And sundry denizens of air
Are flying—aye, each to his nest;
And eager make at such an hour
All haste to reach the mansions blest.
Can you dig them up?
No. XLVIII.—LEAF-FROG
Here are six little hoptoads, as our cousins across the water call them, three white and three black, going in opposite directions. A frog may jump, one, two, or three steps, but no two may be together at any time.
In how few jumps can the black frogs be seated to the left of their white brothers? It is obvious that one of the white frogs must jump first to the stool marked 1.
30. AN ENIGMA
This multiplies me, I declare,
Though it reduces one;
A sty is foul if it is there,
By it a deed is done.