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Show BEDTIME STORIES BY HOWARD R. GARIS UNCLE WIGCILY ANO THE CHOO CHOO. I n- Ic W"l(Bjll) took down the etove I blackening brush, and was giving n little ! extra polish to his lull, silk lial. before I be started on nn adventure trip, one day. when. Just as he lifted up his red, white nnd dine striped rheumatism crutch, nlong CM. the running Willie Fluff-' Fluff-' tall, the little boy lamb, "Oh. Uncle Whjglly!" bleated Willie. . "Pleaae see If ou run make It po." Kh? What's thnt? Make it go? Hake" ! w i go""' nslied the bunny gentleman, and be waa so excited. renll he vv.is. that his pink nose twinkled twice OS fast hs a lollypop when It falls off the stick. "I'on't lell me Ihe bad old MfOOele Wolf or the Pussy Kox Is charting jour sister Ootile!" cried L'nele Wlgglly. ln on 'want me to mnke Hie Fox or Wolf go I 'way from Dottle?" "Oh. no." answered Willie, and he I waved his long fluffv tnil to -'tid fro. "Il Isn't as bad as thai, l'nele "Wlgglly. It' Just my choo boo engine and cars that I want you d. make gn fur me ." "When- do j oo want me to make them (Of t."ked the bunny gentleman. "Why, It's this way" explnlned the Utile Ut-ile boy inrrllv "Von see. Snnta t'lnus. for Christmas, brought me train of cars and :i chop h00 engine to make them g" They ran on n tin track, nil around the room, when 1 wound up ihe spring in pie choo choo engine. But now thev will go no more," said wniie eadly. Th.-ti's too bid " apoko V'ncle Wlcglly "Did the aklllery-acallerv alllgr.tor with the double Jointed tall get In and bite the row catcher off tho choo choo en-glne?" en-glne?" "Vrt I ttilt.lr nnt " aniirrrnl Willie .o, i iiiniK noi, nm i en nnm.i "But somethlnB Is wrong;, and 1 com . er to see If you could tix It. I heard ( how you made Susie 's doll r.pen her i that were stuck together, and how vom fixed Floppy Twietytall's Jumping Jack So 1 thought maybe you could tlx m choo ehoo train." Well. u least 1 can try." said l'nele Wlggtlv. "1 ai going out to look for an adventui'e. but perhaps I may find' one on my way to your house." "Oh. I hope you do." bleated Willie, and then he ran on nhead. while l'nele j Wtggily came after, wagging his tall be-1 hind him. Oh, Just a moment If yon please! I'm a bit wrong there It was l.ltlle Bo j Peep's sheep who vvng-.-d their tails h. hind them, wasn't It" Whal 1 meant to say was that Uncle Wittily sklppeo along, pushing hla pink twinkling nose In front of htm. "I do hope you can make niv choo ehoo cars go. bleated Ihe lamd ho . as he opened the doo:- of hl house so Uncle Wlggilv could go In. "I'll do mv best'." promised the biinnj rabbit gentleman. "N'ow let me look at vour choo choo train " From a corner of tho play loom W'll he brought his toy. It was a lovely train of cars, and there was also a track for the enelne to run along. But something had happened. When l'nele Wlggllv put ll, i. . li.,., . Im.i . : 1 1-1 1 1 and . i r on the tracks thej Jn-' staved there, t"t moving BO much as a In lie lioy snail going to the picture show. "Something la wrong, " ssbl the btinnv . i guess you haven't wound up the clock pi1ng In the engine " Oh. vee. it surely Is wou-.d up," said Willie. Well perhaps It la wound UP loo much then, and needs to he lOOSCned a little," nald I nch- Wlgglly The kind old rabbit gentleman fua.wd with Willie s choo choo. while Willie and his sister Dottle looked on eagerly. "Now It ought to go " said Mr. Ixng ears, eft-r he had .'pun the wheels around with his red. white and blue striped rheumatism rheu-matism crutch. But, oh. dear me' When the choo choo was set on the tin mils again, nelth er the engine nor the cars moved. "1 wonder what enn he the matter?" thought the btinnv gentleman "Did you pour onv molasses Inside -your engine?" he asked ., Illle. "Vh. no; 1 didn't do anything Ilk-th!"- bleated the little boy lamb. "Did Dottle pour vlnig.i In to try to make the choo choo go faster that l( when It was at least going some" naked tin. hunny gentleman "Oh. never!" said Dottle, "I wouldn't do such a thing as that!" 'Wall, Mime children do' said l'nele Wlttll) "But now. let Die see. Perhaps I' I turn the WDlasli UIU whUr.lctim upside ibiwn thai will make Ihe choo i hoo go."! Tho bunny uncle did this, and he sei thl engine and care on Ihe track. ! was Just Hvlng the engine a little poke with his rod. white and nine rheumatism I crutch when, all of a sddden. In throuati r the dour, which W'illto had forgotten to lose, came the had old Woosie Wolf "Oh, ho! h. ha!" laughed the Wolf. "This time I have caught l'nele "Wlggllx Slid the tvvo lamb children: Oh, this Is a ItUCk da for un "' Well, that bad, old Wolf was lust go ing to make a Jump for l'nele Wlgglh srhen all of a sudden, there was a whit ring, whizzing noise. Then cwmc ,i lit. id whistle ''Toot! Toot"' And bless vour lollypopsl That choo rhoo started running swa" ' itslf down Ihe track. Straight for the dad old Wolf Toot! Tool"' blew the whistle on Wll He's hoo i hoo engine. "Oh. m". train of cars I runnlnw away! They're running Just as lhe did when Mania Clans left them for me!" bleated Willie. "Clear the trsck! The train Is coming! lxok out or your tail will be run over. ii Wolf cried Uncle Wittily. "Oh. wow: The choo choo aurel Is . basing me: It's trying to bump into me. and inn nve- me:" bowled the Wolf "I guess I'd better inn:" And run he did turning a back omersult out of the :....r lust l.efoie the tov choo choo ran VI) down the l rack after him . I m gl.id he's gone " said Willie. Si. am fi" spoke l'nele Wlggllv "Whatever I did most have made your . hoo .hen slrl off h Itself. Willie, and i t n time, ion: It's a good thing it did. or the Wolf might have gnlten us." Bui everything came out all right, you and wniie had fun withhls choo .hoo .;,rs that 'be dunnv gentleman lived Vnd If the Tin Soldier doesn't hoot bis gUn through the drum, and make bed so all the noise spills out into the gas love, I'll tell v oti next about Unole Wlggll) anil the music box. I 00 |