Page 104 - Jack's victory and other stories about dogs

“ A country- worn an having gone to market

to sell her chickens, met with a cook, who bought
the half of what she had, and the half of one

more, without killing any of them. She then

sold to a second cook the half of those remaining

and a half-chicken more, also without killing

any- find afterwards the half of the remainder
and a half-chicken more to a third cook, still

without killing any. By these means the coun­

try-worn an sold all her chickens. How many had
she?'1

The spaniel replied "that she had seven; that

the first purchaser took four, that is to say, three

and a half plus one-lialf, without killing any;

that the second had taken two, that is to say, one
and a half plus a half; and in the last place, that

the third had taken one, that is to say, one half

plus a half.”

It now remains for us to explain how the
animal, without any visible sign being made to

him, could return answers to the questions pro­

posed to him. The reader must understand that

the letters and figures were placed on so many