Riddles
\ Why is a clock always shy?—Bej j cause it always has its hands over > i its face. ► • * * • ► Why did the fly fly?—Because the \ spider (spied her). ; What is the best ship?—Friendship. • What has feathers but cannot fly? \ —A bed. , —Conied by Lily-of-the-Valley.
What never asks any questions but requires many answers?—The doorbell.
What is worse than a crocodile with tooth-ache?—A centipede with corns.
What is it from which you take the I whole find yet have some left?—The | word wholsesome.
What tree is never pretty?' plane tree.
(Copied by Gloria Ridgway.)
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21248, 19 October 1940, Page 14 (Supplement)
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92Riddles Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21248, 19 October 1940, Page 14 (Supplement)
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