NATURAL HISTORY RIDDLE.
A small boy had been diligent in studying punctuation. As a reward his father took him to see the trained lions and tigers. Boy : ‘ Father, why is a sentence with a comma like that lion ?’ Father : ‘Dear me yes, to be sure Capital ’ something about t-a-i-1 and t-a-l-e ? Good ' Give me something harder next time.' Boy : ‘ No. You are way off.' Father: ‘You don't say so' Well, what is the answer ?’ Boy : ‘ A sentence with a comma is like a lion, because the first has a pause at the end of its clause, and the other, claws at the end of its paws See ?’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XI, 14 March 1896, Page 307
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107NATURAL HISTORY RIDDLE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XI, 14 March 1896, Page 307
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