Which Alice?
Which Alice?
Which Alice?
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Tweedledum or Tweedledee?<br />
"Now, the next game," said Tweedledum, "is much more interesting!<br />
It also has six rounds. Before each round, we go into the house<br />
where we have another pack of playing cards. These cards are<br />
colored orange and purple, rather than the usual red and black."<br />
"Where did you ever get such cards?" asked <strong>Alice</strong>.<br />
"We made them ourselves," he replied. "We made them specially<br />
for this occasion."<br />
<strong>Alice</strong> thought it quite touching that they went to so much trouble<br />
for the sake of one occasion.<br />
"Besides, they're very pretty cards, and they were fun to make,"<br />
he added.<br />
"Now," he continued, "one or both of us will come out of the<br />
house, and he (we) will make statements. Then you are to figure out<br />
who is who."<br />
"Just a minute," said <strong>Alice</strong>, "you have not told me the significance<br />
of the colors orange and purple. Does one of them signify lying and<br />
the other truth-telling? And if so, which color means which?"<br />
"Ah, that's the most interesting part of the game!" said<br />
Tweedledum. "You see, when I carry an orange card, it means<br />
that I am telling the truth, and when I carry a purple card, it means<br />
I am lying!"<br />
"Contrariwise," said Tweedledee, "when I carry an orange card, it<br />
means I am lying, and when I carry a purple card, it means I am<br />
telling the truth!"<br />
"Oh, that sounds very complicated!" remarked <strong>Alice</strong>.<br />
"Not really," said Tweedledum, "not when you get used to it.<br />
Shall we try?"<br />
"Ye-es," said <strong>Alice</strong>, a bit doubtfully.<br />
ROUND ONE Both brothers went into the house. Shortly<br />
after, just one emerged and said, "My card is purple."<br />
<strong>Alice</strong> had less trouble solving this than she had anticipated. Who<br />
was the speaker?<br />
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