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.




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