Now if you have worked out all the tasks which were set to the prince during his wonderful adventures in Parrabang, you can tell whether his happiness was easily won.
HOW PRINCE BRIGHT-WITS SOLVED THE PUZZLES
The Five Shields
To simplify explanation, set the spindles in a row. We will then refer to them as L. for left, C. centre, and R. for the right hand spindle. Move as follows, numbers refer to the shields.
| Place | No. | 1 | on | C. | Place | No. | 1 | on | L. | |
| " | " | 2 | " | R. | " | " | 2 | " | C. | |
| " | " | 1 | " | R. | " | " | 1 | " | C. | |
| " | " | 3 | " | C. | " | " | 3 | " | L. | |
| " | " | 1 | " | L. | " | " | 1 | " | R. | |
| " | " | 2 | " | C. | " | " | 2 | " | L. | |
| " | " | 1 | " | C. | " | " | 1 | " | L. | |
| " | " | 4 | " | R. | " | " | 4 | " | C. | |
| " | " | 1 | " | R. | " | " | 1 | " | C. | |
| " | " | 2 | " | L. | " | " | 2 | " | R. | |
| " | " | 1 | " | L. | " | " | 1 | " | R. | |
| " | " | 3 | " | R. | " | " | 3 | " | C. | |
| " | " | 1 | " | C. | " | " | 1 | " | L. | |
| " | " | 2 | " | R. | " | " | 2 | " | C. | |
| " | " | 1 | " | R. | " | " | 1 | " | C. | |
| Four are now | And the riddle is solved. | |||||||||
| transferred. | 31 moves. | |||||||||
| Place No. 5 on C. | ||||||||||
The Nine Disks
No absolute rule would apply to all positions, which makes this game more fascinating. The following solution of one random placing of the disks will illustrate the general process. To simplify explanation we will designate the counters as follows.
The gray counter with the square we will call G.s., the one with a triangle G.t., and the one with the circle G.c. W.s., etc., for the white disks, and B.s., etc., for the black, placed at random on the following spots.