1 "Vou should have thought .boul this ;1 earlier. Uncle Wiggily said Nurse ( j lane, when the bunni told his musk- rat lady housekeeper about It. ''I hope IwJfl v e slinll not freeze, jthis winter." 'rvjfl I hope not. myself. ' said the buh . 77 n- ard w'hen ho thought of such j j thing happening, why, his pink fibre 1," twinkled as though he were shivering Howev er L'ncle A iggllv did not Riv e '-J, 1 so easib lie started off on-e ' j. I more, making up his mind that Somej- s - where he would get coal or corn cobs. ' J or somethlivg to burn In the winter I 1 Over the fields and throngii the forest ; d lie hopped and; all of a sudden, h( kard a noise ih.it sounded like' -Jr-' Haw'. Haw Haw" WAM "Some one must be laughing." Ihsught L'ncle Wiggily. T wonder If tk they are laughing at me because I for- B got to put my winter wood in early rM enough"' I will not be so foolish aayW again. Witt frncle Wiggily looked throngii the trees and on the ground, not far off, he saw a lot of large, black birds. A 'J I'hey were going- K Haw' Haw! Haw'" And some- V afl times the sound appeared to be: "Caw: rA "Oh they are crows, and Ihey are ,J 1 not laftghlng. They are cawing, and fi'y something seems to be the matter," r2 thought l'ncle Wiggtlv. i Uuclo Wiggily hopped a little nearer 'w to the flock of black crows on the ground, ami then one of the large .jj .fj birds, named Mr Caw Caw, whom the bunny knew, piped up and hoarsely "Here is Vncle Wiggily He can A . "What's the matter?" asked the bunnv gentleman "Are you having troubloi about getting In y our w inter wood?' "o, lhat cannot be for you rows w ill soon DC flying down South where there is no winter What la the trouble, Mr. Caw Caw?" fSi 1 ' me of my crow friends 1 tangled BBfiajr in Ihe lring IODIC unini.il ln must have lost from his kite.' said Mr ; OfbW Vaw 1 lie sillily H.1B UII lllf ground and Blackle, nn crow friend, i : pldentally got his legs (angled. We cannot get him loose, and we do not want to fly away and leave him." "Of course not." said L'ncle Wiggily. Wig-gily. "I'll help get him loose." So, forgetting all about sclng where he could get some corn cobs, or wood, for his winter fires, Cncle Wlggllv took his red, white and blue striped rheumatism crutch and began to untangle un-tangle the string from Blackle'a legs Soon as had set fre the row "Haw' Haw! Caw! Caw " croaked all the other black birds, which vvus their way of thanking 1 nele Wiggily for what he had done. I hope you have a nice winter down Vi South," said the bunny rabbit as the crows flew over his head. Then the bunny set off again, limping limp-ing on his red, white and blue crutch for the day was rather cold and his rheumatism was beginning to hurt , "I hope I may soon find nome wood . , to put In for winter" thought L'ncle Wiggily. But everywhere he went the answer was the same. No wood or coin cobs could be had. Everybody f had ordered their supply months be- fore. Hfciit .Maybe I e,, n give you some around V I New Year's." said the monk'v domilo gentleman who sold firewood ' Then it nuv be too lat." s idlv Said l'ncle Wiggily. I ll go si.- if Mr Whltewash. the Tolar bear gentleman, has more coal than he needs. He doesn't care mucl about fires, and keeping warm." "Coul wood ' Bless your pin nose' I never put any coul or wood In mj Ice cave'" laughed the Polsr bear gentleman when (Jnole wiggily asked him. "1 shop on a bed of snowballs. : I do:" I Sadly and sorrowfully l'ncle Wiggily Wig-gily turned back to his hollow stUmp bungalow. Hardly had he reached if than Nurse Jane emite running out waving her aprojt. , 'Oh. how lucky you were, l."ncle ; Wiggily, she s.iid. You got the whole cellar piled full of pint- tic- cones; dldn'; you? -They will lie fine for us i to burn thl winter. Pine tree cones: i make the best winter wood" "Pine cones ? Winter wood? In my, j cellar?" asked the bunny In great surprise. sur-prise. How did it happen' I don't order any Who put h In' "A lot of big bla r: crows. Just a little while ago." said Nurse Jane. I "Mr. Caw Caw Wl! u,'h them. He I I said you helped Blackle get loose, so they flew up In the pun- tress, pulled off dried cones in their beaks and ; filled our cellar full of them for wood." "Hn' That was very kind of them " said L'ncle Wiggily. "Now I do not, have to worry about my winter wood. 1 We shall burn pine cones" And he, and Nurse Jane did. The c row had been kind to l'ncle Wiggily Just In time. And if the postage Stamp docsn t try to slide off the letter and go traveling around all by Itself on the 'ml of the little dogs tall, I 11 tell you next about l nole Wlggliy'a carrots', i 00 |