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You call out your answer, and at first, the man pretends not to hear.5 Hurriedly he begins to pose a second puzzle, but the crowd shout him down, insisting that he answer your call.

'A lucky guess,' he says, a little flustered at the thought of losing 20 Lune. 'Perhaps our friend can explain how he arrived at his answer.' You reply that the answer is simple: if one and a half geese lay one and a half eggs in one and a half days, it therefore follows that three geese would lay three eggs in one and a half days, or two eggs in one day. Thus, in eight days, three geese would lay sixteen eggs.

The crowd applaud your display of logic, much to the chagrin of Count Conundrum, who parts reluctantly with 20 Lune. (Record the Lune in the Belt Pouch section of your Action Chart--20 Lune take up the same space as 5 Gold Crowns.)

Turn to 141.

[5] This is the correct answer to the riddle from Section 126.

Text copyright © 1987 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1987 Gary Chalk.