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Illustration for the riddle “The Ungrateful Four”

Christmas Eve · ★★☆

The Ungrateful Four

A grandmother hands her four grandchildren their presents, and all four unwrap at once. Each of them kisses her, thanks her warmly, and not one wrong word is said all evening. As always, the wrapping paper goes on the fire as it comes off. She goes home at midnight and never speaks to any of them again. 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.