Come, Miss Sally Ray. Stay through star showing.

See, Still his four white lies stand heat while:

More say "Hey! Too far making" "Huh? Runshine?"

Cat gas frightened star mathways, the ___


Which word goes in the blank (and why?)
A: Addition
B: Keep
C: Tile
D: Space

Note: The problem is original, but the idea behind it is not.

(In reply to Easy by Eric)

Maybe this is a country/accent/dialect thing, but for me the second line only has nine syllables (one per word) and the last line has eight before the insertion of the missing word ('cat', 'gas', 'star' and 'the' each have one; 'frightened' and 'mathways' each have two).

Even on the basis that alternate lines should have the same number of syllables such that the last line must have 9, then this still does not give an answer as three of the options have only a single syllable in the word (keep, tile, space).

Posted by fwaff on 2003-07-04 00:56:00