A Perplexing Question.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 23 October 1914, Page 2

A Perplexing Question.

Being a funny man he was at it again. Seixted on the grass in the midst of the picnic party he was spinning the latest .yariisVC,;- v •■ ; "I say," he reniark^d -to.ihdse.asi ibembled, "ii bet you can't answer this riddle."' .; "Well, what is it ?" asked a chorus of voices. "Can you; name an animal that has eyes and cannot see,' legs and cannot walk, but can jump as hi'j,h 'as the Eiffel To\y£r ??*^»._. • ,•-'.;-.; I Everybody racked their bruins" jand there 'was deep silence for a -moment. *; ; "I don'tjknow," remarked some.jone. "I gi-\-G it up." I The resfcjpf the jiarty also signi•fied their &MaT3iltty.:v>tp.v-r)solye:-,:^h k e. riddle.1 . ' ■■--■■•^■-•.■■. "is a wood'eii" hdrseT'"':!Tt:"*lias 'ej'es and cannot see and legs and cannot walk-." " -,f "Yes. But how does it jump f\s high as the Eiffel Tower ?" came the triumphant shout. " The Eiffel Tower," said the funny man, as he marie preparations for hurried departure, can't jump I"