While on my way to St. Ives,

I met a man with seven wives.

Each wife had seven sacks;

Each sack had seven cats;

Each cat had seven kits.

Kits, cats, sacks, wives;

How many were going to St. Ives?

The person going to St. Ives must have met the other man with his seven wives and their pets  coming from the opposite direction.

Consequently, only the man named I, was going to St. Ives.

Edited on June 24, 2022, 11:52 pm

Posted by K Sengupta on 2007-03-18 03:34:36