THINK TWICE
WHAT AMI? My first is in snow but not in frost) My second is in seek but not in lost. My third is in swim but not in float, My fourth is in ship but not in boat, My fifth is in up but not in down, My sixth is in coat but not in gown, My seventh is in shape but not in form, My eighth is in gale but not in storm, My ninth is in grass but not in hay, My whole brings tho news to you day by day. RIDDLES. When is a tennis racquet like news? —When it is in the press. Why is tho letter V like your dog?— Because it follows U. When is it dangerous to go to church?— When there's a canon in the pulpit. BEHEADINGS. (1) Behead a stream and leave a bird. (2) Behead a. blossom and leave a weaving machine. (3) Behead an animal, and leave a propeller. (4) Behead another animal and leavo part of the head. (i 5) Behead a nut and leave a grain. (6) Behead a kind of quartz and leave an entrance. (7) Behead old womanish and leave a river. (5) Behead a reproach and leave a I relative." (9) Behead a portion of snow and leave a body of water. (10) Behead a villain and leave part of a church.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 45, 22 February 1930, Page 18
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230THINK TWICE Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 45, 22 February 1930, Page 18
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