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Show BEDTIME STORIES BY HOWARD R. GARIS UNCLE WICGILV AND THE FISH HAWK. "Will you please go fishing tor me today to-day ITnCls VViggily ?" asked Nurse .lane Fuzzy Wusxy, (he muskrat lady hoiue-1 hoiue-1 keeper, one morning, nj she saw llic bun-n bun-n rabbit gentleman starting out of the I hollow stump bungalow. (JoclS Wlgrlly I leaned on his red, w hite and bflie striped rheumatism crutch, and twinkled His pink nosi.. sort fl upside down Ilk.'. "Go fishing. Nurse Jane!" cried tile bunny rabbit, wrapping the fur collar of his fur coat mnr- closely around his neck. "How can I go fishing in winter, when there Is snow on the .round, and the I lakes and rivers are frozen?" and Mr. Longears pulled his tall, silk hat more j tightly down on ids head .to keep hla 1 eara standing up. "Oh, I didn't mean icgnlar fishing!" laughed Nurse Jane "I Just wont ;.ph, to go to the five and fan ci nt stoic and , get me a can of salmon. Salmon Is 1 ffSh. you know " "So It Is'" chuckled Uncle Wlggily. "I'll get ou a mi of salmon. Miss FUZZ) Wuzzy." The bunny rabbit gentleman war. on his way home from the store,' carrying' the Can of salmon fish in his tall, silk hat to keep it from freezing when, all of sudden, there was a rushing sound .1 though a bl- wind ws blowing, and Un ' ele W'lggii) felt his hat lifted right offj his h. id. ... that the can of jSHmon foil out on the snow. "Oh. dear me! f.h, my pink, twinkling, nose'" cried the bunny rabbit gentleman. "What has happened?" At the une time ho saw a large brown I and white bird flapping towin g him v. lib : the bunny's hat In Its claws. . "ISxcUSC me." spoke the bird. "I didn't moan to scare you, I'ncie Wlggily, but 1 thought yoUl' lull h;it was a black fish nnd I innde a swoop for it. grubbing it p off in my claws. Allow ui- tp bring Our hut hack. I see made a mistake ' It isn't a fish at all and. being a fish 1 Itawki I am very fond of fish. Forgive me!" ' Oh. i ll forglitS Oll all right." said I 1 n Ic Wlggily kindly, as he took his hat which tin- fish hawk bird gave him. vr If yon arc hungry, what do you soy to 1 ,1 bit of . annul salmon?" "I'll say It is a great rfenl better than going hungry," spoke the bird, "and Id be very glad to have some." From a bush which crew ner hv Uncle Wlggily took a large thorn, like an lee pick, and opi nil the. can of salmon, trie-! log the fish hawk as much as that bun ; ; 1 bird v. ;-nted. 'There still is plenty for Nurse Jane , and ine," tsaid the bunny gentk man as he brushed a few snowflukes off his pink, twinkling nose, and putting the can of; what was left of the salmon back in his tall bat, away ho hopped. Incle Wlggily had not cone very far on his wiiy to Ids hollow stump bungalow, j before, all of n sudden, he heard from : behind him a loud voice barking: "Now I'll get him! Now I'll get him!" Mr Ixmgeurs gavo one look OVOT his shoulder and be saw n bad old Weasel chasing Mm Now a Weasel la about the worst animal that enn chase s rabbit, I and I ncje Wlggil know thi- "Oh, J'vo got tO inn fast now!" said thej bUnns gentleman tp himself on.i he pulled his tall silk hat more lightly down; over his earn. But the Weasel Just tucked ids old I cloth csp down more tightly over his' hi ad and cried 1 "I'll get you! I can run faster than you. and mv cap won't blon- off anv moie than your hat will. I'll get you!" And it began to look as If the Weasel would catch our dear old t'nele .. ig-'ily The bunny was running as fnst as he COUld, but tho Weasel was running faster, fast-er, when all of a sudden, there was 11 sound of rushing wings, .-nd down out of the sky swooped the kind fish hawk, "Run on, I'ncie Wlggily! Run on!" cried the hawk "I'll fi this, weasel!" I'nclo W iggih looked over his shoulder in time to see the fish hawk swoop down m l . at--h the cap off th- . :i - I s h. ad "Here! Pome hack with my cap: Come bock with my cap!'1 shrieked th- Weasel "I'll eaten cold." "Tea, and !' caught your cap!" Ighed I lie fish hawk. Awny he flew with it. and th.- Weasel was so afraid he'd catch cold without this cap that lie turned around and raci-d after the luid. "H.i ' Now 1 can c-t away!' .said I'm de ''igc!'.' xnd he did. for the Um , WHS 00 nnvious chasing after Ids cap which the fish linvk had to chose the bunny. So you see It is sometimes good to go fishing for canned salmon And if t lie pencil doesn't go out without Its rubber rub-ber nnd catch cold so it can t give th-evenlng th-evenlng paper a black mark for coming bile I'll till io;i next about l'nele Wig gil :md the Fin Tail. OO |
