ENIGMA
I am composed of seventeen letters:
My 4, 9, 10, 12, grows on an evergreen tree.
My 11, 1, 14, 5, is a small valley.
My 8, 15, 16, 5, is to grow less.
My 17, 3, 7, is a noise.
My 2, 1, 6, 13, is the home of a wild animal.
My whole is a book which you have all, doubtless, enjoyed.
—E. L. Barnes