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(Sent in by Catherine Dennis, Wartworth; age 16.) Q.: What is the difference between an ant and an elephant? A.: .Their size, of course. Q.: What is easy to see but not to feel? A.: The sky. Q.: Add half a score to nothing and what animal do you get? A.: An ojf. Q.: What is the difference between an elephant and a flea? A.: A flea can bite an elephant but an elephant can't bite a 'flea. Q.: What is it that is lower with a head than without one? A.: A pillow. Q.: Why is a, book like a tree? A.: Because it has many leaves. Q.: What is it that every person has seen, but can never see again? A.: Yesterday. Q.: What is it we wish for, but never know when we have it? A.: Sleep. Q.: What tree is a lady's name? A.: Olive.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 125, 28 May 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)
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