Children's Corner.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 36, 10 November 1911, Page 7

Children's Corner.

CLASSICAL CONUNDRUMS.

Southing to Amuse One Another

with on Quiet Evenings.

What does everyone thirst after?—« A red herring.

I Why is the assessor of taxes tlMl best man in the world?—-Because ii«j never underrates anybody. Why are fowls the most economical things a farmer can keep?—Bee auß® for every grain they give a peck. What is that which nobody wishes to have, and yet nobody, wishes b( lose? —A lawsuit. Why has the vowel "o" the loudesf. sound?— Because all the others are iaaudible. ~ < When is the wind most like a bookseller "? —When it keeps stationary.

Why is a river like a watch?— Ban cause it does not run long without winding. When is money damp?— When it Ii due in the morning and missed aX night. When may two people be said to b« half-w.itted?— When they have ate understanding between them. Why is "c" the most unfortunate of letters? —Because it's never in cash, always in debt and never out of daager.

Why is a pretty girl like a first-class mirror? —Because she's a good-lookiojf lass.