This one for Hydra and who would be capable and willing to help
solving this thing . I can't. (from The Collected Verse)

There were italics in it that are not essential to the riddle and too
tiresome to get through the italic machine

Hope you like it. Hope you solve it.


PUZZLE

(Sent to Mary, Ina and Harriet or "Hartie Watson.
The letters omitted were to be discovered and inserted.)

When . a . y and I . a told . a . . ie they'd seen a
Small . . ea . u . e with . i . . . , dressed in crimson
and blue,
. a . . ie cried " Twas a . ai . y ! Why, I . a and . a . y ,
I should have been happy if I had been you ! "

Said . a . y " You wouldn 't." Said I . a "You
shouldn ' t--
Since you can't be us, and we cant ' be you.
You are one, my dear . a . . ie, but we are a . a . . y,
And a . i . . . e . i . tells us that one isn 't two. "

Lewis Carroll

When M a r y and I n a told H a r t ie they'd seen a
Small c r ea t u r e with w i n g s , dressed in crimson
and blue,
H a rt ie cried " Twas a f ai r y ! Why, I n a and M a r y ,
I should have been happy if I had been you ! "

Said M a r y " You wouldn 't." Said I n a "You
shouldn ' t--
Since you can't be us, and we cant ' be you.
You are one, my dear H a r t ie, but we are a p a r t y,
And a r i t h m e t i c tells us that one isn 't two. "

That's a good one.

I did get most of it eventually, but I was completely stumped at first because—like an idiot—I jumped straight to the puzzle without reading that it'd been send to Mary, Ina and Hartie Watson.

Thanks BranShea.

Say hello to a fellow idiot.

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Say hello to a fellow idiot.

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Oh , Jackie! You really make me laugh. I'm hopeless at this stuff, in spite of the fact that I knew the girls'names. If someone gave me this little thing too solve under threat of getting no food until I had it right, I would starve to death.