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Show BEDTIME STORIES By HOWARD R. GARIS ITIGGII AND T11F CAN DLK 1IK!IKII. "Ml$i2. by McClure N ' paper Syndicate. I hello'" ried the Woozle he Vir.7 Fox one morning, here" Of course I ni here " Eh Fox ' Vou talk like an H over the telephone " Blind about that" went on linking down Into the den wL "I've cunir to t e ' 1 uu i ft Fn ii Wlggilj ' aaki i ' i ,i answered the Wolf ' This then it f .-1 1 . ' ' gat dark, Hwlip to hi hollow stump v In that' " exclaimed the Ung up i . , . -. mora th'i i. ,. have a ri. u , . l:, ,-,wled K "Well pnijap up o his Vhen It begin to got d jacell.Ti window tnd turn as HDOd will : hat '1 i .-I d leave the bungalow in !ark-1 !ark-1 the Wolf . nd you and I ilB without being seen and i buniv, rheri to llKht b0IJt I.;,- . . .,. r ed the Fox. "Unci Wlggy haa electric lights In his bungalow." "Once 1 DO down In the cellar I can turn off the eletirle light also." said the Wolf "There won't bo anything In the bungalow to make a fight, I'nele Wlgglly and Nana Jane can't see u. and we'll have tjome fine ear nibble! Are you with mo?" It's worth trying," said the Fuzz.v Fox. after thinking It oer a bit "Comn on." So the two bad chap? sneaked over the fields and through the woods until un-til ihey came close to Uncle N'.'ig-glly's N'.'ig-glly's hollow stump bungalow. There they hid In the bushes, waiting for the sun to Het bo there would oo darkness dark-ness Just at dusk Uncle Wlirrjilv hopped across the fields to his bungalow, his pink nose cheerfully twinkling He whiatled a little -.un" as h wen' inside We ahall have- a Jolly evening playing checkers. N'urs.j Jane. ' he si..l to his muakrat Indy housokcepei. "Ha! Ha' Ha'" lioarselv )aughd tho Fdx and Wolf to themselves, a.-they a.-they hid In Die bushes. Aa noon as It was dark the Wolf sneaked Into the cellar, througta a uindow which Nurse Jane had forgotten for-gotten to close. The Fox stayed outside, out-side, near the window, to watch t:nd tell the Wolf when the gas lights went out For Uncle Wigglly first I mlited the gas The Wolf turned a thing In th pas pipe. The flaring Jets in the kitrhen and dining room sank lower and lower. "They're going out ." hoarsely whla-i whla-i pered the watching Fox o the Y of In the bungalow Nurse Jane saw (he gas flickering low 1 "Something har happened," she said to Uncle Wlgglly. "It is getting dark here." I'll turn on the electricity." said 1 th bunny He snapped on the electric lumps, and once more the bunt;;: low cheerfully cheer-fully glowed. But a moment later, down in the cellar the bad Wolf turned turn-ed off tho electricity. "Oh, we're all dark again'" cried Nurse Jane who bad Just made t he-water he-water boll in the kettle for tea "SomothlnR is goliiK to happen. I n le Wlggily. I feel it. This darkness must be caused by some bad animals who want to nibble you. Oh, if wo only had a light." 'Have you no candles?" asked the bunny. "No," answered Nurse Jane ' There isn t a candle In the bungalow, but stop wait a minute! I have some candle berries, 1 can soon make a candle. " "What are candle berries?" asked Uncle Wlggily. trying to si.-o through tho darkness, and .starting at evw sound. "Candle berries or bay berries ?:ro. on a bush." answered the muakrat lady. 'On the outside of the ben is a coating 111:.- wax I have a l"i of those wax berries I gathered last year. I'll put them in hot water. The hot water will unit off the wax. I can skim the wax from the top of the water where it will float, and from the wax I can make a candle by putting In a string wik Then we can HkIh the candle " "Please do It'" begged the bunny. "I fear something will happen in the dark." Nurse Jano dropped the wax bay berries in pome hot water from the I kettle She knew her kitchen well enough to work about It In the dark. And it did not take her very lone. skim off the wax, and mold some of It around a string for a wick-Just wick-Just as she lighted the bay ben candle, into tho bungalow sneaked the Fox and the Wolf But by the light of the candle Uncle Wigglly and Nurae Jane threw flat irons and other things at the bad chaps and drove them ,aw.ay. "Fooled again!" howled tho Wolf. "I told you so!" barked the Fox. By the lli,"ht of the bay berry candle can-dle Unci. Wlggily went down cellar cel-lar and turned on the gas and electricity elec-tricity and nil was welf And if the dustpan doesn't ask i he gg beater to go skating, and then forget all about it and go to sleep under the stove, I'll tell ou next about Uncle Wig-glly's Wig-glly's tooth brush. |