Fun Corner
RIDDLEE. Q: If you bought li! buns for 5d., how much would each beJ A: Stale. Q: What is more wonderful than s. horse that can count? -A: A spelling bee. Q: When is water like a tiger? A: When it makes a spring. Q: When is a cup of tea sad? A: When it is upset. Q: What nut never grows on a tree? A: Doughnut. Q: Why is a policeman strong? A: Because he can hold up traffic with one hand. —Copied by Tipperty Toes (1 point.) TRY THIS. Take a tumbler and fill it about halffull of water aud iu it drop a threepenny piece. How take a piato and put it over the top of the tumbler. Then invert it. Now put it on the table aud get down so that your eyes are on a level with the tumbler edge and then} on the plate you will see a shilling piece in the place of the threepence and up above it you wilt see the thrccpciic. —Copied by Bonnie Bluebell (1 point.) ANSWER TO JENNY WREN’S RIDDLE. The number of eggs in the basket is seven. The lady sells half at hue Hist house and half an egg' which is four, at the next she sells two, at the last one.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIX, Issue 7486, 9 June 1934, Page 10
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218Fun Corner Manawatu Times, Volume LIX, Issue 7486, 9 June 1934, Page 10
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