RIDDLES.
(Sent in by Eileen Gibson, 18, Commercial Road, Grey Lynn.)' Q. What is that which, by adding to it, becomes smaller? A. A hole in your stocking. Q. When is a cliff like a fish ? A. When it is scaled. Q. What keeps on going yet remains in the same place ? A. A clock. Q. Why did the milk turn? '" A! Because it saw the dough rise. Q. When is a well like unbuttercd toast ? A. When it is dry. / Q. Why' are milestones the most unsociable things? A. Because you never see two of them together. '.> .■ (Sent in by Thclma Hill, 40," Uandwick Crescent, Lower Hutt.) '• ' q__What.has three feet and no legs? A.—-A yard measure. q.—What can a baby draw as well as an artist? . A.—lts breath. ...
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 260, 2 November 1932, Page 18
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129RIDDLES. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 260, 2 November 1932, Page 18
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