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Maryland State Archives Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland mdsa_sc3410_1_81-0767 Enlarge and print image (5M) |
| Uncle Wiggily's Adventures Copyright, 19S4, by The McClwre Newspaper Syndicate, Trade-Mark Registered. AS STEEL IS DRAWN BY A MAGNET STRONG, THE BAD CHAPS DREW THE BUNNY ALONG. WHEN OFF HIS SKATES THE BUNNY TOOK—BAD CHAPS IN FEAR AND TERROR SHOOK. Text by HOWARD R. GARIS Author of the Famous UNCLE W1GCILY BEDTIME STORIES Pictured by LANG CAMPBELL 1. One day the Jazz Faker Alligator called at the den of the Fox, where the Bob Cat was staying. "I'll tell you how to catch Uncle Wig-gily," said the 'Gator. "Leave these skates on his steps. He will wear them skating on the ice. You stay on shore. The powerful magnet will pull the skates, and Uncle Wiggily on them, straight to you. Then you can nibble his ears. He can't stand against the pull of the magnet." 4. "Where did those other skates come from?" asked the muskrat lady. "I don't know," answered the bunny. "They seem to be a present. I'll }vear these and let you take my old ones." Soon Uncle Wiggily and Nurse Jane were skating. "Now is my chance!" snarled the Bob Cat, who had slipped away from the Fox. "I'll draw Uncle Wiggily to me and nibble his ears!" The bunny felt a strange pull. 7. "Quick, Uncle Wiggily! i know what to doT'cried Nurse Jane. "What?" asked the bunny. "Sit down on the ice and take off the magical trick skates that can be drawn by the bad chaps' magnet!" she squealed; So, though the strong magnet of the Fox still pulled him, Uncle Wiggily sat down on the ice. Nurse Jane held him back as much as she could "Come off, you trick skates!" cried the rabbit. 2. "Oh, this will be a fine trick to catch Uncle Wiggily!" snarled the Bob Cat. "I'll use the magnet to pull him to us." Now the Fox did not trust the Bob Cat. And while the Bob Cat wasn't looking, the Fox took the Jazz Faker Alligator to one side. "Give me a magnet of my own," begged the Fox. "A magnet stronger than that of the Fox." So the Jazz Faker Alligator did. "I'll catch the bunny alone," said the Fox. 3. Saying nothing to the Bob Cat of what he had done, the Fox went back to (he den. "When shall we give Uncle Wiggily the trick skates that wiil make him glide to us as we hold out the magnet?" asked the Bob Grit. "Right away," answered the Fox, hiding his magnet in his pocket. "I'll leave the skates on his stoop." And when Uncle Wiggily saw the skates he said: "Come on, Nurse "Jane! We'll go skating!" 5. All of a sudden, as Uncle Wiggily was skating along, he found that, though he wasn't doing it himself, he was gliding town; shore. "Don't go away and leave me!" cried Nurse Jane. "I can't seem to help it!" answered the rabbit. "Something is pulling Just then Nurse Jane saw the Bob Cat with his magnet. "He's p you!" she cried. The Fox, on the opposite shore, got out his in J L. wr^i if /W"HI|llj|'(|l 6. "Oh, Uncle Wiggily! Something terrible is going to happen!" squeaked the muskrat lady. "Those must be magical trick skates one p\ the bad chaps left on your stops." The rabbit gentleman said he ;ht the same thing. "Now I'll draw Uncle Wiggily to my magnet!" the Fox whispered. And, having a stronger magnet than the Bob Cat, the Fox drew the bunny toward him. Nurse Jane tried to hold back. HJfc-t.....i......»L*\.ifyf/ 8. Uncle Wiggily took off one skate and laid it on the ice. All the while the Bob Cat was holding his magnet so it would pull. And when the skate was off the rabbit gentleman's foot, it. glided over the ice all by itself, drawn by the magnet. "Zing!" the skate flew up and hit the Bob Cat on the nose! "Oh, wow!" howled the bad chap, "The Alligator didn't say this would happen!" Uncle Wiggily laughed. 9. The Fox, not knowing that Uncle Wiggily had taken off the trick skates, kept on holding out the magnet. As soon as the bunny had taken off the second skate that, too, glided off by itself. "WangP it struck the Fox on his nose. "Oh, Zowie!" howled the.bad chap. "The Alligator said nothing about this! Fooled again!" Then the-bunny and Nurse Jane each put on one regular skate and danced. And if the alarm clock doesn't take a piano key to lock the chocolate cake in the umbrella rack, the nest pictures and story will be about UNCLE WIGGILY'S SNOW FORT, |