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THE TOYS. AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
Pictured by LANG CAMPBELL
.. Once upon a time Santa Claus telephoned by wireless down from the North Pole to Uncle Wiggily, saying: "Hello, bunny! I'll be so busy this year 1 shall need help giving out the presents. Will you help ?" The rabbit said he'd be glad to, so Santa Claus sent him a big bag of toys. "You had better practice going down your own chimney first, Uncle Wiggily," said Santa Claus. So Uncle Wiggily began.
2. "I don't know as much about going down chimneys as Santa Claus does," said Uncie Wiggily. "I'll practice before Christmas.'' He started down his own chimney, but slipped and fell head first down the black opening. "Help! Help!" cried the rabbit. "I'll spoil all the Christmas presents!" Uncle Butter ran for the clothes line,, and Nurse Jane also tried to help. "We'll save you!" said the Squiggle. Dugs.
3. Uncle Butter was once a cowboy goat, so he threw the clothes line lasso around Uncle Wiggily's legs as they stuck out the chimney hole. "Help me pull, Nurse Jane!" bleated Uncle Butter. "We must get Uncle Wiggily out! Santa Claus will have to give this rabbit some chimney lessons, I guess." With a long pull and a strong pull, while the Squiggle Bugs cheered, they pulled the bunny down off the roof.
4. Into a snow bank fell the bunny rabbit, and he wasn't hurt at all. "1 guess I'm not a very good chimney-climber," laughed Uncle Wiggily. "What are you going to do about it?" asked Nurse Jane. "Santa Claus expects you to help him." The bunny laughed and said: "I'll take a trip to the North Pole and get some lessons." Oft started the rabbit with the bag of presents. "Halt!" barked the Fox.
5. The bad chap suddenly jumped out of the bushes and stopped Uncle Wiggily. "What do you want?" asked the bunny. -It's too early to give you a Christmas present. Besides, it'must come down your chimney." The Fox growled: "Never mind about Christmas! 1 want your ears now!" Now in the bag was a Christmas toy pop-gun. The bunny took this-gun from the bag. "Pop! Pop!" he shot the Fox.
6. Away ran the Fox as he felt the corks from the Christmas popgun banging him. The Fox thought the corks were bullets. "Well, now I'll travel on to the North Pole and get Santa Claus to give me some lessons in how to climb down a chimney," thought the bunny. But, suddenly, as he passed a dark, dismal cave, out popped the Bob Cat. "Wait! 1 want you'" howled the bad chap. Poor Uncle Wiggily!
7. All of a sudden Uncle Wiggily remembered that in the bag was a bow and some arrows, intended as a Christmas present to Sammie Littletail. "All the cork bullets are gone," thought the bunny. "But, 1 can shoot the Bob Cat with arrows." Then Uncle Wiggily said: "Wait a minute, Bob Cat. 1 have a present for you." Taking out the arrows, Uncle Wiggily shot therri at the bad chap, making him howl: "Wow!"
8. "Well, i hope 1 don't meet any more of the bad chaps," said Uncle Wiggily to himself, as he started again for the North Pole with his Christmas presents on his back. "1 have nothing left with which to shoot them." The bunny was thinking how happy everyone would be on Christmas when, all of a sudden, he heard a scrabbling noise behind him .and saw the Bushy Bear coming "Stop!" the Bear growled.
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9. "Oh, dear! What am I going to do3" thought Uncle Wiggily. "I can't shoot the Bear!" But just as the bad chap had almost caught the rabbit, there was a humming sound in the air and along came Santa Claus In his airship. "I'll take that Bear up North and drop him in cold water!" laughed Santa Claus. "Then I'll come back, Uncle Wiggily, and teach you how to go down chimneys!" The bunny danced for joy.
Audi/ the band* of the clock don't take the scissors and bob the bair of the dusting brush, the next pictures and story will be about
UNCLE WIGGILY'S CHRISTMAS.
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