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Show BEDTIME STORIES By HOWARD R. GARIS t ( I F WF(.(.IFV M TIM I MM fih I I Copyright, 1922, by McCluic- Newspaper News-paper Syndicate. One beautiful spring afternoon, in the Woodland village, near the Orango Ice Mountains, where Uncle Wlgglly I lived, the bunny gentleman was asleep : in an easy chair on the porch Of his ' hollow stump bungalow Mis red. white and blue striped rheumatism crutch was lying beside him for. even though his rheumatism never hurl him on fine days, ho never could tell when it was going to rain Uncle Wlggily was resting, wth h.s eyos shut, when, all of a sudden, he leaped from his chair, jumped high In the air and cried. Wtowl Oh, dear me' Wow: Wow " "My goodness me sakes alive and . basket full of potato chips!" cried Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, as she ran out to sec who Was nicking all the noise. ' Whatever is the matter. Wit---gy? Did you have a bad dream?" "Stop it: Stop!" yelled tho rabbit gentleman, us if he did not see or hear Nurse Jane at all, as indeed he did not for ho was not yet fully awake. "1 11 save you, Susie' I'll save you from the Woosle Wolf! He shan't get you this time'" cried the bunny, and he leaped strslghi for the muskrat lady housekeeper, house-keeper, "Unele Wiggily. wake up! I'm Miss Fuzzy Wusay and not a fox. I'm your muskrat lady housekeeper. Wake up'" c i led Nurse Jane. "Eh! What's that? Why why It's you, Isn't It ? How queer! 1 er now I er " I nele Wiggily stammered stam-mered and stuttered. "Queer? No, I don't see why It is riuoer that I am myself," said Nurse Jane, while Uncle Wlgglly blinked his eyes ax a baby does when ho first awakens. "But you were certainly dreaming. Uncle Wlgglly. Wliat was It all about '" asked Nurse Jnnc. 'Dear me!" exclaimed the bunny rubbing his eyes "Why. you see, I dreamed that Susie Littletail was being chased by a bad fox and she was Jusi about to bo caught when I saw her in my dream, of course," the bunny explained, "and I made a jump to hit the Wcdf on his nose." "Very exciting!" exclaimed Nurse Jane "I hope I didn't hurt you when 1 umpcd at you." went on Mr. I.ong-f.ira, I.ong-f.ira, anxious like. "I really thought, at first, that you were the Foal " "Goodness, 1 hope not!" apoke Miss Fuzzy Wusay. "And you didn't harm mo in the least. But now will you go to the store for me.? I want three cans . . . 1 T of sliro,i rhubarb with which to make a pier" "Fine! 1 love p1i 1 11 jet the rhubarb rhu-barb tor you," said ihe bunny, twlnk j ling his, pink nose as he hopped along toward the store. As he hopped along he though about his strange dream. The sun was gleaming through the branches of the trees, and above the I bunny and on all sides the early buds were nodding happily "In the breeze. Whispering to each other about the commg BUmmer. The rabbit uncle had not gone Very far before he met Susie Dittletail. I 'oh joy. Susie!" cried Uncle Wig-!gtly. Wig-!gtly. "I just had the most str.tnge dream about you," and he told her about It. j " How odd'" laughed Susie, as she hopped along beside Uncle Wiggily. I And now comes the exciting part, i Ah Susie nl (facie Wiggilv were on their way through the woods, the j bunny gentleman having bought the ' rhubarb, all Of a sudden the Woozie J Wolf jumped out of the bushes. "Oh. bless my pink nose! ' cried j Uncle Wlgglly "Run! Run! We must run!" scrcam- cd Susie. Run they did. but the Wolf could 'run much faster than the two bunnies, and Uncle Wiggily looked back 0V6T I his shoulder in lime to see the had I chap just about to catch Susio by her 'ears Then, beside the woodland path. l.'ncle Wiggily SAWi tP on a stump, the big tin can bell that tho animal folk-used folk-used to ring whenever there was a fire. "Quick, Susie' Hide under that bell and I'll try to drive away the Wolf" whispered Uncle Wiggily. Susie leaped under the bell before the Wolf saw her Up came the un-pleasant un-pleasant creature. Uncle WlggUs picked up a ston and threw it at the Wolf, but didn't hit him. Instead the bunny's stone hit the fire bell. "Clang!,rf rang. "Gracious Bakes! What's that" A fire?" exclaimed the Wolf, not noticing notic-ing that it was Uncle Wlggily's stone which had made the ringing sound. "Maybe my house is burning." the Wolf howled. "Ha! A good Idea!" cried the bunny. "I know how to scare him." Taking the three cans of rhubarb Uncle Wiggily Wig-gily threw ihem. one at a time, at the lire bell. "Clang' Clang: Clang!" rang tho I bell as the cans hit It.. "Oh, dear. Number three! That's my j house, sure"' growled tho Wolf. "I must go help put out the fire' I'll get you some other time"' And away he ran as fast as he could go. I 'It's all right now. Susie! You may I come out." said the bunny gentleman, and the little rabbit girl crawled from ' beneath the bell "You see my dream nearly camo true after all," chuckled . Mr. Longe irs. And how he and Susie laughed al the way the Wolf was fooled,' Then I they went home, after Mr. Uor.gears i nllrA nr. h r-nn of rhubarb, for they weren't broken And if the trol-ley trol-ley car doesp't turn over on its buck land wiggle itta w lu els in the air when the motorman tickles It under the chin. I'll tell you next about Uncle V iggly and Blllle's tail. oo |