The Riddle Stone Part 1

The Riddle Stone Part 1

Dad had pulled up some floorboards“ Hello! ” he said. “ What's this?” Under the floor was a stone. It had some strange writing on it.

Dad was going to throw the stone away, but Chip wanted to keep it. “ Look at this, ” he said to Biff. “ Do you think the writing is Chinese?” “ I don't know, ” said Biff. Chip took the stone to school. He showed it to a boy called Hong. “ It is written in Chinese, ” said Hong. “ I can't read it, but my grandfather can. ”

Hong's grandfather always came after school to take Hong home. Chip showed him the stone. “ Yes, it is Chinese, ” said Hong's grandfather. “ It says, 'Do You Mind?’” “ What a strange question, ” said Biff. “ It may be a riddle, ” said Hong's grandfather, “ See! The stone is broken. Maybe the answer is on the other half. ”

Chip gave Hong the stone to keep. He put it in his bag. “ May Hong come round to play with us?” asked Biff. “ All right, ” said Hong’s grandfather. They went to play in Biff's room. “ What is a riddle?” asked Chip. “ It's a puzzle in words, " said Hong.

“ Here is a good riddle, ’said Hong. “ How do you spell 'hungry horse’ using only four letters?” “ We don't know, ” said Biff. “ It's easy, ” laughed Hong. “ MT G G. Here's another riddle. What is this? The more it dries the more it gets wet. ” Suddenly, the magic key began to glow.