What happened

Puzzle

Here is a rollicsome little puzzle for the young folks, which presents possibilities for considerable humor and originality. The mischievous boy has been teasing the elephant at the circus, when the chain which held the elephant's hind leg broke and something happened! Just what that something was is left to the imagination and artistic ability of the puzzlist. The elephant may have sat down upon that boy, or swallowed him, or stood upon his head, or in fact done anything which occurs to you. The only stipulation is that the picture must be cut into only two pieces, which are to be fitted together so as to explain what happened in the most humorous way, and the same will be reproduced as the answer to the puzzle.

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References

• Loyd, Sam [1914]. in Loyd, Sam, Jr.: Sam Loyd's Cyclopedia of 5000 Puzzles Tricks and Conundrums (in English). New York: Lamb Publishing company, page 20.