"A midget has nothing to do with it," he announced. "You don't even have to think of midgets."
"If it isn't a midget, I don't know what it is," Margy said. "I give up."
Polly and Fred echoed her surrender reluctantly. They, too, could not think of an answer that might fit.
"I don't give up," said Artie. "But I can't think of the answer. That is, not in a hurry."
Jess was of the same mind, and Larry shook his head when appealed to.
Ward consented to give the answer after Fred insisted that they could not "wait forever" for Artie to think.
"The smallest man in the world," he informed them, "is a sailor. It's funny you couldn't guess that."
Five members of the Riddle Club sat up with a jerk. They were so indignant that they forgot to scold about the wind or the crippled motor.
"A sailor!" cried Jess. "I knew you'd forgotten the answer yourself!"