THE CHINAMAN’S WILL—A PUZZLE.
A Chinaman dying, left eleven sheep and three sons ; and making his will, left one-half of his estate to his oldest boy, one-fourth to the next, and onesixth to the third son. They wished to devide without killing a sheep, but could not see how to do it; so they sent for a wise man. Sending to his own fold for a sheep, he put it in with the eleven. Now take your half—six, said he to the eldest, and he did so ; the second, take your fourth —tnree ; the younger, take your sixth, and begone—two ; and they all did so, when the wise man drove his sheep home. Was the division according to the will?
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIX, Issue 1065, 4 August 1910, Page 23
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120THE CHINAMAN’S WILL—A PUZZLE. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIX, Issue 1065, 4 August 1910, Page 23
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