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Ten pears hanging high, Ten men come passing by, Each took a pear and left nine hanging there. How could that be?

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Ten pears hanging high, Ten men come passing by, Each took a pear and left nine hanging there. How could that be?
posted Aug 10, 2015 by Aarati Mahajan

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EACH is the name of one of the men, and he's the only one that took a pear.

answer Aug 11, 2015 by Mohammed Hussain



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