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Show jTbedtime stories M By HOWARD R. GARIS . DKCLF W K(.I1 M I hi: iT n.VKKR yrlght. '.;: m-' n-: x. u.s- F paper S ndicatc (By 1 I OVfl '.' 1 i I.. . 1 ii tounta r J ' ,i.t. I in e ii;lly !Wlth Nuie I.-, in- I- u''v u. luskrn in!' i in the . f sir. 0 lad hi-'.. r i i Bust p ep. ii . -1' . i'!. h i ilro,- Iter, fur ii'.n Mi- ri , a- 'h:nln JT ft of hi- .i 1 .' Ifi foorio V oil li Irul run In when 1. jan to ra ii , ,i.r in an- ' den, lived the Fuzzy Fox. Soon n Bfc Came to ! h i i. his ile;i J toked on '. ol:'. : h Fd 1 W, It : a '. .1 and f Bl gc ft good tin..- i L'h I'm!.' Ily and nibble Ins . ir B do "'i ma 1. 1- li.it 1 "': Iie Wolf, lo: I .' was not , ' i P. mper In ing hnngrv uke that our this waj " barked 'ox. 1 i. U iggll is -an e to Keen cm i h i in. He in Iventurmg ! J K I know r !r i :i , .p, ,i ! !). B IT "BUI w I) I ,,l ,i . ,:,M I Mm." f"i fo. but v - e.n, ! i '1 Tox. "L.iPt-n. n ephono girl HI when Uncle Wiggily goes out in grain he Lakes h - nnhrella with VHmOW in ihi si o mi the wind blow f lie rain ' down and I'm a - I Bre th . I t:Cl- umbrej 111 have a hrokf n rib, or Lhen 11 jB&ole :n it, or something like tut whaL good will that do U8?" the v, , r wen again.' i Lh Fox "If pbrel.. it iH-ol.. ,j Ii will roll' ro-ll' F0w ' " jitr, and I'll pas:- I. ihal ra bbit'a falow calling: r'mbrellas to mend, lias I.. i Bound- all rich:." spoke the " i r, 11," v. 'iii the I- ox, I ii. h' ily will .i.i ,. and ling I'm a Tinker, he'll ask me In j Blla uinbrella Unce I'm In K 111 nibble his ear ' but what about me" ' asked j ave a few nibbles for you,"J ttie Tox "Von hide In the ear the bungalow .and when1 Brabbit In my paws 11 whi--'Ou can cotne i i " ght tr it " agreed the W olf Fo put on his very ragrjed-Ifarlng ragrjed-Ifarlng a few xtra hob - in lied in the mud and dirt and ives until he looked like the iker ou ever saw. Then tak-! I handles and pieces of old a'he foun, on the dump, the ! I mbrellaa to mend I nibrell.ns to mend." Now it had happened lo Fncle Ig-ki Ig-ki . just RS the Fox had guessed. The .bunii;, had been out in the April shower show-er iiiid his umbrella had blown Inside j out. And after he was home again In iblfl bung-alow he hard the Tinker Fox calling about umbrellas to mend al that Tinker In. Nurse .lane, if ivou please," begged the bunny 'Til hnve him mend my umbrella " The niuskrat lady housekeeper went to the door and invited l Tome in. Mr Tinker, and fix I'ncle iWlggily'a umbrella." "Ah ha!" thought the Fox to himself. him-self. 'Mv trick is working. Soon I'll !be In the bungalow. Then I'll. get some oar nibbles and so will my friend, .the Wolf. ' The trie ley Tinker Fox jlooked back and saw the Wolf sneaking sneak-ing under a bush, there to wait until In hen nl a whistle. The Fox pulled his cap down over ihla face a.s he went up the steps of I Uncle Wlgglly'a bungalow, for he did Inot want the bunny or Nurse Jane to see who he was. 'I think m . umbrella will need two new rlb," said Uncle Wiggih to the Tinker as he thought the Fox to be. I'm" grunted the Fox. holding down his head. But. Just as he W8J going in the bungalow, the ind blew j his cap off, and. in a moment Uncle I Wiggily and Nurs" Jane .-aw ho he j was a Uo. and not a real Tinker ai I all. 'Oh, look!" cried the muskrat ladv. The Fox Is playing a trick on you." "Then I'll ploy a trick on him," e-rleri Uncle Wiggily The bunnv took his j broken umbrella, and. not caring much what happened to it now, he began beating the Fox with it Bang, whack I crash! Uncle Wiggily beat the Fox wjth the broken umbrelja. "I'll do m share," cried Nurse Jane She snatched from tho bad chan the odds and ends of umbrellas that the , Fox had picked up. and be-an whacking whack-ing him with the handles and ribs j "Oh, wow! Iet me go: 1 11 bo good!" howled the Fox, and glad enough he was to run out of the bungalow, not - 'Ung a single ear nibble. ' W.-ll. whtii happened?" asked the Wolf, :awling out from under the bush where he had hidden himself "Don't ask me" snarled the Fox. "1 never knew so many things to happen at once. Oh, how sore I am." Then he and the Wolf ran away, and the next day Uncle Wiggily bought himself him-self a new umbrella at the six and B en-cent 3tore. Anj if the feather on the doll's hat doesn't tickle the chocolate cake and ' turn it into an orange pie. I'll tell you ' next about Uncle Wiggily nnd the leadky j.jii on |