3. "Bad shotgun has been the bait
and the cause of my defeat
Boasting on his marksmanship but once adjusted the account
An audacious shooter you don’t owe me nor I owe you”
Found himself engaged
Into the following business
Standing in a fairground
At a cork shooting stall
He boasted on not to miss
Any shot with the shotgun.
The pitchman, taking the bet,
Offered to pay five coins
For every success and charge
Three coins for every failure.
After shooting sixteen times And everyone who has paid
the famed shooter missed some attention to this scheme
Finally, vexed, he said, Should be able to deduce
by the shots that he had failed How many shots the man missed
5. A flock of pigeons was flying
and a hawk who met them said,
"Goodbye flock of a hundred doves."
But the pigeons responded:
"We are not one hundred but,
if you add the amount of us,
and again the same amount,
and the half of all of us,
and the half of such a half,
and then you,
then we would be 100”
So, how many doves were flying?
17. The chemist and his daughter,
The doctor and his wife,
Nine eggs did they eat
But three had they each
18.
19. Solutions
Marksmanship boaster 10
Doves 36
Sparrows None!
Apples 2
Hay stacks One!
Cows Three
Rabbits A man, his father and his son
Picnic Two men and a woman