Puzzle #463

[Pinot's Mom]

I'll take the "O" please!

[Grace]

T, please.

[Killearn Kitties]

S please.

[Karen]

-est is -ot i--e-ess, a-- to -ie so-eti-es o- t-e --ass o- a s---e- -a-
-iste-i-- to t-e ------ o- -ate-, o- -at--i-- t-e --o--s --oat a--oss
t-e s--, is -a---- a -aste o- ti-e.

-o-- ----o--

Letters Left to Guess:
BCDFGHJKLMNPQRUVWXYZ

Killearn Kitties: E(15) S(16)=46
Randi: A(11)=22
lvpets2002: I(9)=18
Pinot's Mom: O(14)
Grace: T(15)=15

[Grace]

N, please.

[Pinot's Mom]

PM sent!

[Karen]

Pinot's Mom got it! It was:

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day
listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across
the sky, is hardly a waste of time.

John Lubbock


Final totals:
Killearn Kitties: E(15) S(16)=46
Randi: A(11)=22
lvpets2002: I(9)=18
Pinot's Mom: O(14)
Grace: T(15) N(9)=24