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A riddle
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John Hale
Yarn Weaver
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Dec-8-2004 01:45
Hello all.
I'm fairly new to Sleuth and I thought I might share a little hobby of mine with you all. Here's something for that sad moment when the mysteries of the day are all done.
Thousands lay up gold within this house,
but no man made it.
Spears past counting guard this house,
but no man wards it.
What is it?
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Secret Shadow
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Nov-7-2005 17:18
well, the slightly vile answer would be that if there is only space for one on your boat then the cat has to eat the mouse and the dog eat the cat, then you take the dog across and, well, er... strictly speaking...
otherwise, you bring the cat with you because the mouse eats nothing and the dog doesn't eat the mouse.
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Secret Shadow
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Nov-7-2005 18:05
ahhh...stupido, that doesn't work...thinks again...
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Secret Shadow
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Nov-7-2005 18:10
got it. The man takes the cat across the river, returns for the mouse, takes the mouse across the river, returns with the mouse. Leaves the mouse ashore and takes the dog across. Leaves the dog, comes back with the cat. Leaves the cat, comes back with the mouse. Drops off the mouse, goes back for the cat empty handed. Returns with the cat.
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Secret Shadow
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Nov-7-2005 18:13
i got confused writing that, now I look at it.
take cat across. Bring mouse across, take cat back. Take dog across, come back for cat. take cat across.
The first man dies in a haze of confused weariness.
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Secret Shadow
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Nov-7-2005 18:20
I am the black child of a white father;
A wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven.
I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me,
and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air.
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reda
Well-Connected
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Nov-8-2005 02:02
cloud?
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Hercule Parrot
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Nov-8-2005 06:38
trying to complete reda's answer: Rain cloud? :-)
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Secret Shadow
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Nov-8-2005 06:39
still doesn't quite fit line three I'm afraid
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gambitz
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Nov-8-2005 19:50
"I am the black child of a white father;
A wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven.
I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me,
and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air."
Cigarette smoke?
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LilRach
Well-Connected
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Dec-8-2005 09:38
Was this the correct answer?
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