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Show H BEDTIME STORIES 4 - BY HOWARD R. GARIS IVNCI.J-: U IGGI1 A M) i l inn scoot ER. Copyright. 1,9.40. by McClurc Newipa-per Newipa-per Syndicate. One, day. Just as Uncle Wlgglly! Ix)ngars. the bunny rabbit gentleman, was getting ready to leave his hollow i stump bungalow, to po In search of adventure, there came a knock at the door. "I'll go," offered N irse Janc'Fuz-j zy Wnzzy. The muskrat lady house-, keeper was Just Rjearjllg away tin-breakfast tin-breakfast dishes. "Dear me. I hope that isn't the ; Eaissj Fox or the Woozle Wolf eomine to bring me an ad Venture. Instead of lettinjr. me so off and IdVk for :l my-j self thought Uncle JViggily. Hut he need not have worried, for when Nurse Jane opened the door, there was Johnny Bushy tall, the little squirrel boy. smllinp and bowing with his bundle of books tied in a elece of wlbl grape vine slung over his shoulder. shoul-der. ' Oh. L'ncle Wiggilj IV chattered Johnnie as soon as be saw the rabbit gentleman. "Will you come to our house this afternoon?" . ntv "Whv ves Johnnie. I can call said Uncle Wlgglly. slowly. ' But what is the matter'.' Has anything happened?" happen-ed?" he asked, for the squirrel boy, seemed much excited. "My cousin. Teddy Scooter, has come to visit inc." chattered Johnnie "and my mother says I may have a little lit-tle nut party for him this afternoon. Teddy Scooter wants to see you. so I told him I'd ask yon to come. "Oh. I'll be thore!" promised Uncle Un-cle Wlgglly, With a Jolly twinkle of bin pink nose For the bunny rabbit Ren-, tleman liked nothing better than to get out among the animal boys and Clrls. "Well I 11 run along to school now. said Johnnie. "But we'll expect yOi this afternoon. Uncle Wlgglly." The hunny rabbit gentleman sa:d h WDUld surely be there, and then ho combed bis whiskers most carefully and went to the six and seven cont store to get Nurse Jane a new gold' plated sink brush. When afternoon came, and l'ncle Wlggllv knew it was about time for the lad) mouse teacher to let the ani-m ani-m 1 children out of the hollow stump school, the bunny gentleman hopped over the fields and through the woods until he came to the house where Mt Johnnie and BUlle Bushytall llvedi H " was a large, new house In n big hoi- low tree, and it had upstairs, downstairs down-stairs and an attle to It. Really uulte , stylish house for squirrels, you might say. "Oh. we're so glad you're here Uncle Un-cle Wlgglly:" chattered BUlle the 6th- er Bushytall squirrel chap. 'Come in ..nd meet our cousin. Teddy Scooter, you know all the resi of the com- j pany." Ves, I think I do." said I ncle Wlgglly. Wlg-glly. as he saw Sammn and Susie J.ll-HUtffHU J.ll-HUtffHU tletall. the rahbits: Jackie and Peetle hBBmJR Bow Wow. the dogs; Toodle and Noo- dl". Flat Tail the beavers. Nannie and I Nillie W;ig:aM. the goat-, and Hot-1 tp and ilile Ulufftall. the lambs. Th'Ls Is Teddy Scooter." said John-; nie Hushylall. bringing up .-.nother squirrel boy and Introducing him to i 1 iiile Wiggily. The hunny gentleman said he was glad to rr.eet Teddy and i he had vjch a funny name a 'Sco t- 1 er" wh"n Johnnie chartered: 'Now. UnCJfl Wigglly. and boys ani t-irlx. we'll h.-.vc some fun' Mj moth- er hM gone out and left the who),, house to u. We mn do U we please .-he said. And she has left us a !t i of nut cke and other (joorl thlnrs to I eat. So we'll first play some games, i and th"n we'll he s Utile pany." I "It's lots of fun here. 1 like it." sa!d j Tedd) Scooter to Urncle W tsgily. i lle ln another part of rh." woods, and I don't get here but once In two' years, V We c (tl.nd to ser you ' saH Uncle Un-cle Wlgglly, and h? wondered whx Teddy Scooter looked different from j the Hushytall squirrel brothers. Mr. l onjcears was once innrf golnc is.; why Teddy was called "Scooter when' Johnny shouted! "All ready for a game of tag" ' 'if course I ncle wlgglly Joined In) this, and he and '.he anlmil boys .ihd j (Tlrls were having lots of fun. "hen all of a sudden the duck girl, look-Ing look-Ing from n window, called "Oh. here's the Fuzzv Fox and the Woozle Wolf outside. They're trying ; to get In." At the same time, there was i hanging and pounding on 'he front doorarnl Johnnie, the sjulrrel pried cut: f I "Come on. L ncJU Wlcgily and ery-body! ery-body! We'll ko up on the top floor- ! Up In the jitiic and lock all the doors j after us' That's w h:it mother told me I to do f anyone tried to ret in. Come' on. we'll go up to the attic'" l"p the stairs rushed all the anl-' mal children. I nele WlgKtlv going InM to protect them In case trie l-'ox and the Wolf should hreak In 'he fron' doors But the hid animals '-ould riot , do this, and soon the bunny rabbit gertlemnn nnd nil the others were safe in the top story. Hut the Fox a.ni the Wolf sat down outside and howled. 4 "We'll wait here until you get so hungry you'll have to come out. and then we'll get you!" "' lb. If somebody could only get out of the hack attic w Inflow- ond go for Perclval, the- Policeman I ,fg to come and arrest the Fox and Wolf" cried Sam rule. Ves, I can." chartered Teddy Scoot-cr.'lhe Scoot-cr.'lhe cousin of Johnnie ami Blllle. I am a flying squirrel, That's why I'm called Scooter I scoot very fast I cannot exactly fly, as the hinls do, It Is true. But 1 have wide ple. es of fur between my paw, and I can glide down from a high point, much hetter than any one can Jump I can rifely trilde nut of the back' attic window win-dow and get help" spoke Teddy Scooter. Scoot-er. "Then do It!" begged l'ncle Wlgglly . So while the Fox and the Wolf waited wait-ed outside, keeping th animal boys md girls and l'ncle WlprKiiv prisoners In the attic. Teddy Scooter flew down out of the attic window sltrk as pe. Away he ran to get Policeman Police-man 1 njr Perclval. who soon drove away the bad Fox and Wolf. 'Hurray for Teddy Scoote'. the Flying Fly-ing Squirrel! ' rled the boys and glris. nd Uncle Wiggibj led the cheering, for Teddy, ''id saved them all Thi n the party went merrily on. and If the lee cream doesn t holl over when It 16 trying try-ing to Jump across the gajj stove with the bean hng. I ll tell you next about l'ncle Wlgglf and Hnny Fop. l.arite deposits of orher and sienna hnve heen discovered n South Australia, |