134. What five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

135.  These are the numbers of days in each month:

January 73 May 31

February 83 June 42

March 51 July 41

April 52 August 63

September ?

Using the same rule how many days are in September?

136. I can sizzle like bacon

But yet made with an egg.

I have plenty of backbone

But lack a good leg.

I peel layers like onions

But still stay whole.

I can be long like a flagpole

Yet fit in a hole.

ANSWERS:

134.  The word short.

135.  93. The first digit is the number of letters in the word. ( 9=September). The second digit is number of vowels in each month.

136. A snake.