Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: opermwb@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU (Mark Brehob aka. Ruby de Haven)
Subject: Re: Kahayel: A puzzle...
Message-ID: <1992May18.081358.5293@cs.rose-hulman.edu>
References: <v7ntpINN52g@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 May 1992 08:13:58 GMT

In  (Chua Hak Lien) writes:
>
>"This tale shall be quick and swift. It is a more of a puzzle
>rather than a story, so I shall make it as brief as possible. Hopefully,
>you will not fall asleep before it is concluded. I am too poor to offer
>the one who many solve this puzzle anything, hopefully the satisfaction
>of having come up with the answer will suffice. Now, on with the story...
>

[story deleted]

>"But that does not concern us. The puzzle is: how did Elhinya know which 
>rose to choose, amongst the many on the bush?'"
>
>Kahayel  Talechaser

The female dwarf turns to Talechaser, still waiting to find the price of a
short ale.  After a bit of thought she says  "Sir, I can perhaps see a number
of answers.  I am no master of flowers, but I believe that a rose closes itself
at night as do many other flowers.  Our friend becoming a bush at the start of
the day, would be open.  Is that the answer that you seek?