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Show yfl BEDTIME STORIES I 1 By HOWARD R. GARIS LHl I I.I WN r.ll Y NT St SIKS H :opyrlBht. 192'J, by McClure Newspa- HH "Mo'. her, does this bother you1" 1 I.htUfall. the rabbit girl. IH i day( BS she sat in the burrow, or underground house. "Does what bother me, Susie f" ask- flH 1 ed Mrs. Llttletall, who was sitting In H nn eaS rocking ohalr, looking out at IH the snpw-covered fields. hB "This noise I'm making. I know It 1 n i bo loud as Bammle's drum, but K'l i II bothars you why " IB "I don't hear any noise child' " BH laughed the rabbit "lady. What are HH you talking about?" Hl "I mean the little squeaky noise mV Hll nsedli makes in n I push it through H tho ( loth." went on Susie "You see HI l : i wing i new i r for mj doll. By Louise applepudding, snd Bp .i rna; i"- the squeaking of tin needle w in urn! ' headache!" H IL laughed Mis Llttletall H M en near it, Susie H W B I'm afraid II may bother yon. Moth- lf i said BusK kajil her mother s VI;. y pot i she often usel. ' i guess I'll HK l 0 CTnClS Wlgglly's and finish making Dlantha's dress there He v. ..n't mind n squeaky needle and art hoa he won't ie home, He li out looking for ad- 1 e;itiireB." "Oh, mv dear' My dear!" laughed A Mr-. Llttletall. "I see your little trick )B 1 i want Ji good excuse to get over to i 'r i '. ell, hop along bul w bout me. I have no head- I ne and the little squeak of your L needle I never even heard." I , anyhow I guea I'll go to tl'ncle Wlgglly's;" said Susie. It was a mild, warm day. even 'though there was snow on the ground land Suele was soon hopping oyer this on her way to thr- hollow stump bungalow, bun-galow, of the bbnm rabbit gentleman ; ' h. come In, Susie," Inv ited Nurse lane, as she opened the dour. "What are you doing out today?" AYell. I was sewing a drcs for my doll, Dlantha Louise Applepudding. ' Sij e answered, 'and I was ufrnld the squeaking of my needle bothered my mother. I knew you and L'ncle WIk- Iglly weren't so fussy, so I came over here, l'ncle Wlgglly's out anyhow. .Isn't he"" "No, strange to say. he Is home today," to-day," said the muokrat lady housekeeper house-keeper "lie Wasn't feeling very well, and he thought perhaps, maybe an adventure ad-venture would corne hero instead of Ihavlgn him go out for It. But 1 almost al-most wish he had gone out." ' Why?" askr-d Susie in surprise, as I Nurse Jane seemed worried over something. some-thing. ' Oh. he's so particular, not to say tUSSy, ' answered Miss Tuzzy Wtiszy, "I he' to stop washing the dl-h - on his account.'1 "Yh ?" asked Susie "Oh, he said the rattling of the iplntes, cups and saucers, and thej splashing, when the soap took a dive1 Into the dishwater, made his nerves Jump." said N'urse Jane. 'Then I trle,i sweeping, but that was as bad He even wouldn't let me Iron, for he said the banging of the fclatlrons on the stove made him think of thunder!" thun-der!" "Gracious'." exclaimed Susie. "V hat makes him so nervous? "Well he was chased by Woosls Wolf late yesterda," replied the muskrat lady, "and he hasn t gotten over It yet " "Then I guess I'd better nt sew," said Susie. "The squeaking of m needle nee-dle might bother him. W hen Is he "' In Ihe parlor" said Nurse .lane but 1 don't believe he'll mind your sewing, child. Co on with your needle work, and I'll sit and watch ou After awhile Wlggy may go to sleep, and 1 can finish my work. Bo Susie began to sew, but no soon- t had she pushed lhr' needle through the doll's dress u few times than th voice of l'ncle Wlgglly cried: What funnv squeakv noise Is that. N .1 rse Jane?" "Oh, I dldn'l think you'd hear it." answered Miss Kuzzy Wussy. "But it's Susie sewing " Is sister Susie sewing shirts for soldiers?" asked L'ncle W iggily w ith a laugh "No, I'm sewing a dress for Dlantha Louise Applepudding." answered the rabbit girl. "But I'd never suppose on could hear it in there." "I nol only heard it. but I like it," aid the bunny. 'The squeaky sound of tin needle, soothes my nerves, Sn-Jsle. Sn-Jsle. Come In here and sew me to sleep!" "How funny! Sew vou to sleep' laughed BUSle. But she went in the room when l"n. I Wlgglly was. and BUrSly enough, the squeaky sound of the iir. iiie going through the doth put jthS bunny to sleep Then Nurse Jan obi her housework. And. hII at oiice, when Susie was sewing, the Woo7.ic Wolf stuck his head In the window to nibble the bunny's bun-ny's ears. ill! oh' Oct out of here!" cried Sush , and she stuck the Wolf in the nose with her needle. The Wolf howl- ed and rncie wiggiiy awakened feeling feel-ing much belter and no longer fussy. BO everything came out all right. And if the c cream doesn't catch cold when it stays out on the back .porch to plaj with the snowball. I'll .II ou nct about Uncle Wiggiiy and Johnnie's teelh. |