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ALICE IN PUZZLE-LAND<br />

"Well," said <strong>Alice</strong>, "I'm afraid I can't do this without pencil and<br />

paper, and I forgot to bring my memorandum book in this journey<br />

into the Looking-Glass."<br />

Tweedledee quickly went into the house and returned with a<br />

pencil and a pad of paper.<br />

"We'll be in the house while you are figuring out your question,<br />

and when you are ready, call us and we will come out. Take as much<br />

time as you like."<br />

The brothers then went into the house, and <strong>Alice</strong> worked quite<br />

hard on the puzzle. After a while, she shouted, "I'm ready." The<br />

brothers then came out, <strong>Alice</strong> asked one of them a question, and he<br />

replied by drawing either a square or a circle in the air. <strong>Alice</strong><br />

pointed to one of the two brothers and said, "You're the one who is<br />

carrying the prize," and <strong>Alice</strong> was right.<br />

How, in one question, could <strong>Alice</strong> find out which one has the<br />

prize?<br />

"Congratulations again!" said both brothers. "You have certainly<br />

earned your prize!"<br />

<strong>Alice</strong> was then given her prize, all nicely wrapped and tied<br />

together. The more she tried unwrapping it, the tighter it got!<br />

"Have you forgotten that you're in the Looking-Glass?" asked one<br />

of the brothers.<br />

"Oh, of course!" remembered <strong>Alice</strong>, who then tried wrapping it<br />

and making the string tighter. This worked like magic; the parcel<br />

almost immediately unwrapped itself.<br />

The prize consisted of a pencil and a beautiful brand-new<br />

memorandum book.<br />

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