256. When is a fish a rod?

257.

I am as black as black can be,

Yet by a curious fantasy,

See my tracings, when time has fled,

You’ll find them black, though often red.

258. What is that which strikes itself frequently, and yet does itself no injury?

259. Why are different trees like different dogs?

260. What is the difference between a chemist and an alchemist?

261. Why is a tree like a French dancing-master?