Chapter 116

76.pictorial puzzle

76.pictorial puzzle

76.

77.

77.

My 1st is in pie, but not in cake.My 2d is in hoe, but not in rake.My 3d is in house, but not in barn.My 4th is in wool, but not in yarn.My 5th is in take, but not in give.My 6th is in strainer, but not in sieve.My 7th is in rye, but not in wheat.And my whole is sometimes good to eat.

My 1st is in pie, but not in cake.My 2d is in hoe, but not in rake.My 3d is in house, but not in barn.My 4th is in wool, but not in yarn.My 5th is in take, but not in give.My 6th is in strainer, but not in sieve.My 7th is in rye, but not in wheat.And my whole is sometimes good to eat.

My 1st is in pie, but not in cake.

My 2d is in hoe, but not in rake.

My 3d is in house, but not in barn.

My 4th is in wool, but not in yarn.

My 5th is in take, but not in give.

My 6th is in strainer, but not in sieve.

My 7th is in rye, but not in wheat.

And my whole is sometimes good to eat.

78. Why is a weathercock like ambition?

79. Why is a Turk like a violin belonging to an inn?

80. Why is a used up horse like a bad play?

81. Why is a sick Jew like a diamond ring?

82. Why is a printer like a postman?

fisherman

dodo

83. Entire I am a bird; cut off my tail, and I shall be a surname; now transpose, and I shall be something singular.

84. Why are fowls the most economical things farmers keep?

85. Why is a cricket on the hearth like a soldier in battle?


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