Lewis Carroll’s doublet, which changes ELM into OAK by seven links, introducing the name of another tree as one of them, is solved thus by him—
ELM, ELL, ALL, AIL, AIR, FIR, FAR, OAR, OAK.
A shorter solution is by these six links—Ely, sly, say, bay, bat, oat; and one of these (bay) is also a tree, as was fir, so that the conditions given are fulfilled.
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My dear Mr Bird,
We are giving a ball;
First second we third,
Pray give us your all.
is solved by attendance.
Second, I did my first and last,
Till I became my whole,
And told the tale of my repast,
A sad and greedy soul.
is solved by satiate.
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