AN ABSURD LITTLE TALE

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12507, 24 July 1926, Page 16

AN ABSURD LITTLE TALE

This is something new. In the story set out below there are absurdities; that is to say, there are statements which are quite ridiculous. See if you can detect them without reference to the solution below. The run was rising in the west. It was winter time, and the scent of roses came through the open window' of Ronald’s bedroom in the pretty bungalow. Presently the lad heard a lark singing below on the lawn, and the cows in the stable commenced lowing. Ronald dressed hurriedly, went downstairs and started for a walk, passed the church, where the curfew was ringing. When he reached home his aunt said to him over breakfast: “Aly grandson, you have a hearty appetite.” The sun rises in the east. Roses do not bloom out of door in England in the winter time. Larks invariably sing in the sky. Stables are for horses only. One cannot go downstairs in a bungalow. Curfews are only rung at night. The lad would be his aunt’s nephew*.