Riddles Worth Asking
Why are clocks like grasshoppers ? j —Because they move by springs. What is it that can run through the woods without any legs?—A brook. 9 * * • When is rain good to cat?—When it! is dripping. Why is a match good tempered?— Because it never complains when struck. What is taken from you before you get it? —Your photograph. What trees do we all hold in our hands ?—Palms. • * • • What rises from the ground yet never moves? —A mountain. What letter is most useful of all? C, because it turns “ ash ” into “ cash.” What works while It plays? —A gramophone. /Sent by r,lcnn ; s Holland.)
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20786, 22 April 1939, Page 21 (Supplement)
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