Which Alice?
Which Alice?
Which Alice?
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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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