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A Flowery Fiasco
There was a very young princess who was very beautiful. Her father thought it was time for her to marry. He held a series of competitions. All of the men dropped out, but one, a peasant. The King was very unhappy about this and he wanted to make sure the peasant could not marry his daughter. He placed 100 roses in a room. Only one rose was from their garden. The rest were fakes. They all looked and smelled the same. It was impossible to tell them apart. The peasant was very wise though, and picked out the correct rose. How did he do it?
Hint
He didn't do it he had help from an animal.Answer
He let a bee fly in through the window and the bee went to the only flower with pollen.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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I thought bees were insects. Hmmm.
So, when you say that all the other flowers are "fakes", does you mean they are artificial roses that just look and smell remarkably real? If so, he could have just waited for the REAL rose to wilt.
he could have tried to burn the roses too and picked the one that burned differently.
he could have tasted each rose and chosen the one that tasted differently.
what if the kingdom was like the present un-eco-friendly bush government and bees had been eradictaed due to massive development and air pollution?
Hey, I'm really sorry if my hint confused u. This is my first teaser so i have some work to do. U all had some great ideas. I guess i should've clarified what i meant by fake. Thanks for ur patience!
In response to sillywilly, I am pretty sure that insects are part of the kingdom animalia which would make a bee an insect and a animal. Maybe you are confusing animal with mammal?
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