METAMORPHOSES.
The problem is to change one given word to another given word, by altering one letter at a time, each alteration making a new word, the number of letters being always the same, and the letters remaining always in the same order. Sometimes the metamorphoses may be made in as many moves as there are letters in each given word, but in other instances more moves are required.
Example: Change LAMP to FIRE in four moves. Answer, LAMP, LAME, FAME, FARE, FIRE.
1. Change COW to RAT in three moves. 2. Change HARD to SOFT in six moves. 3. Change LEFT to EAST in four moves. 4. Change HIT to LOW in four moves. 5. Change LONG to WEST in five moves.
D. I. VERSITY.