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"One door lead to the castle. The other leads to certain death."
"Which is which?"
"You can only ask one of us. And one of us always tells the truth, and one of us always lies."




"There's one question I can ask and it doesn't matter which one I ask it. . . . Answer yes or no.
Would
he tell me this door leads to the castle?"
"Yes."
"Then the other door leads to the castle!"

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Oooh, she's fallen into the shaft!
The Helping Hands have got her
now.

Only they ain't too helpful.
They're lowering her into the
oubli-- the oubli--

The oubliette, stupid. Where His
Majesty puts you when he wants
to forget about you. I was there
once. It's a lovely place, all
creepy and dark, with spiders'
webs and skeletons. It was a
month before someone
remembered to let me out.
How long d'you think he'll leave
her in there?

Bats' toes only knows.


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