ENIGMAS.
"An Enigma!"————"Set your trap."
1. My house is large, it has no door.
Answer. An egg.
2. My hen has laid among thorns.
Ans. A pineapple.
3. Lay the mat, and let us eat kunazi [a small fruit].
Ans. The stars.
4. He goes out walking, he comes into the house, he says, "Mother, take me on your back."
Ans. A bedstead.
5. The Sultan's bowl is open.
Ans. A well.
6. My children have turbans; he who has no turban is no child of mine.
Ans. A fuu [a sort of fruit which grows in a cup something like an acorn cup].
7. Open the red eye.
Ans. The sun.
