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Show II BEDTIME STORIES By HOWARD R. GARIS I I I. GGIJ i 'S I'M I I RJ iassssP 'Copyright, in::', bj McClure News - tHf ... Pih rabbit gentleman Onlahed reading u Hf I . letter which Mr Whitewash, the po- SflfH lar bear mail currier, had left at the ''" "What 1 ery atrange?" asked the muskrat ady housekeepcrr Jus; getting a letter? I don't fsce anything wonderful about that." "No, for 1 get many letters," agreed I Uncle Wlgglly, .'iKuin reading the f pieco of white birch bar); mi whli h J ; something was written with a burned 2; ri "tick. "It's what this letter says tha; W . makes it different. L'ncle Sutter, 1 the goat, wrote it. and he wants mc L 1 to come and have my picture taken." r "What? With him?" cried MiSJ! Fuazy V"ulC7.y. ' Is he afraid to go and have his picture taken by him- j HOlf?" "Oh. no. It Isn t that!" lauglicd Uncle Un-cle Wlgglly. L'ncle Butter has Just bought a new motion picture camera. tand he's going to make fllni-s of some of his friends here in the woods he says. Ho wants t begin on me." J "Do you think it will be safe? J "Safe! Why not?" Uncle Wigglly a asked. "All 1 ha-, c to do la to hop or run along, nit up on a stump take off k j my hat and bow, or do a few thing like that, and l'ncle Butter turns tho crank." whal doea he turn the crank for" L-t. Inquired Nursi J.ne- l. play the hand organ?" "Oh. no, n' exclaimed the bunny. laghlngly "Vou seo a motion pic- ture camera Isn't like any other. To work It you turn a crank. Instead of t pressing a butto i or aqu ling a rub- P her ball. Ho i think I'll go and IcVt gj l'ncle Butter talc aomi motion pic- t turew of n "Could I see them afterwardB?" aak'ed Nurse Jane. I "Why. yes, I guess so." answered Mr. Longcars, trying riot to feel prbud j ml puffed up like a balloon. "f course I have never acted in the movies, mov-ies, and I can'! be as funn as L'oug-less L'oug-less 'hnplin " Its Charlie 'haplin!' laughed Nurse Jane. r ''Oh, so u is!" chuckled Uncle v'ig- Clly. Well, any In. w 1 can't be n. 1 funny as he la but I'll do my be.it. 1 in going over now and see what L'n-k L'n-k i le Butter wants rue to do.' , The bunny rabbit gentleman found his goat friend waiting for him with a queer machine standing on three legs. It was like a box, with a crank i on one side and a long, shlnv lube. . like a gun. sticking out in front. ' I'll be reedy lo hoot you in a few 'minules, Uru-le Wlgglly!" ldeaatcd ! Unch Butler, nutting the motion pr- i are i:rner.i il-iun on Iho groin.) ami fixing his red cap on backward the 'way ail moving picture men Mi i I their. "Phoot rne!" cried Unrle WigfUy. : "What do you mean, shoot nie? . I thought you Invited me here to have some moving pictures taken " "So. I did!" chuckled Uncle Butter. , "But wc moving picture chaps call it j ''hooting' when we take pictures, it's i Just a manner of speaking. Wig my t dear," "Oh. I'm glad it s just a way of tulklnj.." -;.id the bunny. "W. !1, w hen I are you going iu begin to shoot' me as you call it?" "Pretty soon. now. ' answered Undo Butter. "Walt until the sun comea out from under that cloud. There it Is! Now you just run up and dOwr. the path, hop around as you always do, and I'll make a film of you. We'll screen it at tho regular movie ahou tonight." "How clever!" exclaimed Uncle Wlgglly. Then he started our on th path to do a few tricks, while L'ncte Butter set up tho camera near a tree And Just as this was going on. the Woozle Wolf eame sneaking on! of the bushes. He was .loss :.nd hungry hun-gry and he only saw Uncle Wlgglly out on the path, hopping around. "Hum! That Wlgglly rabbit Is acting act-ing funny"' said the Wolf to himself. him-self. "He's going up and down that path as if he didn't know which way he wanted to go. WcJi, he hasn't seen me yet. and I'll go up and nibb!e his ears before he hops away The Wolf was Just going closer to bke the bunny, when all of a sudden sud-den from where he stood with thfl motion picture camera. I'mMc Butler cried: "lok out now! I'm going to shoot !" Oh course, he meant he was going to take Uncle Wiggllys picture. But the Wolf didn t know thie. instead, as soon as the bad chap heard the goat "bleat, he looked over and he saw the shiny brass tube on the box an J heard the crank clicking. I'm going to shoot now!" said Uncle Un-cle Butter again. "Ob don't shoot no: don't shoot mi I" howled the Wolf. I didn't know you were there. Uncle Butter, watching watch-ing Uncle Wlgglly with a gun to s-ho,,t me' I didn't know that! I'll go away I'll be good!" And away ran tin- bad hap. Ha! Ha!" laughed Uncle Wlgglly as he cut a few funny caper while L'ncle Butter "shot" him by taking his picture. "liT HaJ You fooled the Wolf. L'ncle Butter!" "I'm glad J did! " chuckle. 1 the goat. "Just a Utile more and I'm through!" And I wish you could have s.en rn.de Wigglly iu Ihe movies that night. But perhaps you did. Who knows? Anyhow, if the pussy, cat doesn't catch the ohlckeflpox and trow like a little rooster hen. I'll tell you next about Uriel 4 Wlgglly and spring. . |