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bringing this riddle:
« He shot what he saw and killed
what he did not see, he ate both
born and unborn flesh, cooked with
old words, and he drank water that
was neither in the sky nor on the
ground ».
The marquis spent many days and
nights thinking about the riddle. But
in the end he asked the prisoner to
give him the answer.
The prisoner explained that many
years ago, he had escaped from
prison. While he was hiding in a
forest, and because he was hungry,
he had shot a pregnant hare. And
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