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Bright-Wits, Prince of Mogadore by L. L. (Leopold L.) Flood;Burren Laughlin
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_The Eight Pieces of Money_

He who had 5 loaves was entitled to 7 pieces and he who had 3 loaves to
but 1. Divide the loaves into thirds and one had 15 thirds, the other
but 9 thirds, or 24 thirds in all. Now as all three ate alike they had 8
thirds each. Therefore he of the 5 loaves contributed 7 parts of the
stranger's meal, while the other, who had only 3 loaves or 9 thirds in
all, gave but one part.

The serpent puzzle can be worked out in a number of ways by placing the
head and tail at random and then endeavouring to connect them with the
remaining pieces.

[Illustration: THE EIGHT PROVINCES SOLUTION.]

[Illustration: THE RUG SOLUTION.]

[Illustration: THE THREE FOUNTAINS AND THE THREE GATES SOLUTION.]

[Illustration: THE ZOLTAN'S ORCHARD SOLUTION.]

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