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The Friendly Stranger
Fun: (2.99)
Difficulty: (2.01)
Puzzle ID: #26372
Submitted By: stormtrooper Corrected By: signmeup74
Submitted By: stormtrooper Corrected By: signmeup74
Situation
Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.Situation
A man was running away from an elderly couple who wanted to kill him. Although chased, the man still taunted his pursuers. Soon, more people chased the man. The man, desperate on escaping from his pursuers, agreed to let a friendly stranger help him, but later the stranger betrayed the man and killed him.
Who was the man and who was the friendly stranger?
Who was the man and who was the friendly stranger?
Hint
The man is short.The stranger helped the man cross a river.
Answer
The man was the Gingerbread Man.The friendly stranger was the fox.
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GOOD ONE!! Had me going keep them coming
I was surprised that looked tough and then I had this moment of zen knowledge. Stupid gingerbread man. I'm either really smart or I need to be reading fewer picture books.
This is very funny, it made my day thanks a lot
It took the hint, but I got it! Nicely done. This one took me back down memory lane to reading with my daughter.
Can anyone give me a quick synopisis of the story of the Gingerbread Man? Thanks
I got easy, but it was a nice teaser
I do not recall the story of Gingerbread Man, so did not get it at all. If someone can PM me a quick short story, would appreciate it !
Yes, this one did remind me of the gingerbread boy... cute teaser
That's awesome
That's a good teaser...keep 'em comin'.
Good job, but the hint gave it away.
this was great
you completely stumped me, but as soon as i saw it, i got it.
the story of the gingerbread man runs vaguely thus:
the gingerbread man was running away from people (probably 'coz they wanted to eat him) he ran and ran shouting "run run as fast as you can, you can't catch me, i'm the gingerbread man". only then he got to a river, and was unable to cross it. a sly fox saw him and offered to give him a ride across, the gingebread man agreed and sat on the foxes back as he swam across, as he got a bit deeper the fox told the gingerbread man to sit on his head as the water was getting too deep, the gingerbread man does so. further on he tells the gingerbread man to sit on his nose, and the gingerbread man does so. when this occurs the fox tosses back his head, throws the gingerbread man in the air, and gobbles him up.
roughly anyway
you completely stumped me, but as soon as i saw it, i got it.
the story of the gingerbread man runs vaguely thus:
the gingerbread man was running away from people (probably 'coz they wanted to eat him) he ran and ran shouting "run run as fast as you can, you can't catch me, i'm the gingerbread man". only then he got to a river, and was unable to cross it. a sly fox saw him and offered to give him a ride across, the gingebread man agreed and sat on the foxes back as he swam across, as he got a bit deeper the fox told the gingerbread man to sit on his head as the water was getting too deep, the gingerbread man does so. further on he tells the gingerbread man to sit on his nose, and the gingerbread man does so. when this occurs the fox tosses back his head, throws the gingerbread man in the air, and gobbles him up.
roughly anyway
I've never heard the gingerbread man story except the run, run part, so the whole thing didn't really make sense. I didn't realy get the whole answer either.
Thats so cute!
Interesting and was fun. Recalling the story from childhood took a few minutes.
Poor gingerbread man I bet he was tasty too.
Cute!
Ahhh... kindergarten memories! Loved it! This is a true situation teaser!
I liked it. for some reason I didn't get the ginger bread man. Good job, keep it up!
very funny & cleva!
I failed. The Gingerbread Man. Oh, No....... I was totally Off. I forgot the Gingerbread Man. No, it was the Old couple that threw it all off.
Awesome! I wasn't expecting that!
Good one!!!! i luv it... gingerbreadmen rock!!
CUTE
goodjob!!
goodjob!!
Good one!
Nice
good one, got it right away!!!
I thought it was gr8! It was very clever and it made me think of when I was in elementary! Ahh...good memories of snacks and recess.....
I thought it was gr8! It was very clever and it made me think of when I was in elementary! Ahh...good memories of snacks and recess.....
I actually got this one! I don't know how it popped into my head, but it worked out
Same as Cyber. I gave this one maximum difficulty and fun points!
"Soon, more people chased the man."
I got it right there. Don't get me wrong, still a GREAT teaser... I just happen to love the tale of the gingerbread man, so I got it very quickly.
I got it right there. Don't get me wrong, still a GREAT teaser... I just happen to love the tale of the gingerbread man, so I got it very quickly.
That made me hungry for gingerbread cookies in the middle of summer. Thanks a lot
Is it ... THE GINGERBREAD MAN? I only got it after the hint. Awesome teaser, I like it!
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