The Story of Joe S _ _ _
A Puzzle by David Pleacher
Fill in the following blanks with letters to make math words.
One day Joe S _ _ _ went to call on his new neighbors who lived
in the a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ house.
He was a handsome t _ _ _ _ _ _ , a confirmed
bachelor.
Joe was met at the door by two sisters who had anything but
c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ f _ _ _ _ _ _ .
The first, Deca Gon, had real
c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ problems.
Her d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
c _ _ _ _ _ were intersected at various a _ _ _ _ _
by
p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ l _ _ _ _ .
The second sister, Polly Gon, was dressed in a pretty
c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s _ _ and it was
obvious that her natural
c _ _ _ _ _ ran into
i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ n _ _ _ _ _ _ . Just
looking from the first
to the second, Joe found his
i _ _ _ _ _ _ _
c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ rapidly. What poor Joe
did not know was that Polly knew all the a _ _ _ _ _ and
was an expert at taking
s _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Joe was invited to come in and sit down. Deca proved to be
as
s _ _ _ _ _ as she looked and just sat there like a
l _ _ . Polly, at a given s _ _ _ , sent Deca out to
find some r _ _ _ _ to make tea.
While she
was gone, Polly served Joe s _ _ p _ .
Then she used the c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a _ _ _ _
and Joe was soon
r _ _ _ _ _ _ to z _ _ _
p _ _ _ _ .
Next, she introduced an "I _ ...
T _ _ _
p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ." That is, if Joe would marry her, then ...
Well, Joe said, "yes," but then began to consider the possibility of
spending the rest of his life a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to her
s _ _ _ .
He began to get very nervous and his head was going
in
c _ _ _ _ _ _ . He knew she was a c _ _ _ _ _ _
n _ _ _ _ _ and he was really afraid of her.
So, he tried
to make her think that he was o _ _ by asking,
"Do
u _ _ _ ?", pretending that he did.
When that
didn't work, he stood up and announced that he was going to the bus
t _ _ _ _ _ _ _
to m _ _ _ _ _ , his true beloved.