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Show I' BEDTIME STORIES By HOWARD R. GAR1S a . , I I I w GGIXtf Wi WADDII '8 I (Copyright. 922. by MoClurc New s- ' paper Syndicate) L J " Walt minute. l"n le Igglly' Wnlt a minute!" called a voice on9 , morning, us the rabbit g-ntlcmnn ' hopping over the fields and head ing toward the wood, where he hoped ho might find an adventUn I "Ha! Yes! It's all right to wait a k - :h t the Kui ox i U Pad Bob Oat!" thOUgm the rabbit gentleman, ton ( looking around the f corner of his pink, twinkling no'c to see who had cnlle.i hlr.i. But It waa all right. He need not have been the least bit afraid, f. i 1 1 was onlv Waddle Chuck, the jjround- hog brother of Woodl. VVaddla j--- coming along as fast as his little, "-non legu ould 1 .irrv lilm "Well, Waddle", what ,i It?" asked the bunny gentleman with a smile. "Arc you coming With me to do some nibbling as your brother 'iil yeater-Lay0 yeater-Lay0 If u do I bop. you nlt-i.ie the i of some bad ch mg to catch me " "No. I am not going to do any nibbling." nib-bling." answered Waddle. 'I Just had iny dinner, so I nm not hungry. But 1 am going to have some fun when I ; walk nlong with you." f "Mow"" usk'-il the Kunni-nilcmin "How arc you going to have fun, "Waddle ?" I "I'm going to make believe play n game of golf." answered the vvood- chuck liov with a laugh. "Sec-, here Is i my club." and he picked up one from I the ground. It was part of a tree , (brunch with a knob on one end. al-Unust al-Unust like a real goif c,lub. "And wnnt will you dofor a ball to IknookT" asked (Jncle Wlggily "In !pla'lng goif vou must knock a little .while ball Into all sorts of places audi out aguln." , j 'I his will do v ery well for a ball." Bald Waddle, and he picked up a round wlut.- atone. Now for some tun lion t I you want to find a club and a stone and make bellcv e play golf, L'ncle U ig-jgiiy ig-jgiiy '."' "No, thank you. " answered the bun-1 n rabbit Til watch ou have your fun." With the tree club over his shoulder and the stono go!f ball In one Aa.w, j Wuddle walked on his hind Ic-gse- sidc uncle Wlggily. Suddenly ihe nt- itle woodchuck boy put the stone down on the ground and cried: "Korc!" ' four what?" asked l'ncle Wlggily "Are there four Koxe3 or four Wolves I chasing' me ?" I I Neither one" laughed Waddle 1 But you holler 'fore!' when you're playing golf, so everybody will run away before you knock the ball to-tvarda to-tvarda them." i "h. that's It Is It?" a.sked the bunny. bun-ny. Well, no one seems to be In your, Way, s go ahead and knock the white stone golf ball." W addle sw ung his c'.ub and knocked I the ball away over the Held. But no sooner had thla happened than a voice! over near the fence cried: "HI. there! What are you doing?" I And out from under trio fence came Uncle Booster. the old gentleman groundhog He wore a tall silk hat, I like l'ncle Wlggllj s but now It had u hole all the way through It. the hole having been made by Waddles golf ball. "oh, dear me!" sAid the little wood-I wood-I Chuck hoy. I didn't know you were J 'lher... L'ncle Booster. Didn't vou hear, mt? call tore " at you V" . 'Tea, I did." said l'ncle Booster ,1 "but I thought you meant It was 4 o'c lock so 1 didn't move. ijh, my hat Is spoiled!" Never mind. Waddle must have some fun." said the kind l'ncle Wig- glly. "I'll pay for a new ha. I'nclo Booster." I The ground hog gentli man said this I Was very fine, and. stuffing some dried1 i leaves into the hole in his hat, he pui .It on blsJead and walked nway. l"n-I l"n-I , le WiKgi'l n I Waddle went along together, to-gether, after Waddle had found the golf ball, and pretty soon thej came to the top f a hill "Here's a dandv place to nave more ifun, and knock mv stone ball agnln!" said the woodchuck boy He made a long drive, and as the ball landed In the woods a voice cried: ''li you've smashed all my eggs' "j ' nd OUt came .Mrs. t'luck Ciurk the hen Igdy, with a basket of eggs, mostly uroken, on her wing "What are you cluing Waddle?" she asked "I I thought 1 was having fun lataHtinerad Waddle, "but l guess I'm ; making trouble' ' i "Never mind." said Uncle Wlggllj I'll pav for Che broken eggs." "Wel the bunny and Waddle went on a little fjrther and as they came t another hill Waddle let fly with 111" olub again knocking the white stone, ' over In the bushes. "h, wow'" cried a savage voice. "Look what you'vo done' You've brok-i en my nose'" and out popped the bad Bob Cat. i "Ha! A broken nose' I will never pav for that' laughed l'ncle Wlggily.' as the Bob '.'at ran away. "This time Ijou saved mo from trouble with your ifun. Waddle Good for you!" Ana 1 1 he ground hog hoy laughed in right Jolly fashion BO if the bath room t-oap doesn't go Klidlrig all by Itself down the back ; stairs to piny tag In the kitchen with thcgg boater. I'll tell you next about l'ncle Wlggily coing skidding |