Chapter 156

399.

399.

My first it is a curious thing,Of Nature’s own produce,And many who have lost a limbHave found it of great use.By my second’s wondrous powerShips are made with ease,To stem against both wind and tideAcross the boundless seas.My whole is very often foundTogether with my first,And comes in very handyWhen you would quench your thirst.

My first it is a curious thing,Of Nature’s own produce,And many who have lost a limbHave found it of great use.

My first it is a curious thing,

Of Nature’s own produce,

And many who have lost a limb

Have found it of great use.

By my second’s wondrous powerShips are made with ease,To stem against both wind and tideAcross the boundless seas.

By my second’s wondrous power

Ships are made with ease,

To stem against both wind and tide

Across the boundless seas.

My whole is very often foundTogether with my first,And comes in very handyWhen you would quench your thirst.

My whole is very often found

Together with my first,

And comes in very handy

When you would quench your thirst.

400. Add a letter to a crime, and make meditation.

bird with nest

milking the cows

401. How is it that a hen knows no night?

402. Which class of democrats does a hen show most, regard for?

403. Why is a large fresh egg like a virtuous deed?

404. Add a letter to a heart, and make a number.

405. What is flatter than a flat?

406. I802500A.

407. Entire, I am a kind of rock; beheaded, I am considered very healthy; again beheaded, I am a beverage; then transposed, I am a meadow.


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