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Show L 1 BEDTIME STORIES ' By HOWARD R. GARIS fCIF. WIGGLY M THE WIND ARROW Byrlgh, l'2- h M CI u re Newsj ;" r T Syndicate (Then Nurse Jane hi?, be downsl drs In the hollow sum , Hhow one morning to get break-W break-W the found I pjread up tin I Kme of her clothes posts, TJiei any gentleman had a st on ladder! m him. also some pieces of t ood ltln and a hammer. IWhat In the world ..rr ;. . . 1 1 do ng, Ue Wlggily ask' d the mu ral W. "Are 011 going to maki 11-Mr 11-Mr a 1 ; t o 1 1 . 1 fob. no." laughed the rabbit uncle H&iust going to put one of those id arrows on jour clothes post It 't harm the t. lean i . t h e s an; ' I know you wouldn't do anything I .tha'.. sal ursi i ni Be that mad her whiskers Et Will yOU l'-a.M world is a wind arrow fit's an arrow, made of wood, or or something like that, to tell Ich wa the wind Is hlowlng 'said tie M iggily. But what good does it do to krow Rh way the wind is blowing?" aak- BJlir:-' J.iri- KUThv, it does lots of good." an-ved an-ved Uncle ltrrily giving a slde-fc slde-fc tw inkle to km.-, if you LOUt and see the wind arrow point-Bto point-Bto the north, that means a i I h wind is blowing, and you weai a poal. I f you i ' t he .. i row i Ito the ea 1 and you take an umbrell i pvnat if it points to the south?" d Nurse Jane Well then you know It i prarm and you put on your thin es." the bunny answered. And if Wind arrow points to th wesl you T the day will be sunny and fair! ('you tako a parasol to make le. t seems that wind arrows ul, spok Nurse .) Fes. very useful, indeed," said the y. "I am going to put one up on pthes post where I can see it from .Window of my bungalow. Tin n I enow what sort of a dny jt will and I eun take whatever I shall I umbrella, sunshade, fur coal or IQUlto netting Jack I d- Mi gw r a rs. hope your wind r.rrow works all spoke the muskrat ladv hou -Mr. as Tncb' Wlgglv ellmhed rha Bidder to i., . n r,a i :u- sh Red arrow, made of wood and lln . T It whirled on a pivot like a mcrry-go-'round. Finally it was tastened in place, and by this time evening had come I will try it in the morning." eaid the bunny. "As soon as I awaken I will look at my wind arrow and see what sort of a day it is going to be." "Very good:" spoke Miss Fuzzy Wu2zy, but to herself she thought it rather funny. When Uncle Wlggily awakened next morning the first thing he did was to look out of the window at his arrow. "It points north," he cried. "I'll need my fur coat. It will be cold." Nov.- Uncle Wlg,:ily s fur coat had been put away In the moth closet but he made Nurse Jane get It out, which took some little time, "But I mtist do as the wind arrow says." spoke the rabbit uncle, as he Was about to put on his fur coat to go look for an adventure. ' Then look at the arrow and tako your mosquito netting jacket," laughed laugh-ed Nurse Jane, "for now the arrow is pointing to th- warm south." And. surely enough, It was. The wind had changed. Uncle Wlggily took off his fur coat, and was putting on his thinnest coat when, Just as he started out, Nurse Jane called him back. "Take your umbrella, Wiggy." sho cried. "The arow is pointing to the east, and it is sure to rain. Take your umbrella or you'll get wet " "Hum. That's so," said the bunny. a9 he took off his mcsqulto thin clothes. 'My wind arrow Is very changeable today " Hut no sooner had Uncle Wiggilv ien hli umbrella out of the china 1 closet than Nurse Jane laughed and said : ' Tut It back." ' "Put what back?" asked the bunny. "Your umbrella. It isn't going to rain. The wind is now in the west and you said when it blew from there It would be sunny and fair. Get a sunshade." sun-shade." Uncle Wiggily said nothing. With a hammer he rushed out into the yard. "Wind arrows are no good." he cried "They flop around so I don't know what to do I'm going to take this one down. Hut before he could do so Into the yard rushed tho bad Bob Cat "I wdnt ears I want ears to nibble!' howled the Boh Cat. But before the bad chap could nib-blc nib-blc Uncle Wlggily the wind suddenly blew so hard that It below the arrow down off the clothes post And the thai p arrow struck the Bob Cat on the ml of his nose. "Oh, wow! uh. wow' Oh, wow!'" h-.wlod fho Bob Cat and away be ran. "Ah, wind arrows are some good aft- ' er all, but not to tell about the woath-i Br," said tho bunny, ua ho picked up; tho arrow of tin and wood. "I'll give It to Nurse Jane for a hat pin." And' ha did. So If tho fine tooth comb doesn't bite ft. hole in the automobile tiro and' let ii the molassea run out, I'll toll you next about Uncle Wlggily and the tad pole. |