ABSTRACT

Answer A girl was supposed to meet a fellow at a certain time. When she came

to the place where she was to meet him, he wasn't there. After a while she heard a noise and became afraid, so she climbed up in a tree. While she was up in the tree, the fellow appeared with a shovel and pick. Then she realized

/lift/ that he had planned to kill her, so she stayed up in the tree until he /left/ and went home. Then she climbed down from the tree and went home. This was the riddle that she told.