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.-nufrrn- i-najaa ,V///r/^-^,i^,,^»'l/w'1'' Uncle Wiggily's Adventures Copyright, I$24, by The McClwre Newspaper Syndicate, ¥ Trade-Mark Registered. THER'S A CUTE LITTLE GIRL, AND THE BEST WAY TO PLEASE TeXt t)V HOWARD R GARIS HER, IS TO GIVE HER A WHOLE, BIG ICE CREAM FREEZER. KUthor of the famous uncle wimily 8^^^ ALL ABOARD, NOW! Pictured by LANG CAMPBELL 1, Once upon a time, Uncle Wiggily thought he would give an ice. cream party to some of the animal children. "You will need a whole freezer full of ice cream if you invite all the children who love you," said Nurse Jane. "The more the merrier!" laughed the bunny. "I'll get a big freezer!" So he went to the cave of his friend Mr. Whitewash, the polar bear. "I'll help you carry the cream," said the bear. 4. Back to the polar bear's ice cave hurried Uncle Wiggily and his shaggy friend. "Do you want the same kind of cream?" asked Mr. Whitewash. "Yes," answered the rabbit. "The children like strawberry. But we'll take along some extra ice to keep the cream frozen." Mr. Whitewash said this was a good idea, so he picked up a big chunk pf ice and Uncle Wiggily carried a long icicle like a sharp spear. 7. As the bad chaps rushed forward, Uncle Wiggily took a firm hold of his icicle spear. •There! Take that!" cried the rabbit, as he tickled the Sword Fish with the sharp end. "Ouch!" gasped the Fish. "And this is for you!" rumbled the polar bear, as he hurled the cake of ice at the Walrus, bashing him on the head. "Gurra! Gurra! Gurra!" barked the Walrus. "Let the Fox catch his own rabbits!" 2. When they were half way to the hollow stump bungalow, near where the icecream party was to be given, the bunny said: "I'm tired! Let's sit down and rest, Mr. Whitewash!" So the bunny and the polar bear sat on a green, grassy bank. Higher and hotter grew the sun. It beat down on the freezer of ice cream. The ice began to melt, and the strawberry ice cream began to run out of the can. Oh! Oh! Too bad! 3. After a while, Uncle Wiggily said: "Well, Mr. Whitewash, we had better go. The children will be hungry for their ice cream I promised them." The polar bear said: "I'm ready! Come on!" But when they looked for the ice cream—IT WASN'T THERE! The hot sun had melted it! How the Squiggle Bugs cried! "Never mind!" said Mr. Whitewash. "There's more ice cream in my cave. We'll get some!" 5. About this time two bad chaps—a sword fish and a walrus— flopped up out of the ocean and started for Mr. Whitewash's cave. "The Fuzzy Fox said Uncle Wiggily was around here," barked the Walrus to the Sword Fish, "and said if I caught that rabbit he would give me a mouth organ—and I want one!" The Sword Fish flapped a fin and said: "I'll help you if you let me play the mouth organ." 6. Not knowing the bad chaps were outside the cave, Uncle Wiggily and Mr. Whitewash, picking up the second freezer of cream, started for the party. But, just as they reached the door of the cave, the Walrus and Sword Fish made a rush for them. "The Fox told me to catch you!" barked the Walrus. "Don't be afraid, Uncle Wiggily," growled the white bear. "Use your long, sharp icicle for a spear! Stick em!" 8. The battle did not last very long. Uncle Wiggily was so clever with his icicle spear that he soon tickled the Sword Fish to sleep. And the Walrus, after being hit with the cake of ice, didn't get up for a long time. "Come on, Uncle Wiggily!" called Mr. Whitewash, "I have a new idea! Ill make a sled out of a smooth slab of ice and we'll pull the freezer of cream that way." So they did, as you can see. t i J L 9. At last all their troubles were over, and Uncle Wiggily, with Mr. Whitewash, reached the place where the bunny had invited some of the animal children to a party. "Sit down now, my dears!" called Uncle Wiggily. "Mr. Whitewash will dish out the strawberry cream, and I'll pass it to you." How happy the children were! And the bunny did not forget the cute little Squiggle Bugs, either! No, indeed' And if the coffee strainer doesn't try to catch a bumble bee and give the jumping jack a ride on its b^ck, the next pictures and story will be about UNCLE WIGGILY'S SALT WATER TAFFY. Maryland State Archives mdsa_sc34io_i_8i-oi6o.