Before you start looking for a solution to this story-- or any other --it's always a good idea to make sure you know what the author was trying to say. Authors are, after all, human. We make mistakes. We sometimes assume something is so obvious that we don't even need to write it into the story.
Take another look at this story and see if you
can spot the author's assumptions. I'll even give you a headstart
by putting blanks where the assumed information should go.
In this exercise, your task is to cross a river
with a chicken, a fox, and a sack of chicken
feed. Your transportation is a canoe,
which holds only you and one other item,
FOR EXAMPLE _____________________________________
at
a time. How will you get all
three across the river in one pieceWITHOUT
__________________________________
BECAUSE
IF YOU DO THEN __________________________________.
Jot down what you assume would fill in the blanks and then click on the chicken to go to the next page where you'll see how your answers compare to mine.
