Kanchana’s POV
We were reading the riddle until they came .
“ Who will shout first?
4 criminals are caught and are to be punished. The judge will allow them to be free if they can solve a puzzle. If they don’t. they’ll be hung . They agreed.
The 4 of them are lined up on the steps. They all have a hat on them. There are 2 black and 2 white hats which are placed alternatively .
They are all facing the same direction and a wall separates the 4th person from the 3rdone.
So, Man 1 can see both man 2 and man 3
Man 2 can see only man 3
Man 3 can see the wall
Man 4 sees nothing
The men initially don’t know what colour hat they are wearing. They are told to shout out the colour of the hat they are wearing once they are sure of it.
They are not allowed to turn round or move
They are not allowed to talk
They are not allowed to take their hats off
Who will shout first?”
Whoa this seems damn tricky. We should be careful while answering . “Hey, are you guys alright?” Muktha came along with Denzel. “Yeh, relax” Chaitra said. “ Thank god” Muktha sighed as she came and stood next to me. “ Look what we found. It’s a riddle. Can u crack it ?” I said pointing at the note.
All of us were reading and calculating deeply.
“ Man 2” Muktha exclaimed. “ How ?” All three of us asked in unison . “See, they have alternative hats right?” “ Yes” I told. “ And there are only 2 colour hats right?” “ Yes” Chaitra answered. “So , man 2 can see which colour hat man 3 is wearing and tell the opposite colour” “But the prisoners don’t know that the hats are alternately placed” Denzel spoke.“ Oh, or else we can think like this also, if man 2 and man 3 had the same colour hats then man 1 would have already shouted the answer. But since he didn’t, that only means that he can see two different colours. So , with that logic, man 2 will be the one to shout first” Muktha said. “Oh yeh” all three of us sighed. “So should we write the answer there?” Muktha asked. “Yes, it says so” I replied. “But who’s going to write?” we all looked at Denzel, giving him the hint to write it.
“ What? Should I write?” he asked with a confused look “Yes, Mr. Detective after all it’s your precious case” Chaitra said as she handed him the quill from the shelf. “Ok fine” He wrote 'MAN 2’ below the question and we saw strange glowing light around the answer. After few seconds..
“AHHHHHHHHHHH”
..we were dragged by some unknown force inside the door.
THUDDDD.
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Arcania
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