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Show BEDTIME STORIES I By HOWARD R. GARIS I T 1 UXCIxE HTGGIUX ND TUT", BIG ICICLE. Copyright, 1921, by McClure Newspaper Newspa-per Syndicate. Johnnie and Billlo Bushytail, the two squirrels, and Sammie Llttletail, tho rabbit chap, were out pla:n in flu- now. They frisked about, dddg-i dddg-i Ing behind trees and leading through I tho whlto drifts. For eacn wore a I warm coat of fur and did not mind the cold nor the frosty flakos. j ib. look at this big icicle'" cried j Johnnie, as he skipped around tho corner of Uncle Wiggily n' hollow Stump bungalow and saw, hanging I from tho roof, a largo icicie. The . day before had been warm and the j snow on the roof had melted ran-j ran-j nlng down drop by drop. Then the weather grew colder, and as each ! drop fell it froze until they had all I frozen into a long stick, or cane, called an Icicle. "Is'nt it a Jollv big one ." chattered Billlo Bushytail. , "It's as long as Uncle WlggUy'l rheumatism crutch " said Sammie "And the same shape." added Jo'an-nle. Jo'an-nle. "with the thick part on one end where Uncle WJggily puts it under his paw." "Oh. I know what we can do!" cried Billlo. "What caji we do?" nsked his j brother and Sammie. "We oun take down this big icicle." : S.llil III 111.- ',,,Ur if , .,1 ons! Kl,, III- : Uncle Wiggily's crutch, and fool him I with it " ! "How ,M asked Sammie. I "Why. after we take the icicle down we'll color it with red ink and blue I ink." explained the squirrel chap. 'We can leave places on it without oolor-j oolor-j ing them and they'll be the white! parts. Then whon we have it all donej w 11 stand it in Uncle Wiggily's hall, j ! He'll think tho big Icicle is his rheu-: rheu-: matlsm crutch, he'll start to hop on it. and heU slip down and bump his I pink, twinkling nose!" "Oh. that will be lote of fun!" laughed Johnnie and Sammie. I suppose sup-pose they meant it would be fun for them not for the bunny. So the squirrel boys and the rabbit I boy broke off tho big, frosty Icicle In 1 one long piece. It was, Indeed, like I Uncle Wiggily's rheumatism crutch. Then Johnnie. Billlo and Sammie. got-i got-i ting some rod and blue Ink, colored tho iciclo like a barber pole, j Now we'll set It In Uncle Wlg-I Wlg-I gily's front hall, and when ho starts out to look for an adventure, as he does every day, he'll take this icicle crutch instead of his own and he'll slip li!co anything!" laughed Billie. Well, the squirrel and rabbit boys managed to get tho big icicle into UnCle Wiggily's front hall without being be-ing found out. They set It up in a comer and look the real rheumatism crutch away. "Now. we'll hide behind the hat rae !; and wait for what happens," whispered Billie. 4. Thi anin i boys hid themselve.i where they could look out and B when Uncle wiggily took the bjig crutch, A little later thi heard the bunny gentleman In Ills bungalow speaking to Nurse Jane. T think I'll go for a little hop ovt r the snow," -,ld the bunny gentleman. "Well, take your rheumatism crutch so you won't stumble and fall," ad x 1' 1 ' ii' ioi l.i I, id-, housekeepi ' Yes, I'll do that." Uncle Wiggily said. "h. won't ho be fooled when he takes up this colored Icicle in stead of his crutch!" chuckled Bill! to his brother and .Sammie. Bul before Uncle Wiggily could come cut Into the hall the front d . oi his bii ngrilov opi ned a nd i n c sti the Woozle Woll The animal bo: had forgotten to Ine k the door afti thej sneaked In, and so the Wolf could enter. h bo!" gi ,-.v Ii d the Wolf, as 1 . saw the red, white and bla.. Icicle in the corner of the hall. "Here In Uncle Wiggily's crutch, and he cai bo far away-, it's lucky the door wn open or l never could have gotten in. ! ii lui hide thai crutch, and wheJi i"n- Io Wiggllj comes out to look for It " bi bo t -pi d to find It gohe I e an easily nab him and nib'ol his ears " In fear and trembling the anim i : boys, hlddi n behind the hat ra . watched the Wolf. Oh, how sorry thvy I were for having left the door open. The hod out his paws to take what he thought was Uncle Wiggily's rheumatism crutch when, ail ut once, the Icicle, which bad molted om d flipped down, fell with a crash right on tho Wolf. li i. le broke Into a d pieces and ono large chunk hit tho Yolf on his nose. "Oh, wow! !;. wow'" how led 1 v olf. ' What's this 1 Uncle Wlggl rheumatism crutchc came to life and banged rue on the head! fh. this must be magic. Oh, I'm going away." And out he ran, not oitim; an one. Uncle Wlggil and Nurse Ja ne i iriie running oul into the ball. Tt, I he broken I icl and the anim il be ys ind th : , Wolf running away. "Did you boys Bcare the bad chap?" asked the bunny. "No It w i ilg. cle! tered Bi l ind thtm h told i th( trick they bad tried to play. ! (Veil, evi Cor the best!M laughed Uncle Wiggily, as i found his regular crutch. "I'll forgive for-give you '' Then Johnnie, Billie Sa mmie h Iped Nurse Jane plcli I tho broken Icicle, and Uncle Wlgsdjy I laughed so hard at tho way th- Wolf was frightened, that the bunny's pink nose twinkled upsldo down. So once igaln .Mr Loftgear i v a thi con ' ' Mow her horn so loudly in the nlglic that she wakes up tho sleeping car cm the railroad, I'll toll you nexl ibout 'Undo Wiggily and the snow house |