A skunk sat on a thick stump and the stump thought the skunk smelled bad, but the skunk also thought the thick stump smelled bad. The short story poses the question of whether the skunk or the thick stump was the source of the unpleasant odor.
5. A skunk sat on the thick stump.
The thick stump thought that the
skunk stunk. The skunk thought
that the thick stump stunk. So
what stunk, the skunk or the thick
stump?