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Dragonfly Hill Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/5/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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SMART by Shel Silverstein


My dad gave me one dollar bill
'Cause i'm his smartest son.
I swapped it for two shiny quarters
'Cause two is more than one!
And then I took the quarters and traded them to Lou
For three dimes- Guess he don't know
That three is more than two!
Just then, along came old blind Bates
And just 'cause he can't see
He gave me four nickels for my three dimes,
And four is more than three!
And i took the nickels to Hiram Coombs
Down at the seed-feed store,
And the fool gave me five pennies for them,
And five is more than four!
And then I went and showed my dad,
And he got red in the cheeks
And closed his eyes and shook his head-
Too proud of me to speak!


~PUZZLE~ The above coordinates will bring you far far off course!
Solve the puzzle to get you there.
42.AB.CDE 71.FG.HIJ
A=# of times the word "AND" appears in poem minus eight.
B=Amount of money left at the end of the poem minus two.
C=Day of Shel Silverstein's Death minus eight.
D=# of quarters originally exchanged for the dollar bill.
E= # of COINS involved in the poem divided by the square root of four.
F=# of Z's in the poem.
G=# of dimes in in the poem.
H=# of OO's minus two
I=# of times the word "THE" appears in poem.
J=# of W's in poem.


~THE NAME~ Dragonfly Hill is a beautiful vista where on a warm day/evening if you sit for a spell you will notice the dragonflies dancing around chasing pesky bugs that would otherwise be after you and I.


~THE POEM~ Shel Silverstein deserves as much recognition as possible. One of my favorite authors! If you're not familiar with the name you should go find this cache and then read some of his poems and get ready to feel warm and squishy inside HAVE FUN!!!!!
(Parking is off Main Street in Boxford. Parking at Mill Brook Farm Field. Park at the pond and cross the street. Follow arrows in to trailhead)

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