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RIDDLES & PARADOXES

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WENT to the wood and got it;

I sat me down and looked at it;

The more I looked at it the less I liked it :

And I brought it home because I couldn't help it.

A thorn.

H

ICK-A-MORE, Hack-a-more,

On the king's kitchen door;

All the king's horses,

And all the king's men,

Couldn't drive Hick-a-more, Hack-a-more,

Off the king's kitchen door!

[Sunshine.

As

S soft as silk, as white as milk, As bitter as gall, a thick wall, And a green coat covers me all.

[A walnut.

LONG

ONG legs, crooked thighs,
Little head, and no eyes.

[Pair of tongs.

RTHUR O'BOWER has broken his band,

ARTH

He comes roaring up the land;The King of Scots, with all his power,

Cannot turn Arthur of the Bower!

[A storm of wind.

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