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How can a man take a wolf, a goat and a cabbage over the river? What does the man have to do? Answer: At first the man takes a goat over the lake by boat, because the wolf doesn’t eat cabbage. The man returns by boat and next takes the cabbage over. Coming back, he brings the goat back again. Then gets the wolf and takes it over the lake. The cabbage and the wolf have been taken on the other side of the lake. Now the man goes and brings the goat, too, over the lake. Archive reference: RKM, KP 19, 278 (5) Location: Mär Date: 1992 Subject: man, goat, cabbage, wolf |
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A gaffer needs to take a ram, a cabbage and a wolf over the river. How can he get them over the river, if the boat takes only one at a time. Answer: First he takes the ram over, then takes the wolf and brings the ram back, then he takes the cabbage and then returns again for the ram. Archive reference: RKM II 347, 222/3 (28) Location: Räp Date: 1980 Subject: man, goat, cabbage, wolf |
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How can a man take everything over the lake so that they wouldn’t eat each other? There is room only for one at a time. Answer: First he takes the goat over, then the wolf, brings the goat back. Takes the cabbages over and then the goat. Archive reference: RKM Location: Trt Date: 1992 Subject: man, goat, cabbage, wolf |