PUZZLERS
A WORD SQUARE: The following clues indicate four words which, written one under the other, will make a square of words. Each word, of course, has four letters. A product of the field that is eaten by both man and beast. To lie over against. A pipe. Part of a plant. Jumbled names of Sunbeams in this week’s Hollow Tree: 1. YIER KICMEA 2. ENATELHK CSIRTEKT 3. SORDI RACHOEUMM 4. MAHLE TREAMT Answers to last week’s puzzlers: Word puzzle: H. ’Sh! Ash. Rash. Trash. Musical terms: Key. Rest. Measure. Staff. Scales. Sharp. Note. Chord. Pitch. Bar. Choir.
PEEK-A-800
Peek-a-boo is th'fe goblin who makes the day break every morning. If it were not for Peek-a-boo it would remain dark all the time and you would have to find your way to school with candles and torches and have the lights burning above your desks all the day. So you see, we all owe a great deal to the faithful little Peek-a-boo.
He lives in a cloud house on the eastern horizon and, in the front row of it, there is a golden anvil and a little shining hammer. When he wakes up in the morning he finds a new day left on his doorstep just as we find our milk, and, at a certain time, he must break it so that it can belong to the world. At first the new day is soft and easily moulded and Peek-a-boo shapes it just as he thinks fit, but, presently, it becomes hard and brittle and ready for Peek-a-boo’s little shining hammer.
He takes out his watch and examines ;it carefully; then, at the exact time set for that day, he gives the shining mass a sliarp blow. Immediately the day breaks into myriads of pieces and the eastern sky is flooded with light. This happens every morning, then Peek-a-boo is free to sleep for the remainder of the day. Sometimes the days are short and easy to handle, but, in the middle of summer, Peek-a-boo’s task is no simple one. Perhaps if you are awake very early to-morrow you may see Peek-a-boo at work at his golden anvil. You may even hear the soft crash when the day is breaking. I hope you will.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 340, 28 April 1928, Page 31
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374PUZZLERS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 340, 28 April 1928, Page 31
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