enough to read
a boys' book about wild animals. Lions will catch and eat nearly all
beasts that come in their way. They will even overpower a giraffe or a
buffalo. The elephant and rhinoceros are almost the only quadrupeds a
lion dare not meddle with.

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OUR CHRISTMAS PUZZLE.

LOVELAND, OHIO.

I think I have correctly worked the Christmas Puzzle in _Young
People_. I had to study some time over "ray," never having heard of
such a fish. It was only by finding what letters I needed in the
columns 11, 9, 9 that I saw they were r a y. On looking in the
dictionary I found there was a fish called by that name. "Yard"
also puzzled me a great deal. The other words were easily found.

M. T. C.

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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

My brother Bertie and I have had a nice time finding the answer to
your Christmas Puzzle in No. 8 of _Young People_. We thank you very
much for your kind wish, and wish you the same in return. Can your
young readers tell what it is we wish you?

LILLIE J.

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All these boys and girls have also told our Christmas Puzzle wish
correctly: Maynard A. M., M. A. S., and F. V. B., Alexina K. D., F. E.
Coombs, Willie J. M., Virgil C. M., Amy L. H., Etta Douglass, Annie G.
Long, Willie H. S., Lilian Forbes, Jamie D. H., Huntington W., A. A. B.,
Mamie M., Nellie P., Essie B., Fred D. H., Zadie H. D., Edna Heinen,
Seabury G. P., E. A. De Lima, Claudie M. Tice, Louie A., J. M. Wolfe,
Carroll O. B., George F. D., S. K. S., Effie K. T., G. M. B., Ada and
Clara, Florence D., Alice P., E. C. Repper, and George Henry.

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The answer to Christmas Puzzle in _Young People_ No. 8 is, "I wish you a
merry Christmas and a happy New-Year."

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