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2. Marksmanship boaster 3. "Bad shotgun has been the baitand the cause of my defeatBoasting on his marksmanshipbut once adjusted the accountAn audacious shooteryou dont owe me nor I owe youFound himself engagedInto the following businessStanding in a fairgroundAt a cork shooting stallHe boasted on not to missAny shot with the shotgun.The pitchman, taking the bet,Offered to pay five coinsFor every success and chargeThree coins for every failure.After shooting sixteen times And everyone who has paidthe famed shooter missed someattention to this schemeFinally, vexed, he said, Should be able to deduceby the shots that he had failedHow many shots the man missed 4. The flight of doves 5. A flock of pigeons was flyingand a hawk who met them said,"Goodbye flock of a hundred doves."But the pigeons responded:"We are not one hundred but,if you add the amount of us,and again the same amount,and the half of all of us,and the half of such a half,and then you,then we would be 100So, how many doves were flying? 6. S p a r r o w s 7. A hundred sparrowsAre perched on a wireSomebody shoots oneHow many are left? 8. Apples 9. I climbed up an apple treeWhich had some apples on it.Apples I did not eatAnd apples I did not leave,How many apples were there? 10. Hay stacks 11. A farmer hasThree stacks of hay in a meadowAnd four in the barn.If he puts them together,How many will he have? 12. Cows 13. There was a herd of cowsWhere two had one in frontAnd two had one behindHow many were there in all? 14. Rabbits 15. Two fathers and two sonsWent on a rabbit huntThey shot three in allAnd ended up with one eachHow do you explain that? 16. Picnic 17. The chemist and his daughter,The doctor and his wife,Nine eggs did they eatBut three had they each 18. SolutionsMarksmanship boaster 10Doves36Sparrows None!Apples 2Hay stacks One!Cows ThreeRabbitsA man, his father and his sonPicnic Two men and a woman