The following cryptic lines were sent as a reliable tip before a race in which Petronel was to run:—

“Tell me, Ben, who tore it
Seek a plant for it, see Bob.”

Can you discover their hidden meaning?

[Solution]

142. AN ENIGMA

I have no form, I have no friend,
From me all come, in me all end.
And it is strange but very true
That I am here and nowhere too.

[Solution]

143. FACING BOTH WAYS

Can you fill in this broken sentence, first to describe a curse, and then to proclaim its cure:—

A sed end ought eat ease ain.