Here are the answers to our Fourth puzzle.

1. The wind in the willows

2. Huckleberry Finn

3. Alice in Wonderland

4. The Bible

5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

6. The invisible man

7. Charlie and the chcocolate factory

8. Where the wild things are

9. Winnie the Pooh

10. The very hungry caterpillar

11. The Cat in the Hat

12. Charlottes web

Our fourth puzzle

Here are the first lines of 12 famous books. Can you name the books and the authors.  Write the answers on a piece of paper and give them to Lorraine:

1. The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home.

2. You don't know about me without you have read a book called "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," but that ain't no matter.

3. Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the riverbank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversation?'

4. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

5. Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

6. I am an invisible man.

7. These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr Bucket.

8. The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another his mother called him 'WILD THING!' and Max said 'I'LL EAT YOU UP!' so he was sent to bed without eating anything.

9. Here is Edward Bear, coming down the stairs now, bump bump bump...

10. One sunny Sunday, the caterpillar was hatched out of a tiny egg.

11. The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play.

12. Where's Papa going with that axe?

Our third puzzle. 

The last puzzle was rather difficult so here is an easier one.

John Smith lives on the 80th floor of the worlds tallest building. Every morning at 8:00 a.m. he leaves his flat and walks to the lift. He goes down to the ground floor and leaves the building. At 4:00 p.m. he returns gets into the lift and goes up to the 50th floor. He then leaves the lift and climbs to the 80th floor using the stairs. He does this every day except when there is someone else in the lift - then he rides the lift all the way to the 80th floor.

Can you explain this strange behaviour in 1 sentence? Write it on a piece of paper and give it to Lorraine. She will give a prize to the best answer!

Here is the solution:

John is 9 years old and is quite small for his age. He is able to reach the button in the lift which sends the lift to the 50th floor but not to higher floors. When there is someone else in the lift he asks them to press the button to send the lift to the 80th floor for him. John really hopes that he will grow taller soon!

This is the answer to our second puzzle. 

One day a hunter went out of his front door and walked 5 miles due South. He then walked 5 miles due East. He shot a bear. He then walked 5 miles due North and got back to the front door of his house. His house is perfectly normal and only has one door. What you have to do is to tell me what colour was the bear. You must explain your answer.

It is probably a good idea to draw a diagram.

The bear was a polar bear so it was white! The hunter lived on the north pole. If you draw the diagram on an orange you will see that you get a triangle if you go South - then East and then North again.

How many can you count?

One fine morn' Boris Seven did say, "An adventure should I have on this numerical day!"

He and two friends then off did set in search of numbers that they could get.

A dozen hen's eggs and then four more, a football game; 5 - 1 the score,

Seven white ducks and one gross frog,

Nine lives of a cat and 18 logs,

Two silver spoons and two golden cups,

Thirteen pink socks and nine young pups.

Done, they did count all they could see,

Adding each time and it wasn't 83.

The closing date is March 31st 2011. The winner will be announced and the answers given on the web site in April!

Hints: When you read the poem remember that some numbers have special names, e.g. 12 = a dozen, 100 = a century. What are the names for 20 and 144?

Here is the solution: