PUZZLES FROM

WONDERLAND

I -^ Dreaming of apples on a wall. And dreaming often, dear, I dreamed that, if I counted all, — How many would appear? II A stick I found that weighed two pound: I sawed it up one day In pieces eight of equal weight! How much did each piece weigh ? (Everybody says "a quarter of a pound," which is wrong.) III John gave his brother James a box : About it there were many locks. James woke and said it gave him pain ; So gave it back to John again. The box was not with lid supplied. Yet caused two lids to open wide : And all these locks had never a key — What kind of a box, then, could it be? IV What is most like a bee in May? "Well, let me think: perhaps — " you say.. Bravo! You're guessing well to-day! 819