Note 67 — RIDDLES.
Reading edition
221. Mr. Parott was sitting on a tree; some pigeons were flying by. The pigeon say, “Good morning, Mr. Parrot.” The parrot say, “Good morning, Mr. Hundred.” The pigeon say, “I’m not ‘hundred’; want twice as much, half as much, quarter as much, and you, Mr. Parrot, to make a hundred.” Tell me how many pigeons were flying.67