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Illustration for the riddle “One Sweet Too Many”

Halloween Night · ★★☆

One Sweet Too Many

Her son comes home with a full bag. As she does every year, she tips it all out on the table and counts: forty. She sets one aside, out of his reach, and spends the rest of the evening ringing doorbells along the street. The next day four families thank her. What happened?

The solution

Uncover this answer in Post Mortem. In the app, the narrator answers your questions as you piece together the story.

Available on Google Play and the App Store.

Where do you start?

Read the scene again and separate the facts from your assumptions. With a narrator who knows the answer, ask one question at a time. They answer yes, no or irrelevant.