'My Uncle Alonzo, who's really quite weird,
Often found people asleep in his beard...'

Emma King-Farlow, Uncle Alonzo's Beard 


An Alonzo Wordsearch

Can you find all of the words from the list in the grid below?  They may appear written backwards or forwards, upwards or down, or even diagonally.  Good luck!

 

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ACTOR, ALONZO, BEARD, BED, BOARD, DOCTOR, FARMER, FIREFIGHTER, FIREMEN, FLAME, GARDEN, JEROME, KNITTING, MANGLED, NUN, OPERATOR, RABBIT, SKIN, SMOKE, SMOOTH, SMOULDERING, TANGLED, TEA, TELEPHONE, UNCLE, VET.

 


If you found the wordsearch easy, then this Crossword may keep you busy for a little while longer! 

 

 

 

 

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ACROSS

3. The owner of the beard
7. The unburnt bits of beard were impossibly what?
8. Not a small nun, but a ____ one!
9. A flicker of this made Alonzo yelp!
13. Who answered the phone?
14. What colour did everyone turn after the smoke cleared?
15. How did Alonzo's skin feel at the end of the story?
16. The chief fire-fighter presented one of these
17. What the operator was doing when Alonzo called

DOWN

1. The doctor's name
2. What was near the spot that the little folk moved to?
4. A landlord is in charge of these
5. The chief fire-fighter suggested that the little folk should do this
6. The vet's pet
7. Number of years since the beard passed Alonzo's knee
9. Who came to the rescue?
10. What did the little folk do when the fire was put out?
11. How the farmer was described
12. Which day did the fire break out?
16. A trickle of this told Alonzo that things were serious