Fun and games for Clan Douglas
Three Scottish clan chiefs, Sir Archibald, Sir James, and Sir William, had been to see the King. They’ve had an angry
dispute, so their pages, who acted as bodyguards are always with
them. The King made a ruling which suited none of them, so
tempers were high as they headed back to their homelands. Then
they come to a large river.
On the riverbank, they find a
small rowboat, but it’s only big enough to hold two of them at
one time. The catch? Although the Chiefs are travelling under a
truce, none of the pages are comfortable leaving their Chief
with any other pages if they’re not there as well. They don’t
trust that the other pages won’t try to kill their Chief.
For example, Sir Archibald’s agent is okay if Sir Archibald
and Sir James are alone in the boat or on one of the riverbanks,
but definitely not okay if Sir James’s page is also with them.
So how can they all get across the river?
Hint
There
isn’t just one way to solve this problem.
