2. It can't be Wora who, according to 2, is sitting between 7. Who is left? Only Jones or Rider can be Aken's friend.
the math whiz and Aken's friend and, according to 3, Statement 6 tells us that Jones was to the right of the
opposite the tall one. rock collector and opposite the pilot who was next to
Rider. But Aken's friend was opposite Mark and so
Jones could not be Aken's friend.
3. Aken's friend cannot be Aken of course, who, also ac-
cording to statement 3, is sitting to left of the tall one,
4. Mun, described in 4, was obviously the tall one who,
according to 3, sat opposite Wora and to the right of
Aken.
5. According to statement 4, it can't be Smith, who had no
friends among the group and sat to the right of Mun.
8. Rider is Aken's friend.
6. In statement 5, we learn that the one with yellow feath- 15. In the Dark: Three. If the ogre pulled out only two
ers sat between Mun and the one who spoke many boots, he might have had to wear one six-league and one
languages, and opposite Bal. Therefore, the one with seven-league boot. He took out three because at least two
yellow feathers was Aken. And Bal was the math whiz of the three would have to be the same type. The formula:
N + 1 (N represents the number of types). 2 + 1 = 3.
and not Aken's friend.