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A Transfer in Seven Trips and Five Stanzas

From town the farmer came in hand
With fox and chicken and grain
Wanting did he to cross with all
And see all possessions again

So first he took the poultry with
And dropped her at the farm
Came back to the town side then
And all were safe from harm

Next did he the vixen carry
Though squirm she did all the way
Dropped off fox and returned with the chick
To save her for dinner next day

He grasped up then the sack of grain
For his fifth trip across the river
The chicken wondered if she had been left
All alone on the town side to shiver

With fox and grain now near his home
The chicken he went back to fetch
After carrying her back on this last trip of his
Inattentive, he tripped in the ditch

Author notes

This was written as a contest entry with the following requirements:

Figure this out:

A farmer lived on a farm, DAH...ya think??? but his farm and the town were divided by a river, so each time he went to town, he had to cross over the river in a boat...really???

So he buys a chicken, a fox and a bag of grain.
he can't leave the chicken with the bag of grain..and...
he can't leave the fox with the chicken.
he can only take one at a time in the boat.
HOW MANY TRIPS back and forth across the river will he have to make
....to get them all back to the farm ?

You have to explain each trip.

In a list

A contest entry

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  • echo-ink
    March 1, 2009

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    You have the correct number of trips.
    Your answer was easy to understand.
    and your effort was great...
    You wrote your answer in poem form, and you rhymed.
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    • BearWoman gold member
      March 1, 2009
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      Thank you very much for the Gold, Judge! Now... to run my own contest, so I can give some of these points away... Hehehe!

  • Topnotchsy
    February 28, 2009
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    I had to check the contest to get a feel for what was going on here, but once I did it cleared a lot up. Nice write, and a fun way of answering the question. Best of luck in the contest with this.

  • echo-ink
    February 27, 2009
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    Hehehehehe
    Loved that you rhymed your quiz answer,
    Thanks for entering,


    • BearWoman gold member
      February 27, 2009
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      Thanks. It was fun to figure out and fun to write. Great contest! On the rhyming: I am a musician as well, so sometimes I just can't help myself!

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