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Illustration for the riddle “The Lifesaving Broken Arm”

The telling detail · ★★★

The Lifesaving Broken Arm

A man is walking along the road when a pebble works its way into his sandal. He leans on a pole and shakes his foot, head down. A passerby runs up and breaks his arm with one savage blow. The man will thank him for it. Why?

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.