Then the fox knew it was of no use to tell any more stories, so he started to hurry off with Alice in the bag.  But Jane Fuzzy-Wuzzy jumped right at him, and she bit him on the nose, and on his front legs and on his hind legs, until he was glad enough to drop the bag containing poor Alice, and run away, over the hills, as fast as he could go.

Then the muskrat gnawed open the bag, and Alice came out, her feathers all ruffled up, but she was not much hurt; only the yeast cake was all squashed out of shape, like a piece of putty.  Then Jane Fuzzy-Wuzzy took Alice home safely, and nothing more happened right away.

Well, now, to-morrow night, let’s see.  Ha!  Hum!  Oh, how careless of me!  Of course there isn’t going to be any story to-morrow night, because we’re at the end of this book.  You can see for yourself, if you look carefully, that there are no more stories in it; not a single one.

But, listen, as the telephone girl says; I think, in case that you liked the stories about the ducks, that I will write something about the adventures of Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow; you know, those two puppy dogs who once took Alice home after she had been on a visit to Sister Sallie, and was afraid to go out in the dark.

I have quite a number of stories about those two puppy dogs; Peetie, you know, who was all white with a black spot on his nose, and Jackie, who was all black with a white spot on his nose.  So if you want to read about them you may do so in the next book of the Bed Time series, which will be called “Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow,” and the book will have in it some pictures of the doggies; and tell how they had a show, and built a swing, and got lost, and ran away to join a circus, and did ever so many things that it was really astonishing; honestly it was!

Well, I think I’ll say good night now, for I must get right to work on that other book.  So go to sleep, and be good children, and maybe you’ll dream about Peetie and Jackie—­who knows?

THE END

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Books for Boys by Howard R. Garis

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Those Smith Boys Series 12mo, finely illustrated.  Price 75c each, postpaid

Those Smith Boys
  or the mystery of the Thumbless man

Those Smith Boys on the Diamond
  or Nip and Tuck for Victory

OTHER VOLUMES IN PREPARATION

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The Island Boys Series

12mo, finely illustrated.  Price 75c each, postpaid

The Island Boys
  or fun and adventures on Lake MODOK

The Island Boys in Camp
  or the secret of the falling water