Two men were sitting together in an airplane. They were on a long journey.#
One of the men was a teacher. The other was a farmer.#
They sat without talking for a while, then the farmer said, "Let's do
something to pass the time."#
"What do you want to do?" the teacher asked.#
"We can ask each other riddles," the farmer said. "You start."#
"Let's make the rules first," the teacher said. "And let's make the game more
interesting. Let's play it for money. If we don't know the answer to a riddle,
we have to paly a dollar."#
The farmer thought about this for a while, then he said, "That's not fair. You
are a teacher, an educated man. You know more things than I do. I am just a
farmer."#
"That's true," the teacher said. "What do you think we should do?" "If you
don't know the answer to a riddle you pay me $100. If I don't know the answer
to a riddle, I'll pay you $50."#
The teacher thought about this, then he said, "O.K. That's fair. Whol'll go
first?"#
"I will," the farmer said. "Here is my riddle. What has three legs when it
walks, but only two legs when it flies?"#
The teacher repeated the riddle, "What has three legs when it walks, but only
two legs when it flies? Mm, that's a good one. I'm afraid I don't know the
answer."#
He gave the farmer $100, then said, "Tell me the answer. What has three legs
when it walks but only two legs when it flies?"#
"I dont' know," the farmer said, and gave him $50.&