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Show BEDTIME STORIES By HOWARD R. GARIS DNOId WIGGHjY IND THBCall I i IPEXER. Copyright. 1922, by McClure News-paper News-paper Syndicate .) t By Howard R. Qaxls. "Walt a minute, Uncle Wlggily' Wait a minute'" called Nurso Jane I Pussy WusSy, as the bunny rabbit j gentleman was hopping away from his hollow stump bungalow one very cold morning. "Walt a minute. If you please!" What's the matter now?" asked Mr. Longears. turning around and ribblng a little snow on his pink, twinkling nose to keep It from freezing freez-ing I mean to keep his nose from freezing; of course, because the snow was already frozen. 'Ivu you want mo to bring you a loaf of molasses from the store, or a quart of bread, Nurso Jane?" "Neither one." answered tho musk-rat musk-rat lady with .i laugh. "But while you aro hopping around, looking for adventure, ad-venture, please leave this at Mrs Twlstytail's for me," and Nur9e Jane handed Uncle Wigglly something wrapped in a clean napkin "What is It?" tho bunnv wanted to know. "Oh, just something 1 borrowed from the pig lady last week," answered an-swered ho muskrat lady housekeeper, housekeep-er, "and I forgot to give it back. You leave It for mc like a good bunny. It's only a " But just then the telephone rang and Nurse Jane hurried in the bungalow bunga-low to answer it, not telling Uncle Wlggily what it was she had handed him. "Well, I don't suppose it makes muoh difference to mo what it is," said the bunny) as ho put the napkin in his pocket. "I reckon it's a little pickle or olive dish Nurse .lane borrowed bor-rowed for tho quilting party sho had last week. I'll leave It at Mrs. Twisty-tail's Twisty-tail's for her." So the rabbit gentleman hopped along, looking here, there and everywhere every-where for an adventure. But they seemed to be very scarce that day. perhaps per-haps it was bocauso the weather was so freezing cold. "Anyhow. I'm having a fTOOd time," said Uncle Wigglly to himself, and lie hopped along a littlo faster, pausing now and then to toss a snowball up In tho air and watching it drop down. 'Well I guess I am not going to have any adventures," thought Uncle j WUjglly "after a while. "I wouldn't mind even being chased by the Woozle Wolf or tho Fussy Kox if I was sure I could get away. If they chased me It would be an adventure. But I guoss they aro safe in their warm dens today. to-day. It is too cold for thorn to be out. Still if they were out, and they chase me " Uncle Wigglly suddenly stopped talking to himself, for. nil at once, he heard B voico, saying: "Oh, dear! h. doar' Oh, door! Caught fast just as If I was in a trap! And I cant k'et out! Oh. what shall I do I can't get out." Hum"' said Uncle Wlgrlly to himself. him-self. "Tills sounds like tho start of an adventure. Some ono is caught fust somewhere. Maybe It's tho Fuzzy Uox or tho Woozio Wolf. If it is I can laug'i at them, for they havo caught me laHt many a time' Yes, I do believe be-lieve I'm going to havo an adventure! Hurras !" Uncle WigRily listened and again tho voice cried: "Oh. doar! Oh, dear! What shall I do?" Tho bunny rabbit gentleman hopped softly through the bushes, and looking look-ing down toward a little frozen lake ho saw somo big animal sitting on tho ice. "It's the Fox!" thought tho bunny. Il -'s caught in a trap on tho Ice" But when ho looked a second time, tho . 1 rabbit saw It was not tho Fox. "It's ;ho Wolf!" thought Undo Wlggily. But when ho looked the third time he saw It was not the Wolf. Then, taking a good fourth look, Uncle Wlggily gave a. Jump of surprise as ho cried: "It's my dear old friend, Dog Per-clyal! Per-clyal! I wonder what has happened to him? I must run down and see!" Hopping down tho hill to tho frozen pond, l nele Wlggily went close to Old Log Perclval. "Are you caught in a '.rap, Perclval?" asked tho bunny. 'Almost as bad!" sighed the kind Old Dog "I down on the ice to .est, with my tall sticking out behind me Now my tail is frozen fast In the ice and I can't pull it loose. If I pull too hard I'll pull my tall off, and 1 I don't want lhat to happen." "I should say not!" cried the bunny. bun-ny. "You don't want 10 loeo your tall! I must help you! But how can I? The lco needs thawing! I'll blow with my warm breath and thaw it In that way!" But though ho could thaw a Uttlo of Perclval's tail, the ice was ,so cold that soon tho tall wu frozen fast again. "I know what I must do"' said Uncle Wlggily. "I must chop tho lco loose all around your tail. Then you can get up. run home with some of tho pieces of Ice still frozen to your tail, and thaw them off at home." "All right! Do that!" bogged Perclval. Per-clval. "But, alas! I have nothing to chop tho ice with'" aighod the bunny. Then he put his paw in his pockot, and felt Of what Nurse Jane had given him to tako lo Mrs. Twlstytall. The. napkin had como off and Uncle Wigglly found what do you think" A can opener! "Hurray! I can cut your tall out of tho lco with the can opener!'' cried the bunnv. And ho did. Tho can oponor soon made Perclval's tail free, and tho dear Old DOg could run home to thaw off tho little pieces of Ice. Then Uncle ATcglly took the can opener to Mis. Twlstytall, telling her how useful It i i. and what an adventure he had had. And If tho parlor Iamj doesn't go outside to play tag with the ash can, and leave the piano all alone in the dark. I'll toll you next about Uncle Wlggily and tho cold Jay. uo |