What Would You Do?

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22343, 5 March 1938, Page 5 (Supplement)

What Would You Do?

What animal drops from the clouds? The rain, dear (reindeer).

Why are stout men 'usually sad? Because they are men of sighs (size).

• Why is New Zealand like milk? Because it's ours (it sours).

What is that which . occurs twice in a moment and not 'once in a thousand years? The letter M.

"Don't go far from home," said Grandma, putting on her hat before leaving for the nearest township 80 miles away. "Play round about the house to-day and to-morrow when Grandpa and I come back you can have all the fun you want"

"I'd like to go for a ride," said Tom, eyeing the horses, longingly. "There's that haunted hut we found the other day. It looks interesting, and it would only take a little while to reach it. I'm sure Grandma wouldn't mind"

"This is it," said Dick. They had reached the haunted hut. It was very dark inside; there were no windows of any kind. There was not even a fireplace or a chimney: Suddenly a gust of wind swept round the house

Yes, what would yon do? See if you can find a way out for the two boys. There is a prise for the most ingenious solution of this problem. You may illustrate your story, if you wish.

They were trapped! The wind hail blown the heavy dcor to, and the bar had fallen into the latch on the outside. What were the boys to do? How could they escape or let anyone know of their plight?