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6BEDTINE' STORY 4
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE big BLOW.

oh. I guess not" laughed incl,
WiEgily. Anyhow. III tie my tall sill
hat on extra tight with a piece Of sho,
string and then II can't blow away"
oh, I'm sure something will harper
Z YOU, go out cried Nurse Jane, anx.
ious like and fussy.
Wen that win be an adventure
cried Uncle Wiggtly, in a gay and jolly
voice. and away he started, leaning OF
his red, white and blue striped rheuma.
tiSm Crutch.
over the fields and through tn,
woods hoped the bunny, wondering
what sort Of an adyeture he Woulf
have, when all Of a sudden. the bad Old
Pipsisewah and the worse Skeezicks
who had been hiding among the trees
saw the bunny rabbit.
oh, ho!' cried the Pipsisewah, "thil
Is our chance to catch the rabbit chap
Mr.. Skeezicks."
than at any other timer the SkeeziCks
wanted to know.
Because / have just thought Of a
fine trick by which we can catch Unclt
Wiggily,' went on the Pipsisewah
You know this is last day Of
March, when the wind Is sure to blow
very hard. Now Wen walt until the
wind blows Uncle Wiggily upside down
ana then We can easily catch him and
carey him off to our dens."
We'll. maybe that will be d good
way agreed the Skeezicks. Lets
wait for the wind to blow Uncle Wig
gilN upside down, Wen follow along
behind him, and when the March wind
blows him over wen grab him. We
have tried many ways Of catching him
but he always gets away"
? He won't get away this time!'
boasted the Pipsisewah.
SO they followed along behind Uncle
WiEgily, over the fields and through
he woods, but, somehow or other, The
strong March wind did not blow, There
was only a summer breeze.
When is he going to turn upside
DOWN. asked the Skeezicks Of the Pip.
sisewah, I'm getting tired of watt
ing
%Oh, It will happen soon now " an.
sWered the Pip, as call him for short
Il think | feel n breeze"
But II was only a gentle spring one
such as come before April showers, Thu
March wind did not seem to want tc
blow Itself out, as II sometimes does.
'lll tell you what we must do said
the Pipsisewah at last,
What" asked the Skeczicks.
We must get some big palm lea
fans and make n March wind OF oui
"HurrayiS' '"g cried led '" the skeeztoks
That's what We'll do. Wen wave tn,
fans so hard that they'll make a biz
blow and Uncle Wiggily will be blown
upside down and we can catch him
them $3.50
So the pipsisewah and the Skeezicks
hoppod off and found some big palm
lear fans In a CoCoAnut grove. Back
they came and. hiding behind Uncle
Wiggily, they waved the fans up and
down and sideways and through tht
middle, and they made a very strong
breeze.
oh, hol The March wind is blow.
ing!' cried Uncle Wiggily. II had bet.
ter hide In this hollow stump until II
QUIT" ~
So he hid in a hollow stump, which
he happened to see,
on, we must blow him out Of that!'
cried the SkeeEicks
SO he and the Pipsisewah waved
thelh fans As hard as they could, but
they couldn't blow hard enough 70 blow
they couldn't blow the stump over
either,
And then, all Of a sudden, the March
wind, himself, seeing what the two bao
animals were doing. cried:
"Ha' Now III show you what a bis
blow IL like SO the March vino
puffed out his cheeks, and he blew and
nv uFNN anu ne ultN, ana ne DleW int
Pipstaewah over backward, and the
Skee1icks was blown over sideways
but Uncle Wiggily, safe In the hollow
stump, wasn't blown at all. Then the
March wind blew the two bad animals
far away. so they couldn't get Uncle
Wiggily that day.
And bhen the March wind blew yer,
softly, and said,
Come on out, Uncle wlggily. It't
all right"
And SO It was The bunny safely
reached his hollow stump bungalow
and had some carrot shortcake for sup.
per So II the pussy cat doesn't clint
up the lace curtains and pull the parlor
carpet UP after her, I'll tell YOU mex
about Uncle Wiggily's April Fool.