| The dragon loved to entertain
himself by picking on his prisoners. He brought in a box with five hats, two red and three
white. He then blindfolded his three prisoners and placed a hat on each head. "Each one of you must guess
the color of the hat on your own
head, without using a reflection," said the dragon. "I'll remove your blindfolds
one by one and let you try. If none of you guesses the correct answer, you will all
die."
The dragon removed Arenon's blindfold first. He examined
the hats the other two prisoners were wearing, then admitted he didn't know what color his
own hat was.
Baren insisted he be given the next chance, but after his
blindfold was removed he admitted that he, too, did not know what color hat he was
wearing.
Finally, Quaan, the third prisoner, spoke up. "You
don't need to remove my blindfold. I know what color hat is on my head."
Did the three go free? What color hat was on Quaan's head?
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