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Show BEDTIME STORIES BY HOWARD R. GAR1S l Nt I.i It.i.llA mi i hi i H n t RJ H OlfJ fight, IMf bv M-t birr N.-w-- najper Rjrwlloaie, i llv HOW Mtl R, . lili vi u going id pi. iv football asaln oda. L'ncls Wlsgll) ?" a-kc-1 N'uj-se Jaij lussy 'ux. one mornlni "l"ootbll .' No. what made oi think foZ" aked the rabbit gentleman sa input in-put on his tall, -ilk hat. ready lo tahel a walk out of hl hollow slump bnn-! Ka : j 'Well, ilv reason 1 thought perhap jou were solus to pluy football," snld 'the muskral i.idv houeeJ(eepcr, "ia be-j cauae i s.i you kb uing out. first one hlml leg and then the other. .r yen db! the da) vim played foo'b.sll with I .Johnnie Bcshylall, the squirrel. " 'Oh, yoxi mean when the kind hor-nela hor-nela let ila ike their old nest to kick .around, becauaf Johiun Iom the repu-i repu-i lar football." Mld the bunny. "No. j I'm not SOlaa to play today. Janle The! j reason I'm kicking nut. as you saw' I me. wit because I was practicing ?or, hutting on m rubbers. It will soon! be Cold weather, with ."now .md i I and aleet, and I'll have to wear rubbers rub-bers I m Just practicing, that's all." ' "Tea, Winter Will oon be hrrc. wlih 'skating, sleigh rlillns. snowballa and Christiana.'1 said Surss Jan. "Audi that remind me I need BOlhc coldl ! cream." "Cold cream!" repeated the bunn'.'j I gem i man "Don't you mean i e . ream or an lc cream cone?" ' No," rrpjled Nurse Jane. "I mean! cold crrjpi, U comes from the drug I store, in iiiii.- Jani, jn-i we bouseaeep-l ers put r on our paws and faces whin winter comas, so we will not be too rhUQh ' happed. I wish 1 had some colli i crr.inv" "Well HJ get you some " offered fUnclc wiggiiy. - was Just wondering If l inlil not do ou a favor whenj i go on my daily walk, and Itbw I can. I I'll bring you some cold oreapt." ! "And you might bring some soft' j Klue. also," went on Nurse Jane. There la a kind of ofi Klne that: I comes in . tube. ItUe iinth paste One, o the kitchen chairs Is broken andi I I can stl"k it together with the Blue " I "I'll bring "lue and cold cream." j promised l'n le Wigglly. "Uut you, jirniM not get them mixed. Nurse Jane." he added with a laugh. "You'd look Ifunn;. If you put glue on your face j instead of cold cream," "I'll be careful." nromlsrd the (pusk- ral lady. j AwSy hopped I'ncle fiver I the field;: ;im! through the woods. Tin;' trccf bad nearly all lost their sum-! me'r leaves by this time, and though the sun shone, t.he da- was ble&k and CQld for winter was I f.v at hand. Uut I luve winter," though; I'ncle Wigglly, as he hopped alone "There .r manv nice Imlidav Thanks-, givlns. I'hrislmas and N vv Vcars. Winter is real Jolly 1 think." li did not take the rabbit gentlman long !o reach the drug store, where H I smelted like catnap; pannroyal and , sassafras. j "Some cold cream for Nurse Jane. If you please," said the bunny to the mohkej doodle gentleman, who Waited ;On him. "and al-o a tube of sticky 1 slue." "You shall hive th m. ' the clerk answered, and soon, with a package In cadi paw t'nclc VaglU "Varied for hi hollow atump bunmlow. A biiln? linl wan blowlrj. and un Mr., tiongears felt it stinging on face he. eald: "I t?. a little cold cream will be cood for me when I get to my hollow 'ump iiungalow. If It will atop Nurse Jane's face from chapping. It will stop1 mine, also." The rabbit gentlman was bop-skipping along. 1th the cold 1 r am in one pnvv ,ind the uiie of ajlos In the other, when, all of a sudden out from under the aeifra bush Jumped the bad old wild eat. Vnw M ioim Scow:" howled the wild cs . who la quite different from your t line puas "Oh, I beg your pardon!" said 'n-, Wigglly, IoIiir to jump to one side, fv he did not want to be caught. "Hold on th'-rr' I w ml yoaV vovrio.j ihe wild cut I ve In vv.n'inir h"i e for you' I -nv ; mi -o In l h drug More. I guess you bought gurn ilrop;. Now I love rum drop, and I'll take all you have! Qhs thrm to me1" Vou are mlstken." answered t'n-ele t'n-ele Wlucilv. as polict- as he ronWl. 1 I have no gfm drops at all. 1 bought Nurse Jane some Cold f'am and " "Ha! be cream' Just what I want'" hcwled the wild cm. making a most dlBtn ssing face. "No, not ice cream cold cream," corrected Uncle Wigglly, "ici cream la to eat, iui Nurse Jane wants th Cold cream to rub on her chapped paws and face and "Well, she shan't have It:"' rudely and Impolitely Interrupted the wild i tl "I'll take that cold cream myself I guess my paws and face are at chapped as hers! Give me that cold cream I " The w ild cat made a grab for or or Cnole VViggiiya packages from the urns; store. "That isn't cold cream!" cried the bunny, as he s.iw a h it the bad chap hr taken. "That is ". "Oh - 1 1 r.ftlf fAnl T.,,, n 1 . -I iVtn wild cat. with ,hit he began tb rub the stuff on his face ami paws but he had not taken more than three ruin before, ill of a sudden, his left pav. stuck to his nose, and hia right paw stuck to his forehead. "Oh, wow! What is thUj? Wh .i kind of cold cream does Nurse Jane use'" snarled the wild cat. "No won i der she proud! She will be most dreadfully stuck up if she uses thisi cold cream!'' "That wasn't cold cream'" laughed i Wiffei'.v. -j 4.1!, i vou it wasn't but you wouldn't listen Vou cot tlve tube o: Klue bv mistake, and I'm gl.id of It- Nov your paws are fast to your face and vou are worse stuck up than Nurse Jane ever was. Ha! Ha " Then I'ncle Wigglly ran back to the drug store to Re- more glue, leaving 'the wild cat all stuck yp. ami the ! bunny gentleman w nt home a different differ-ent path so the bad creature did nol bother him again that day; And with I the glue Nurs. .lane mended the hair, bu' she put the nice cold cream on her paws and face, so everything came out all right. And if the lead pencil doesn't ( forget to t.ikc Its rubber when it goes iout to play In the rain with 'he sheet of paper, I'll tell ou next about l'n-clf l'n-clf 111 'he leaves. |