ds in the end.

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RIDDLES

Few children think they will ever tire of playing games; but all the
same, toward the end of a long evening, spent merrily in dancing and
playing, the little ones begin to get too weary to play any longer,
and it is very difficult to keep them amused.

Then comes the time for riddles! The children can sit quietly round
the room, resting after their romps and laughter, and yet be kept
thoroughly interested, trying to guess riddles.

It is, however, very difficult to remember a number of good and
laughable ones, so we will give a list of some, which will be quite
sufficient to puzzle a roomful of little folk for several hours.

Why are weary people like carriage wheels? Answer: Because they are
tired.

An old woman in a red cloak was passing a field in which a goat was
feeding. What strange transformation suddenly took place? Answer: The
goat turned to butter (butt her), and the woman into a scarlet runner.

Why does a duck go into the water? Answer: For divers reasons.

Spell "blind pig" in two letters. P G; a pig without an I.

Which bird can lift the heaviest weights? The crane.

Why is a wise man like a pin? He has a head and comes to a point.

Why is a Jew in a fever like a diamond? Because he is a Jew-ill.

Why may carpenters reasonably believe there is no such thing as stone?
Because they never saw it.

What is that which is put on the table and cut, but never eaten? A
pack of cards.

When does a farmer double up a sheep without hurting it? When he folds
it.

What lives upon its own substance and dies when it has devoured
itself? A candle.

Why is a dog biting his tail like a good manager? Because he makes
both ends meet.

What thing is it that is lower with a head than without one? A pillow.

Which is the left side of a plum pudding? That which is not eaten.

What letter of the alphabet is necessary to make a shoe? The last.

If all the seas were dried up, what would everybody say? We haven't a
notion (an ocean).

Why is it certain that "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was not written by the hand
of its reputed author? Because it was written by Mrs. Beecher's toe
(Stowe).

Why is a fishmonger never generous? Because his business makes him
sell fish (selfish).

What is that which works when it plays and plays when it works? A
fountain.

What is that from which you may take away the whole and yet there will
be some remainin