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Show if BEDTIME STORIES I By HOWARD K. GAKIS I El ( U K.i.ll M I II I STl II Copyright. 1 92i, by McCluri Newspn-ier Newspn-ier Syndicate. "Uncle WiKKily: h Uncle Wig-glly! Wig-glly! Come on over to my houe and play!" called si voice outside the hollow hol-low stump bungalow f t li h'unny rabbit gentleman one morning, "Ha! Who is that; the Baby Bear?" asked Mr. LongeOTS, who wax Jut finishing his morning .shave. "Do , you want to go OUl in the hmou and pretend thai ii Is sugar?" went on I , i'ncle Wlggily, us hi- .sprinkled a bit ' of talcum powder on his pink, twin kling Hose. "No. Tin not the Baby I'ear. though 1 know little ToulMf' :invwere.l Unvoice Un-voice thnt had first called. I heard about your funnj advi nture with him vestcrdny, Ulicle W Igglly I'm Curly B I Twlstytall . one t the pikkic hoys. h ind I though i could come St L over to my hnusi and play with me B t.i mj brot i Bqueah B Squealer." I W, "What about school?' asked I'ncle jTl I igglly. I ! i can I . .. pvei 1 f our house and pi to with you when Bj ou have to go to school?" T "No school I- V Curly, j "Why not .' ' the bunn) wanted to know, "Because It's Washington's Birthday, Birth-day, and xvf never nave any school on Washington's Birthday." tM "Oh, that's so it Is February the f twenty-second." wild Uncle Wlggily ', k "Well, I'll come over to your hoiiv 'ind play with you and Floppy an I I Bqueakle Squealer, the baby pig." Floppy Twlstytall was so happy i 1 hat he kept running on ahead of Uncle u igglly nil the while they ware I crossing the fields and going through , ihp woods on the way to tin- pig house Bui for all that, Kloppy did not ri i there first, .is he kept Blip-i Blip-i ping and falling down, he was so .-x-Iclti-d. , I Finally the bunny reached the Twlstytall home, and on the steps he waited for Floppy, who slipped down I for about th- forty-'h-venth time. j Into the house with the bunny hurried hur-ried the pl boy. "Her"'': Uncle Wiggiiy come to plav with us!" In- told Curly and Bqueakle -Squealer, tin- littlest pig of thm all. "Oh, did you go and make L'nclo wiggiiy come ail the was over hen- in play with you?" ask-d Mrs. Twlsi-' Twlsi-' ill, tin p!K lady. I'm surprised at you, Floppy! What will Undo W'iggilv thlnk?': I think li s lots of fun!" laughed Mr I.ongears Staying here and playing with the children will be ob good hs hiving an adventure. Now wh it shall ire do?" asked the bunny. "Lei s play steam engine rn be Die efujineerl" grunted Curly ' I'll be the fireman!' naid Floppy. "What can 1 be 7 asked Squeakic Squealer, the littlest pig of all. "Oh, you can ring the bell,'' an-swerod an-swerod Floppy. And what will I'ncle Wiggiiy be?" Bqueakle BqucoJer wanted to know. "L'nclc Wlggily (.(ti be a passeng. r and sit In a seat behind the steam engine," Mild Curly, 'and the conductor con-ductor will take his ticket." ' This sounds like lots of fun!" wild Uncle Wlggily. with a laugh. "But her" Is the steam engine" ' "Oh, It's Just n nioko-bellevo one." inswsred Floppy. "We put some hairs In a row near the kltrhen stov.- but not so near thai we'll be burned. burn-ed. Wo plav the fire In the stove Is I th fire In the engine and I rattle th" o en door to pretend to put on coal. Curly makes a noise like "choo-choo ' and that's the engine. Squakie Squealer goes ding-dong!' and that -the bell." "But the best of all" said Curly. "Is mother's tea kettle She pui.-that pui.-that on the front of the stove, and when real steum comes out of the spot It truly looks as If our steam engine was puffing.' "Yes. that is a good game," said I'ncle Wlggily. "We'll play It." The chairs were placed In a row-near row-near the stove. Floppy rattled tho oven door to pretend he was tho f lr-.--msUI putting on coal. Curly puff- lllffid to art the rnclrnnt .n.l Siiieakle-Squealer cried "ding dongl ' ;is real as anything I'nclo Wlggily i was Just wondering who was going j to be the conductor to take his pre- j tended ticket when, all at once, the , kitchen floor opened and In came the Fuzzy Fox "Is Uncle Wlggily here"" barked the Fox. 'Yes, I see he Is"' howM j ihe had chap "I'm going to nibble I j his ears!" "Oh. Mother! Come and whip the ! bad Fox! ' cried Squeakle. "Pooh! Your mother has gone Out! That's why I came in"' snickered th.' I Fox. And now for some ear nlb-I nlb-I blingl" But Just then the tea kettle on the stovo sent out a big puff of real Fleam and Floppy banged the oven door real hard, while Curly cried Toot-toot'" ond Squeakle cried "LMng-dong I " so loudly that the Fox howled. "Oh wow! A steam engine Is coming! I'd I better get away before it rutiH over me!' and away he trotted, getting no ears at all "Hal Ha'" laughed tho bunny. "A play steam engine is some use. even I if it ha9 no wheels except chair leg " And if the gold fish doesn t lump I over the milk pitcher to tag tho mo- lasses COOkle when Ihey're playing, : hlde-and-go-seek. i ll i ell you next i I about I'nc le Wiggilr anil the lace cuc-, cuc-, lalna. |