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When you want to use games and activities to make your point

Here are three quick puzzles for you:

Puzzle 1

A blind beggar had a brother who died. What relation was the blind beggar to the brother who died? (The answer isn’t “brother”.)

Puzzle 2

Arthur lives with his parents in London.

Last week, while his parents were out, Arthur’s next-door neighbour Sophie came round to spend the evening. At 8pm, she popped out to buy a newspaper.

Just then, two robbers broke into the house and, ignoring Arthur, stole the TV and computer.

Arthur had never seen the robbers before. They had no legal right to remove the goods. Yet he did nothing to stop them. In fact, he didn’t even act surprised by what he saw.

Why not?

Puzzle 3

Colin went to a party and drank some of ...

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