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Show I BEDTIME STORIES I BY HOWARD R. GAR1S r UNCLE WIGGIuY AND THE RED CAP. Copyright, 1920. bv McClure Newspaper Syndicate. Once upon a time, when L'nclo Wlggilv Iongears. the nice bunny rabbit gentleman, gentle-man, was aboul to hop from his hollow stump bungalow to look for an adventure, adven-ture, he heard a knock at the door. "I'll go." offered Nurse Jane the muslc-V muslc-V Tat lady housekeeper, for Uncle Wlggilv was busy brushing the dust off his tall silk hat And when Bflss Fuzzy Wuzzy opened II the door there stood Mrs Longtall. the HI mouse lady, clasping her paws and Willi j tears running from her eyi - in'" her IM whiskers For mice ladies have whiskers QU the same as gentlemen rats and mice M 'Oh, mj d-.:ir Mr Longtall ivhal Is ?rP the matter7' asked 1 n. le Wigglh , f..r he could sec right awaj there wa trou-mv trou-mv bit- jf "It's Jollle. m little mouse boy. ' said Bu.' Mrs. Longtatl 'He hasn't come home mtm from school yet. though his sister Jitlie H9 has been back over an h"iir I ni alr.ml BH something has ha. iencd to Jollle!" MPN "Oh. let us hope not " said Uncle Wlg- vyil gily "He may hac stopped on the way I home to pla football v. i l i Johnnie and Elllle Bushylall the squirrels or Toodlc -v snri Noodle Plal Tall, the beaver boys '"fj 111 go look for Jollle. Mrs Longtall " jflM "Oh. will you That Im very kind' dlgl tald the mouse lady "You know Jollle rjiCw as soon as you see him for he Is wcar- t&fu Ing his little red cap a bright red- It Is a very small cap. too." "Well. Jollle isn'l a very big boy. be-v be-v Ing a mouse." said Uncle Wlgglly. "I J i think I II find him. eapet la II y as n r-'l ftp JScB Is easy to see. now that most of the XVfj leaves arc off the trees. I ll find Jollle. i( :'vn never fear. Mrs. Longtall " SW So the mouse lady never feareil a. ' JW much as she could, anil away hopped the JK bunny gentleman to look for Jollle. J7 Uncle Wlggll hopped on and on. over y the fields and through the woods, look- wffim i ing on all sides for the Utile re-1 cap Ljiv of Jollle and. all at once, the bunny gen- t)eman saw a flash of scarlet In a buab. There s the little rascal now' ' thought the btinny "He's playing camp out. I IjM nuppose. and maybe toasting some cheese BM over a fire. 1 ce his red cap as plain as HH day!" Hyl "Help' Oh. will some one please help Sfl me'" "My goodness! Jollle must have burneo J the end of his tall!" cried Uncle Wlgglly. w but as he hopped nearer Hip bu."h. in which in had seen the flash of red j voice sounded aoin. crying: sWi Heli' Help! Help! ' ' "That deesn't sounrl like .1. ISl said Uncle Wlgslly, "Jollle Is a sort of squeaker, but this is more lllga a bird ilH ong." !flH And when the bunn reached the bush Jj9 lie saw that It was a Mill, bird who had rp5 been calling a bird with a crown of i'njB bright, red feathers on Its head. Ami jR'jB Uie bird's legs were tangled in a string that had become caught In the bush "Oh, please help me to get loose!" begged beg-ged the bird. "Of course I will." offered 1'nclc Wls- 1 gily. and soon he had untangled the i bird s It-s from the string. "I thought ou were Jollle I.ongtall. the mouMe I iiov, with his red cap on," spoke Mr. ! Longearff, "Jollle Is lost and I'm looking for him.' "I haven't seen him." said the bird. , "1 nm Ruby Crowned IClni.'1-t and the ! Cb.ii k-a dee Is my cousin. But he lias aS) red cap as I have Shall I sing you a song for getting me loose from th'1 I string. Uncle Wlgglly?" ' If you please.' said the bunny rabbit I gentleman, and the bird sang a wonderfully wonder-fully loud and sweet song for so tlay a ! ortan 1 ' I nm sorry I cannot help you find I Jollle. with his red cap "id iru Ruby frowned Kinglet, as he picked up a few seeds "On. perhaps I shall poon meet him. said the bunny rabbit gentleman, as h hopped on. leaving the red -capped bird to I sit in the sassafras bush. The bird did not seam to mind the ool I weather a do I I the bluebirds, nnd robins. f--r 1 1 flitted ; about In the snow, looking for Beedl I nch- Wigglly searched on for Jolhe. ; the mouse boy with his red cap, but I could not seem to find him Then, all or ; a sudden, just as Mr Isongears was beginning be-ginning to feel worried, all of a sudden there was a rustling in the bushes and out popped the Fussy Fox "Ah. ha! This Is the time I have vou' howled the fox "You shall not g,- :tw:i from me this time I nch- Wiggliy V.i re Is no one here now to save you. I nave j you sure'" ' Yes I am afraid you have! ' sadly .vil.l the bunny. But Just then there was a rustling on the other side of the b.ish and a voice cried: "list Uncle Wiggil go" 1 Who says so" asked the Ix. most Impolitely "I do!'' cried the brave voice, and then Uncle Wltk-lly saw a flash of red. and .-o did the fox "Oh. a fireman is after me! A fire-1 fire-1 man with his red hat Is after me and lv I! squirt cold water on me' ' howled th fox ' 1 d better skip along' This Is no place for me!" And away he ran. not hurting the bunny at all. Then out from the bush flew the Ruby Crowned ! Kinglet bird "I thought I could frighten lhai f x bv pretending to be a red-capped file-man file-man " said the tiny creature "I am certainly glad vou did' Thank vou." said Uncle Wlggilv. ' At first I thought vou were Jollle l.ongtail with hi red cap. I wonder where he Is?" 'Down in the next field playing snowball snow-ball with snmmie i.utietait. 1 answered the bird. I saw his rejl cap: It is almost al-most like mine." Then the Kinglet flew away, smglnc his lovely song, and Uncle Wlggilv found Jollle and his red cap and hurried i-ome I with the mousle boy. So every thtln,: came out all right. And If the li . box oean't lake the fire shovel to ICQOp out some sugar for the lemonade at the rag doll's party, I'll tell ou next aboJt b'icle , Wlgglly and the white marks. |