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 \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nhttps://archive.org/details/isbn_9780606068789  \n# OLD AND NEW\n\nCOMPILED BY  \nJOANNA COLE  \nAND  \nSTEPHANIE CALMENSON  \nILLUSTRATED BY  \nALAN TIEGREEN  \nNew  \nA Beech Tree Paperback Book/New York  \nText copyright ◎1994 by Joanna Cole and Stephanie CalmensonIllustrations copyright 1994 by Alan Tiegreen  \n\"Good-bye to a Friend,\"on page 62,copyright ◎1994 by Stephanie Calmenson.Used by permission of the author.  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form orby any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying,recording,or by any information storage and retrieval system,without permission in writingfrom the Publisher.Inquiries should be addressed toWilliam Morrow and Company,Inc.,1350 Avenue of the Americas,New York,NY 10019.  \nFirst Beech Tree Edition,1994.ISBN 0-688-12204-3  \nPrinted in the United States of America.5791086  \nThe Library of Congress has cataloged the Morrow Junior Books version ofWhy Did the Chicken Cross the Road?as follows:  \nCole,Joanna.  \nWhy did the chicken cross the road?:and other riddles old and new/Joanna Coleand Stephanie Calmenson;illustrated by Alan Tiegreen.  \np.cm.  \n1.Riddles,Juvenile.2.Wit and humor,Juvenile.(1.Riddles.2.Jokes.)  \n1.Calmenson,Stephanie.I.Tiegreen,Alan,ill.PN6371.5.C5971994818'.5402—dc2094-2582 CIP AC  \nABOUT RIDDLES  \n6  \n# Why Did the Jelly Roll?\n\n80  \nWhat Do You Call α Baby Whale?10The 2,000-Pound Gorilla12Sherlock Bones20Pooched Eggs on Toast22What Bow Can't Be Tied?24Oldies and Newies26What Did Delaware?30Why Did the Computer Go to the Doctor?32Why Did the Silly-Billy Sit on the Clock?34Worse and Worse36What Time Is It?37A…B..C38Mother Goose Riddles42One,Two,Three44Why Did the Baker Quit His Job?46What Did the Pencil Say to the Paper?48What Color Was Washington's White Horse?50What's the Difference..?54Flip,Flop,Fleezy56What Goes Z-Z-U-B,Z-Z-U-B?58Did You Hear the One About...?59How Did the Tree Say Good-bye?60WHERE TO FIND MORE63SUBJECT INDEX64  \nABoUT RIDDLES  \nI have an apple I cannot cut,A blanket I cannot fold,And so much money I cannot count it.  \nThis is a riddle that was told long,long ago.The first riddles,say folklorists,go far back in human history.They were notnecessarily funny.Rather,they were a way of looking at theworld.They showed how two things that seem different onthe surface are actually alike in some way.Many wereabout nature and the universe,and often they were morelike poems than jokes.  \nThe answer to the riddle above is:the moon,which isround like an apple;the sky,which is large and flat like ablanket;and the stars,which are scattered through theheavens like sparkling coins.  \nOther old riddles were matters of life and death.In themythology of ancient Greece,a dragonlike creature calledthe Sphinx sat outside the city of Thebes and asked thisriddle of everyone who passed:  \nWhat walks on four legs in the morning,two legs at noon,and three legs at night? 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