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Illustration for the riddle “Fired for a Dream”

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Fired for a Dream

An employee begs his boss: "Don't board that flight, last night I dreamed your plane crashed!" The boss cancels his trip... and the plane really does crash. On his return, he thanks the employee warmly, then fires him on the spot. 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.