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Show BEDTIME STORIES By HOWARD R. GARLS 4 UNCLE WIQQVLY m HUB TEA ki i rid Copyright 1922, by McCluro Newspaper Newspa-per Syndicate i ( By Howard It. ' laris. i "Uncle U'lggily, re you going to be here for a little while?" asked Nurse Jane l-'u.zv Wuz.y one afternoon, as she stoo,i in the kitchen of the hollOW Stomp bungalow, holding her lonnet In her paWS, "Why, yes I expect to stay here the rest of the day," tho bunny gentleman gentle-man answered. ' I just came In. you know, from ha vim; been out to look for adventures." "Did you find any?" asked Nurse June. "None, i am sorry to say. PsrhapS if I stay here one mav come to inc.. But why did you ask If 1 was polng to remain In ?" "Because 1 wan! to go over to see bars, Bu-shytail, the sQUlrrel, for a little lit-tle while. I'll bo back in time to get your supper, but If I am not could you put tho tea kettle on ." "Pttt the tea kettle on what?" !sn-cle !sn-cle Wlgglly asked, with a twinkle of his pink nose. "On the stove, of course," laughed the n.uskrat lady housekeeper "Where else would you put a tea kettle?" "Well, I thought maybe you me.un on the mantel." said the hunny. ".N'onseiiMc!" sniffed Nurse .Jam-. "Put the kettle on th stovo and be mn to nut some water in it." "In tho stove? Water In tho stove?" cried Cnele Wlgglly. "Why, that will put out the fire!" "Nonsense again!" chuckled Nurse lane 'l mean put some, water in the kettle, put the kettle on the fire and let It boll." I "You mean let tho fire boll?" asked ask-ed Mr. LonKcars. "Of course not! Let the water in ithe kettle on the atovo boll. And be Bun to light ft flro under it " "Light a fire under the stove?' UnolS Wigglly asked. "For the third and last time Non- ensel" cried Nuise Jane, trying not to laugh. Yon know how to boll the water for tea, I daro say." "1 daf say!" agreed the bunny "Toddle along Nurse Jane, i ll boil the stove or the fire or something, and I'll have a hot cup of tea waiting for you when yon come homo." ! Nurse jane said Uncle Wlgglly was very kind, and off she toddled to the home of Mrs. Bushytail. thn squirrel lady, Cnolo Wlgglly. left to hlmsolf, 'kiu flown to read B bit and then. j w lien the afternoon shadows began to 'get longer, showing that the sun was golnu down the bunnv arose, lighted 'the fire and put the kettle of water on to boll. "As If I didn't know how to make , laughed the bunny i was just pooflng Nurse Jane, as an Englishman English-man might say." While UnolS Wlgglly wus r-lttlng looking at tho fire, and waiting for, the kettle to begin to "sing," the door of the bungalow opened. "I'll have a cup of tea for you In a minute,'.' said the bunny, not turning 1 1 ound. "Oh, will you? Well. I don't care, for ten. but I'M nlbblo your earsl'" ' groWled a harsh voice. 'Oh, dear mo!" cried tho bunnv. and. turning around, there he saw the Woosle wolf. "How did vou g'-t in lu re?" asked the bunny "Through the door. li was open. Now I'm In I'm nol going out until I have your cars' ' growled the had j chap. Uncle VVlggllv shivered and wished he had Baby Bunty's rattle to make believe It was B snake and scare the I Wolf Bui he had nothing like that. I Just then the kettle hsgsn to sing, and: a puff of steam camo from the spout. What'l that?' asked the Wolf, looking at the boiling kettle. "Hot water for tea," answered ln-clo ln-clo Wlgglly. "Lot mo give you cyp 7" , "No. IndeOdi howled the Wolf. Vou want to burn ine'" J u.t tlun tho kcttlo began to ning more loudly and moro steam OattS out "1 don't like that noise, grumbled the Woit "and 1 don't like o seo that rWhlU smoke" J. "That's sioam," explained ttnoi wiggiiy. "if you Uon't like it you'll have to stop up the tea kettle, spout "1 will!" cried tho Wolf ' I h S cork In my pocket." Taking th cork tho Wolf stuffed it 1n tho open, hpout of the kettle. But the puffing M";un iu:idc p pop out "What's lnulde that kettle "' ask. d the Wolf. "Nothing but hot water and steam." answered tne Bunny. "Something pushed out my cork! grumbled the Wolf. "I'll put it In good and tight this time ' lie shoved shov-ed the cork In a.s hard ftS he I Otlld but the kettle was boiling hard now. Hit puffed the Stoatf) blowing out tht Cork and tho cork hit tho Wolf ker-bunkO ker-bunkO on the end of his noee. "Oh, wow! Oh, wow!" howled the Wolf "There's more than water In thai kettle. There's a fairy Inside there throwing the cork out at me! i)h, this Is no place to Stay where tht re are wonder working fairies' And away ran tho Wolf, frightened by a popping cork from a tea kettle Undo Wlgglly laughed, and then Nurse Jane cam" in and ahe laughed too, as she drank her tea and heard how frightened tho Wolf was And If tho now doesn't taJte the milk ., , Tom the postman and fill U full of molasses for the grasshopper. grass-hopper. Til tell you next about Un-1 s Wtggllv and fbe drippy drops |