First in sight, not in eye.
Second in yam, not in pie.
Third in four, not in one.
Fourth in laugh, not in pun.
Fifth in catch, not in throw.
Sixth in run, not in grow.
Seventh in short, not in long.
Eighth in glee, not in song.
Whole is a place, whatever its fault,
Where the people who live need never lack salt.

Louis Frost.

2.

First in Ida, not in May.
Second in trip, not in play.
Third in wave, not in shore.
Fourth in less, not in more.
Fifth in young, not in old.
My whole is a land of which stories are told.

Ida P.

3.

First in gossip, not in talk.
Second in crayon, not in chalk.
Third in empty, not in full.
Fourth in linen, not in wool.
Fifth in naughty, not in bad.
Sixth in multiply, not in add.
Seventh in pastry, not in pie.
Eighth in weeping, not in sigh.
Ninth in horrid, not in nice.
Whole a land of snow and ice.

Russel B. B.


No. 4.