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Solomon Grundy Died and Went to…?

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For homeschool, my daughters read this classic poem from an unknown author, which is actually a riddle. I asked my 8-year-old a very important question afterward. Read the poem to see if your answer is the same as her’s.

SOLOMON GRUNDY

Solomon Grundy,
Born on Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
This is the end
of Solomon Grundy.

The question I asked my daughter: Did Solomon Grundy go to Heaven or Hell? What’s your answer? Click to read my daughter’s answer. And find out why it is possible for a “Solomon Grundy” to live all this in one week.

D.D. answered: “He went to Hell because he didn’t believe in Jesus as his Savior.”

The poem is essentially a riddle in which the life of Solomon Grundy appears to take place in the process of a single week, the answer being that each day’s events happened at a different age.

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