October, 2006
Anecdotes
** The Countryman and the Frog **
A countryman, who was knocking bullfrogs on the head, on the edge of a marsh, to get their legs for the market, seeing a fine, plump fellow, with outbulging eyes, on a log too far off for him to reach with his stick, cried out, -
"What a fine base voice you have, Mr.. Croaker."
"Ke-blunk, ke-blunk!" rejoined the bullfrog.
"Do you also sing treble?"
"Breke-ke-kex, koax, koax!"
"Hop a little nearer this way, if you please, so that I can hear you better, as I am quite deaf, thought fond of music."
"I have the rheumatism in my hind legs," said the bullfrog; "but throw your cane out here, and I will try to hobble nearer, if it will oblige you."
"I cannot spare it," said the other, "for I am also lame, and could not get back to town without it."
"O, very well," answered the bullfrog; "if you are lame, you had better hold on your stick; but as you are also deaf, you are a fool for coming to a frog concert." Whereupon he dropped into the profound mud.
Enigma
It is composed of 14 letters. The 4, 8, 6 is a color. The 3, 13, 14, 6, 2, 11signifies tenderly. The 1, 9, 10 is a girl's name. The 12, 5, 7 is a place. The whole is an English poet.
(Check the answer next month)
The answer of Challenging Number in September
The Number is 527
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