THINK TWICE

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 82, 3 October 1931, Page 18

THINK TWICE

HIDDEN POETS.

The name of a poet Is hidden In each of the sentences below, but the name la spelt backwards. In the first one, . Eppe is the name. Can you. find the others? , The peculation Is ever on the Increase. They «iwe the whole day loosHe opened'the window and the cat jumped In.-' • ■ : ■';■■ •.• . . .■ :. ■ They entered the room In leisurely fashion. If the bell should ring, go hastily to open the, door/. : ■■:■-..: Lemonade, not llmejulce, la the more farourea: drink. . ; '. . : • « *- ' '" JUMBLED COUNTRIES. The following Jumbled countries, when arranged properly, spell the name of a sixth country with their'first letters :— (1) Rsepsl; (2) Ermgnay; (3) "Ooyu-Vtoaal; (4) Langend; (5) Bkeyut. "ANONYMOUS" (11). ■* ; ■■■...•■■. -: ■.

, • ■■ ■ •'■ • *:' ■ ' WHAT IS ITT My first Is In old, but not In new, My second's In crowd, but not In few; My third Is In Ellen, hut not In May, My fourth Is In said, and atoo to say; - My fifth U In shilling, also in pound. My whole encircles New Zealand. . "JOAN OF JIBC" (13). . Brooklyn. . # :,■,;,• ....... "- ANSWERS FRO* lABT WKK. (1) Hidden Animals': Platypus; wombat, gazelle, opossum, cheetah.- _ . (2) Code Sentence: The Treaty of WaUanti was signed In elgbten hundred,and forty. All these elres guessed the' answers:—• Keith Smith > (9); "Elfln Gladness" (»): "Cordelia" (14); "Jack Sprat" (11); "Red Ruth" (U); "Ken" (10); "Snowdrop Queen (13): "Little Gladness" (9); "Anonymoui" (11); "Sunklst" (10); "Sleeping Beauty" (6); "Harold tloyd" (8);, "Moonshina Fairy" (8); and "Golden Gorse" ' (*).

nrGE Fairy Queen 's daughter,. Prifl- | '.. cess Hohere, waa to be married. '**■ What excitement there was in the shady melody-filled bushland! ■ Fairies fluttered hither and thither, their arms laden with fragrant flowers, their flashing wings humming busily as they dashed towards the pink marble palace. Brown-clad pbries rushed among the dense. undergrowth, gathering lacy ferns, big and small, to decorate the jtately doorways;. gr,een-eyed,: big-eared goblins poked their long, inquisitive no«es into other people's business until they were sent' outside the working area by outraged fairies; green-uni-formed elves flew to the waving tree* tops to fell the beautiful, slender branches which were caught up in the arms of grinning inipß, and hurried away to the palace. Flitting over their • dainty ..flowers, crimson-cheeked Bata fays tenderly gathered, their .charges'-to deck the massiye! throne-room; brown-eyed goldenhaired kowhai fairies bustled to and fro,'and all'the fairies in the kingdom busied themselves with their little tasks, delighted to help their beloved princess. But in a dark corner of the forest all was silent. No pleasant noise of the chattering fairies penetrated into that;gloomy spot, for there lived the grasping, malicious gnomes who hated happiness of any kind especially other people's. But there was: one' pure little plant there which loved light and laughter, which, yearned to mingle with the gaudy-coloured plants she ' sometimes saw ml the sun-flecked bush, but 'she, alas, was ugly. Her leaves were a dirty brown, dull and drab, and she had no flowers to brighten her dreary life. The little fay who guarded her day and night, however, had a beautiful wistful" face, skin as Whita as the whitest lily, eyes as blue as the bluest cornflower, tremulous scarlet lips which cried aloud for sunny companionship,