MYSTERY FOREST
Each of the missing words in the following sentences is the name of a tree. For instance, the first is obviously birch. Now see if you can puzzle out the others:— (1) The schoolmaster threaten to Tommy. (2) The fire was out and the grate was full of (3) "I to see you, darling," wrote the sentimental maiden. (4) " 'E took the and the ship weathered the storm, sir," said the old skipper. (5) They sat by the watching the wild sea waves. (6) He gave his wife a magnificent coat as a present. Solutions. — (1) Birch, (2) ash, (3) pine. (4) elm, (5) beech, (6) fir. ■ —Copied by Beverley Abraham.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23381, 24 June 1939, Page 8 (Supplement)
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113MYSTERY FOREST New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23381, 24 June 1939, Page 8 (Supplement)
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