Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 388
n in the day, I sleep in the night,I try to obey, I try to do right;But you love darkness better than light;Take care, Mr. Owl, take care ! A FROZEN PUZZLE. Get a common water-pail, about three feet of iron wire as fine asthe smallest twine, and a lump of ice weighing about two pounds.Stretch the… … to melt, and water will drip into the pail. Presently the ice will seemto sink down as if the wires were cutting it into three pieces. Inabout half an hour, if you try to lift the ice, you will find the wiressecurely frozen in. The lump of ice will slip along the wires, but youcannot take it away…
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