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Show i BEDTIME STORIES ; of I BY HOWARD R. GARIS l 1 UNCLE W'UGILY AND THt h ARLEQU'N. Bbrvright, 1J--0. i-n M.i 'I ,, v ;aper . Syndicate "i?.'.c7is Wlgglly, 1 wish you'd do some-Bling some-Bling to .imu-i and -pake ;. little , Well. funl .-a, I I' . liu -ii'.v ' aftornrKiii i hetJ'K- ii.m.i b"- i , gn A', rr .i i PSDIB ' "Wnst i. , Bi nty . a.-i.. .1 M. I...... . ii Ti.. Ii:ti. "UoiOl - rabbit girl '.i onc ni Bj-eolcr, vacation with him anil Nurse Jane will paint box." went on Bab Bunt; I K"Couldn t you paint a j.i.-ture fur me?" i .j '-" 1 IcWtl n iViOQfl ft 'I'm rio g. ...1 .a . a inline--the' didn't t teai h that In tVir bind, ra; tea v. hen I Bwent to school." aaid the bunny rabbit Bgentlcman. "l'.ut perhaps I ran muke a SUCH 1 1 ' I ! i ' ; i mon ft '"'' rni' i .! ' .. Baby -man, B jT OflHT "Oh. fine ' cried tl,r ,tu.- rabbit girl. Blapplng hwr paws. "But you said you j couldn't paint a plcl "This Isn't coln' to be a regular plc-V plc-V jEturo. e.. ilSS i 1 ' Wihoe, from Holland Vursc .lane uses it' I I t'i keep b,-r burn. . I mal iies In SO 'I wont ;nlr.. I' I ...11111 i. Tli. v .-b-n Bioe is shaped almost like a duel; All I I'll nee ., ,J,, -.'.Hi I... t,, stick "n a head Siel tail i f si.iin other pieces of wood, I K and tnen paint it." "Please do1" begged Baby Buntv. bo OR m Lnclo Wlgcily did m th. old ... ,1 . 3 I Ihoa looked airn..-r lii. .1 dne.;. except t'.iat It was not colored But Uncle Wlg- V I v ' 1 1 I I 1 I I ; 1 j 1 1 ' . ami t I san pMin.L . 1 -1 ..11 ii,. 17 M had m oilI oi-lI B The bunny 1 F V Rspsrt of the duck's body blue. II, als.i M made the les blue. Then he put some 1 red on top of the head, and a white spot I back tjt the eye n.- ,iiso painter a white I stench di . n b tween the eye and th.-I" th.-I" bi8. and tie modi a wlilte ring around ft the wooden sl.o- duck's ru ck. f 1 "Who ever saw a duck, colored like that'' asked Baby Bnnty, laughing. LVL onc 1 guess, - answered in i.- I WiKu';. ' I. ut 1 haven ' lln.vi,. . v. il Ha jiut some white sinaJi on the blue I WTJ(,' ami I!. en, JuSt bclOV the blue . Srtng.-i. the bunn-- painted sr.nie r. d r (ftV "Vhlte spot near the tali finished the. W Voodcn shoe d'ji k. f "I never saw anything like that, or FO .U.-r, In all my lif, . ' .1 I:., 1 Bunty. J mudei It up out of my head. cf course no duck is colored Hla? that." "Kxo pt maybe a wooden duck In a to store. ' spoke nb; Bunty. ' ' I t-iievs that's (hi- only place vou'd . .1 duck Ilk.- the one I made" laughed Mr Longears, and then Baby Bunty sud- i denly pointed to the window "book. Uncle Wfggllj " whispered the little rabbtl girl. "There's a duck outside out-side on the window sill, exactly ilk--the wooden one you painted for me! j i Look!" I'ncle Wiggily looked. Surely enough there was a duck with strance. red, white ' and blue markings, the same as on the wooden shoe "Oh, something magical Is happening ' cried Baby Buntv. as she saw the nut-side nut-side duck move. And then this duck looked in. tapped with Its bill on the window glass and quacked: Why hair you one of mv 1 lends In thrre. I'ncle Wiggily! Please let him out so he can fly with ine!" "Are you a real, live duek?" asked the bunny gentleman as he opened the window win-dow 1 Yes, I am called the Harlequin or clown duck. was the. answer "I am the only duck In the worll colored this way. But what is this, 1 wooden shoe?" be cried a.s he rubbed against the thing I'ncle Wfgglly had painted "Yea, I made at his for Baby Bunty' I said the rabbit uncle. "I never thought there could be n duck colored this way. ' "Well there Is. and I in It." said the Harlequin. "You painted so well that you fouled me " "Then for having fooled vou. kindly allow me to give you some celery, of which I know you arc very fond. ' said Uncle wiKKily So he and Baby Bunty fed the real Marie. piln duck, while the painted wooden one looked on. Then It was time for the live du-k to fly away. But It is a Rood thing he hApoenad to stop at the rabbit uncle bunu:alo For, when the Harlequin flew away, he saw the bad old Woozy Wolf Bneaklng up to nibble t'nelc Wiggily. "But I'll nibble yon first!" nua kd 1 the Flarlequln duck. Ko ho nibbled the i wolf's tall so hard that lLo bad ci ap ran away, not hurting Baby Uunty or Mr Longeaxa at all. And there really Is a Harlequin or ciown duck as you m.iv 1 find out by looking In a bird book But j If the chocolate drop doesn t fall out of the cat a cradle when the lollypop Is trying try-ing to get it to sleep, I'll telf you next about Uncle Wiggily and Ruddy Duck. nn |
