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Show S BEDTIME STORIES BY HOWARD R. GARIS f UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE PIN TAIL. Cop; ri-ht I'.'.'.'. I ' 1 I'.. ' S ndh Lie . Are yru i' in;. 1 id; for an I X'ir-i- lar.e Ktui) V .. or.. r rnlnR. a, i had w a hi i r akfast HjjH HtHshes and lv I stump I un,:al'.v , w In r lived With, tr i t.i i d.l gentleman i KMr. Loncrcars looker! out of the window fluid saw the nnr.w flakes cominp down Just as ' 'I" w h- n S in'.; B Claus ellmbs in the chimney for Chrlst- mas. 1 m' i ax not f?r.-z out today laid - Hie Imnn - 1 itormln? "too much " IfF ".ii tl. n n ' .in help me ma ke i I ' "Make a dress! " cried I'ncle "Wlerglly. P "Win , i i. i ii Ing making Tl " iM ns for me when I pin t!ie "Well I ajm Cneic viggii it will be much tli..ti u ing out In )!( snow Morin look- , Ir i : ai, Fso Nurse Jane got out her cloth, from iDU I 'i sir was g Ing to make a now ipj'c r , rid sl got out he thlm- " ble. needles, spools of thread and the pa- pi r i ! Ir.?. That Is she wen; to get ih I pins, but when (he muskrat . .' ' oked for the stlckory pickery ti tl Ings not one could ?h- find. Mil C j "Oh. 1 haven't a single pin"' cried t6 eve n ; u, , "Did the Plpslsewah or ihr Skeezlclu V' criiii i r an. i g. i th. m"" ask.-.l I'tele i eTttl Vipgi.'s "if thrv tried to swallow plnK, . I Instead of nibbling mv ear.-. It serve." pQT them right." fiO I i member now." said Miss ;(diT I" 'Susie Mttletall. the rab- IllMK bl! y irl eame- JlS flF l' ir SI.- was in -.in in 0 fJt di, i..i in-r d!i. i caw her all the "i i . ill i liking i would need an j H" I now I i , . r, ueBnf en togeth. r the pioct o! i (Ireaa before 1 I It reM i I'nele Wlgglly twml . i i ; lnk nose. teer a and Looked from the hollow stump bun-IshBaf. bun-IshBaf. P;' out al tin storm f "I'll Bo and get you some pins, Xur60 Jane kindly Raid the bunny. like to have you do that'" rse Jane "Ton might cold! Never mind the pins' I'll wall until P-LftJ P-LftJ m i m dr. s. -3IB rnt'' Wlgglly wa.i ju: l raying ho didn't .'I mini g..iro.- .in in it,,- M,,rni when all I ' sudden there sounded out In the ;.r,l a I an I r. . . Quo k! '.' a. k Honl ' Koal !" raa th 1 s in.. It. must bo Lulu, Alice and Jlm- mle II. blew, ,1.1.1. . ; auto!" cried I'ncle v,igKilv. ai hi -an r 1 ! 11 i : g- i ' Uut when ho and Nur.-e .jall.. ,.,.k,, I "i -aw. n.-t '. in I ducks, but soma wild ducks, flylni ,, v 1 1 1 sou ih on account of the cold I '.' ' Quai k Monk! Flonk! cried the w ild clu Its. some of whom were can-, can-, vasbacks, redhes-is nnd mallards. I ""'). Uncle Wlggily! 1 . rld one Rod Head duck. "Could you please spare u. some crumbs? We have to fly aiong before the storm gets worse, and we are liunirry " "Crumbs!" oiled the bunr.y. "you shall j have all you want." Then he and Kurse Jane fed the wild due ks who tlutt, red down to rest. "1 wish we could do you and M'ss Fuzzy Wuzzy a favor lor having been so kind to us." spoke the Red Head duck. ! an he was about to t " ell all the favor 1 nee-d now Is some pins for .uri Jane, ar, t won't have to ',' to the. store for lliem.' siM.ke The bunny. bun-ny. "Pins' ' cried the Bed Head duck. "Why my couuin. the Pin Tall duck, has a lot of sharp feathers In the end of his tail Here, I 11 call him over, and he can gle you some lo.se feathers which will be as gortl res pin:- " "Honk! Honk:' (ailed Red II. ad. and along flew a lot Of the Pit. Tall wild ducks, who really, a.-, Uncle Wlggiiy and Nurse Jane could see. had tails as le:ig and sharp almost as Pat pins. "Take ax mun of our sharp feathers as you want.' said the Plr. Tall wild ducks, and Uncle Wiggily pulled out ; lot of loose ones. Then the wild ducks flew away, and I'm le Wiggily held the, feathers of the Phi Tall ducks, with which Nurse Jane faatehod her dress pieces until ;die could sew them together. , "The Pin Tall ducks saved me going out In th storm." said the bunny gentleman gen-tleman And If the rain doesn't splar:'i through the holes In the Swiss cheese, and let the umbrelUi get all wet. Ill till you n.-t about Uncle Wiggily and the harlequin duck |
