From: c9e-al@danube.Berkeley.EDU (Chua Hak Lien) Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Subject: Re: Kahayel: A puzzle... Date: 18 May 1992 13:27:46 GMT Message-ID: References: <1992May18.081358.5293@cs.rose-hulman.edu> In article <1992May18.081358.5293@cs.rose-hulman.edu> opermwb@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU writes: > Talechaser relates:- >>"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? Kahayel smiles gently. "Your answer is good, Fraulein Dwarf, but not quite the one I seek. Let us say that all the blossoms upon the bush were half-opened and tired, and the heroine of our tale did not use that to judge which flower to pick. "But it is a very good answer, and it seems that you are closer to the answer than you might think. Wise are the dwarves, except for that one", pointing to Higar, who lies asleep under a table, "perhaps, snoring away and making the god of Thunder's own good sound..." "Do have another guess, milady." Kahayel Talechaser +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+