Peter says to his sister Bitsy, “Because I’m twice as old as you, I’m twice as smart, too.” His sister responds, “Yes, but in five years I’ll be twice as old as I am now, and you won’t.”
Peter is dumbfounded, and he stops to calculate how old he and his sister will be in five years. Do you know the answer?
Riddle AnswerOnce upon a time, in the West Lake village, a servant lived with his master. After service of about 30 years, his master became ill and was going to die. One day, the master called his servant and asked him for a wish. It could be any wish but just one. The master gave him one day to think about it.
The servant became very happy and went to his mother for discussion about the wish. His mother was blind and she asked her son for making a wish for her eye-sight to come back. Then the servant went to his wife. She became very excited and asked for a son as they were childless for many years. After that, the servant went to his father who wanted to be rich and so he asked his son to wish for a lot of money.
The next day he went to his master and made one wish through which all the three (mother, father, wife) got what they wanted. What was the servant’s wish?
Riddle AnswerImagine you were born in an odd-numbered year (like 1995). Will you celebrate your 50th birthday in an odd or an even year?
Riddle AnswerMother’s Day is always the second Sunday in May. What is the earliest possible date for this holiday, and what ’s the latest possible date?
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