Peter Keyne > Quotes

“The only things he could safely leave together were the fox and the bag of corn, for a fox will never be tempted to eat corn, and only very rarely will a bag of corn be tempted to eat a fox. The”
― Peter Keyne, The Great Book of Riddles: 250 Magnificent Riddles, Puzzles and Brain Teasers

“Two Fathers and Two Sons Two fathers and their two sons go fishing together. They each catch one fish to take home with them. They do not lose any fish, and yet when they arrive at home they only have three fish. How can this be?”
― Peter Keyne, The Great Book of Riddles: 250 Magnificent Riddles, Puzzles and Brain Teasers

“A gardener is asked to plant five rows of cherry trees with four trees in each row. His employer gives him exactly enough money to buy twenty trees from the local nursery, and jokingly tells him that he can keep whatever change there is. On the way to the nursery, the gardener realizes that it if he buys just ten trees, it will still be possible to plant five rows with four trees in each, and he can keep half the money he has been given. How does he plan to plant the trees?”
― Peter Keyne, The Great Book of Riddles: 250 Magnificent Riddles, Puzzles and Brain Teasers