From: opermwb@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU (Mark Brehob aka. Ruby de Haven) Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Subject: Re: Kahayel: A puzzle... Message-ID: <1992May18.210859.12208@cs.rose-hulman.edu> Date: 18 May 92 21:08:59 GMT References: <1992May18.081358.5293@cs.rose-hulman.edu>, In article , c9e-al@danube.Berkeley.EDU (Chua Hak Lien) writes: >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 >+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ "It is well to find one who knows of dwarves sir, though I'd not call that one a dwarf" She says looking at Higar out under the table. "I'm sorry for not introducing myself. I am Ruby Mirthock, once Skald of my people." "The only other answer I can think of would be that his flower would have no dew, as the others would." Ruby looks as though she is very much on edge, and quite nervous. Ruby Mirthock -- One of The Homeless.