Please note .... the number on this drawing of mine has nothing to do with the story ... I just used it because it's a ring on a gull's leg. The Trogs, you remember, are regulars at Grumbling Stumps ... well, they had a bit of a tiff a couple of days ago. Which is quite unusual. They usually get along OK, despite all being very different personalities. If you don't remember who and what they are, have a quick look at their first story wot I bunged on here .... 177-the-trogs-first-adventure.html or maybe the 2nd one ... 259-the-trogs-have-a-strange-adventure.html Here's how it all kicked off..... Ed and Dan were in the Weetabix hide.... the one that's soggy, crumbly and a browny colour. Dan had just had an exciting time reading the ring number on a Herring Gull. Fair enough. V. worthy ! For what it's worth, it was 305305 . Anyway, he showed it to Ed, who's the joker amongst the Trogs. The other Trog members, Mac, Jim and Stan, were just arriving at the time. Ed looked at the number, and said straight away .... "Anyone got a calculator ? There's something a bit magical about that number." He took a bit of paper from his notebook, and wrote something on it. It only took him a couple of seconds. No longer. Dan.. " What are you on about.... magical ? " Ed .... " Well, have you got a calculator on your phone ?" Dan.. " Of course .. here it is ... go on then, what's so smart about it ? " Ed ... " Divide 305305 by 7 " ( Dan divided it by 7 and got the answer) Ed... " Now divide the answer by 11 " ( so he did ..and got the next answer) Ed ..... " Last bit ... divide that answer by 13 " ( so he did , and got the final, rather surprising answer) Dan stared at the result, astonished .... dumbfounded !! Then Ed showed him ... but not the others... what he had written. By now the other four of them were intrigued ! What on earth was going on ? Dan " How the hell did you know about that ? How did you do it ?" Ed ..... " I haven't "done" anything. I just knew what would happen ." Dan ... " Stuff that ! You couldn't possibly know that ." Ed ..... " I certainly DID know that, no problem !!" Dan then punched Ed on the nose ! Ed fell onto the Weetabix-textured flooring with a thud. Mac then punched Dan on the nose. Dan joined Ed on the floor. For some unknown reason, Stan and Jim started scrapping as well... rather odd, because neither of them had a clue what they were arguing about ! Mac got them apart. and helped the others up. He's a big bloke, Mac. Dan, totally pissed off and clearly upset, ran off into the sunset ! They all made friends again the next day, when they had worked out just how Ed could have known what Dan would see on his calculator. So that's OK. Well then dear reader ...what exactly DID Dan see on his calculator ..... ? If you've got it right, you'll know why he was surprised . That's question 1. Question 2 ...... How on earth did Ed know exactly what would happen ? How indeed !! Was it just a shot in the dark ? Question 3 ..... how does "it" work ? Question 4 ... does it matter in which order he does the three divisions ? I suppose that could be the first "puzzle" of the inevitable Xmas quiz. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OK folks .... music time ...... The Magic Numbers .... " Shot in the Dark" Yes, I'm a big-headed old Hector !
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