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Show BEDTIME STORIES By HOWARD R. GARIS T Si LE IGGKLY AM) nil PA8J I (Copyright, ibtit by McClure Newspaper News-paper Syndicate "Undo Wiggily' Uncle V.'lggily." celled Nurse Jane Furzy Wuzzy ones day. as tho muskrat lady houi--e.pcr was leaving the hollow stump aunga-loF. aunga-loF. ' I m gclnc out Uncle Wiggily!' "BhJ Ohi what's that V asked the bunny gentleman, suddenly awakening awaken-ing from his nap. He ),.(d ;.:one to sleep in the easy chair while reading; a book about icicles that Mr Whitewash, White-wash, the polar bear gentleman., had loaned him. "I said I was Kolng out down to the elKht-and-nini - ent store to buy a gold egg-beater" a'e-nt on Miss F uzzy U2zy "I see you have fallen aileep over your book. I didn't wan', to go out while vou w?! napping, for if you awakened you might wonder where I was." "Yes.' agreed Uncle" Wiggilj "I DUght. But toddle an. Nure .l ine I'll he all right whllfc you're gone, though of course 1 11 miss you. I'm not going out after adventures todav I hare a little cold, so I'll stay In the bungalow. I must finish this book " Nurse Jane went out, and Uncle Wiggily tried to read again. Rut the hook about icicles was rather dry not much of a story In it and before the bunny knew lie was asleep agoln Uncle Wiggily began to dream that he was being chased by the P.ob Cat. and ho ran until he came to a big high wall, and he had to Jump off the wall Jumping off in his dream, of course made him wako up with a start, and the book tumbled to the floor. " h. door'" cried the bunny gon-tleman. gon-tleman. now wide awake "Oh. a lot of the pages have been torn out ef that book Mr. Whitewash let me take! This Is had. but It Isn't as bad us if the Hob Cat had chased me," However. It was sad enough, for the book in falling had turned upside I down and a number of leaves were torn out. "I know what I can do, though. ' said Uncle Wiggily "1 11 make some paste out of flour and water and paste the pages back In the book. Of course, I'll toil Mr. Whitewash what happened, but I think T can put the pages back so they will never show-that show-that they were torn " I n. le Wiggily found a tin pan In the kitchen and filled It half full of dry flour. Then ho let some water run In and stirred the flour until he-had he-had made a panful of sticky paste. "My' 1 didn't need as much ns this!" laughed the bunny, when he saw how much paste ho had made "Just a little in a cup would have been enough I didn't know It would make so much. There's ennuxh to paste bacl; the leaves of a dor.on books! Well, maybe Xurse Jane can 4 jmnke what paste T don't use Into jsomt sort of a cornstarch pudding" I Hutting the pun of sticky paste '.'i a chair near him, Uncle Wiggily bo-Kan bo-Kan to mend tho book that had torn when it fell out of hi paw, u u-slept u-slept The bunny gentleman nut a little paste on .me edge of ,orn nag slipped It In the i k where )t belonged be-longed and pressed the edge down In fas?0"1"1 l0Se ''affe WRS puste(1 "This will make the book as good as new!" chuckled the bunny Mr. Longe.irs was Just pasting In tho last few leaves, and thero was I plenty of paste left In the pan on the chair ne;.r the bunny when the front door of the bungalow was pushed open and Uncle Wiggily heard some one coming In. "You're ha. k early. Nurso Jane' ' called the- bunny, thinking it was hi a inuskrat Jady ho'i.sekcepor "Early or late makes no difference to me!" howled a harsh voice. "All I want Is an ear to nibble!" "Ble-s mv lollypops!" exclaim. n t.ho bunny. vlfs the Fuzzy l-'ox." And so it was. The bad chap had slipped In while the bunny was pasting past-ing tho last of the tornout leavos What are you doing'.'" (Sked the Fox. coming into tho room ami Standing near th e-halr on wbleh Uncle Wiggily had put the past'- pan. "Oh, I'm mending a book 1 tore by accident." the rabbit answeu-ed. "I'll watch you." barked the Fo:. "I'm In no hurr " "Then sit down in the chair an 1 i-si yourself you must be tired'" said the bunny. prct-niltnK nut t know what wus uulng to happen "Sit down In that ehalr behind you." Keeping his eyes on Undo WIgylly so ho wouldn't get away, the Fox sat down In the chair, and not only that but he sal in the sticky paste-'. Flop- pofllpl "Oh. what's this? What's this'." howled the- Fox. when he found him self fat. Who has hold of my tall?" "It's Just the paste' Don't worry' laughed the bunny, who knew he l ouldn't be hurt now. "Jusl sit thereuntil there-until th- Pollcema n Dog comes." "Policeman Dog"" What for?" howled the Fox. "To arrest you!" said the bunny. And surely enough the paste held thi-Pol thi-Pol so fast that he couldn't get out of tho rhulr. and the chair was too big to drag with him. In came th-Policeman th-Policeman Dog. who arrested the bad chap and took him uway. Then L'ncle Wiggily finished pasting past-ing the book, though the sticky atu: was In tho pan where the Fox had sat was too much squashed to use in a pudding. So Nurse Jam? tuok peanut pea-nut butter Instead And everything ended happily. Nov.-if Nov.-if tho lemon pie doesn't stand on Its head when It's trying to reach up on the high shMf and tickle t lie rice pudding, pud-ding, I'll tell you next about Uncle Wiggily and th wind wagon oo |