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Show Stime stories J BY HOWARD R. GARIS it jBWIGGILY AND THE CABBAGE ctttB CUTTER iMaH' Tie' vt' IKffl'nclt , rooming f'rK 1 Toad' ' wid pIC hunn gentle- ' ' ;: --B(t tO tV- 1 ' !.t StOir- & t-- kno?k founded UiHctn:1 thoucht his mukr.it l.id-- ,jr . ! r Iced C'lii Ihr r ' - . . i.d - .Ui I II - la. nnljH'. I W they niuat think T'ni plv r v'W : x' ice ed v-Mt . cor and Bclrts!" called the bunny In his m riiia B I; ' I 1 i i of'.t W i i k-. ca re ?crmr ol I he Innjj. . I pa YVhackkum, the beaver gentleman, or the father of Toodlc and Noodle Flattall, tho beaver boys, would be building, houses?" "I hardly think so," said Uncle Wig" gl!y. twinkling his pink nose throught ful like. "Winter Isn'l th time when vm- animal folk build house? Like the i birds, we build In the spring. But why do you want carpenter shavings, girls?" We ure going to have a play party, over at Nannie Wagtail's goat house." ! said Lulu, "and we want to dress up all ifjno like. If we pin long, curly carpen 1 ter shavings under our bats It T ill make u look grown-up like, nnd stylish." "Only we ran t find an; place where there aie shavings." said Susie. So we came to see if you could help us." went on Lulu. "Ho. hum!" spoke Uncle Wlggily. thoughtful like, and blinking his pink now like the winking eyes In a potato. "I've done lots of things, but i never I mode anv curls for animal gills, that I know of.' Still, I can try. though I haven't any plane to make shavings as a carpenter does " I Oh. anything that looks like curls will I be all right." said Jennie Chipmunk, as she dusted a chair. Little Jennie was al 'urns busy. "All right. I ll try to make some curls.1 said the bunn gentleman. Well, he tiled j I twisting up some paper, but tnc curl, Icnme out of that loo aoon. "How about putting some starch in to make the paper stiff?" asked Lulu I . an try thai." said Uncle Wlggily, "as Nurse .lane Isn't home." So ha dipped the paper curls In starch. , But hl.ss your hulr ribbon' the paper, go! aW pllmpsy like, insteud of stiff. 'Oh, dear'" .jua. ked Alice, the duck. , "Never mind!" spoke I'nelo Wlggily. In! his most Jolly voice. "I have another lden. Jennie, please bring me the cabbage cut-j cut-j tor." " The cabbage cutter!" squeaked the lit j tie chipmunk girl. "How can you makej jpi.-tend curls for us with thai'.'" "1 II show you." said the bunny "Allc. vou and Lulu and Smile bring mc some apples red and yellow ones." "I wonder what he Is going lo doT' whispered one duck girl to the other. I don't know." said Susie "But we'd j better do Just as Uncle Wlggily says." j I So when the buiin- bad aorne red and . Ilnu appb and the cabbage cutter -lie raft a cellon apple along the sharp knife iii the cabbage machine And. all of a I sudden, the apple skin came off In one long. CUliy peeling. Oh. lhat'3 Just the most lovel) curl!' ' QU LCked Lulu. , j nd hare's another." said Lncie Wig-, ciiv as he ran a n i apple uiong the cub- bog' cutler ktilfe. I'll make vou apple curs Instead ol fom- fiom carpenter I shavings." . Soon each of the four animal girls had I long dlnglv -danglv apple curls dow n their j 'back, and away thev hurried to Nannie I W agtail's partv thunkluK I'ncle W Ifc-gily i verv much. They had A lOVel) time Ami ii tin milk bottle doean'1 pour molasses 111 lb- unibrclln's i libbers, so it sticka I in the mud and can't pig) tag with the door mat. I'll tell you next about I'ncle wiggil and Ihe nutmeg grater i |