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BRUCE TAKES 9 OF HIS 10 CIGARETTE BUTTS AND TURNS THEM INTO 3 CIGARETTES TOTAL (3 CIGARETTE BUTTS CAN BE TURNED INTO 1 CIGARETTE). HE SMOKES ALL THREE OF THESE, AND NOW HE HAS 4 CIGARETTE BUTTS. HE THEN TURNS 3 OF THE 4 CIGARETTE BUTTS INTO ANOTHER CIGARETTE AND SMOKES IT. HE HAS NOW SMOKED 4 CIGARETTES AND HAS 2 CIGARETTE BUTTS. AND FINALLY HE GOES AND BORROWS ONE OF TOM'S CIGARETTE BUTTS. WITH THIS CIGARETTE BUTT PLUS THE 2 HE ALREADY HAS, HE IS ABLE TO MAKE HIS 5TH CIGARETTE TO SMOKE. AFTER SMOKING IT, HE IS LEFT WITH 1 CIGARETTE BUTT, WHICH HE PUTS BACK IN TOM'S PILE SO THAT TOM WON'T FIND ANYTHING MISSING THE KING KEEPS POISON 12 SO THAT HE CAN NEUTRALIZE ANY POISON THAT THE CLOWN GIVES HIM. HE POURS POISON 10 (HIS SECOND STRONGEST POISON) AND GIVES IT TO THE CLOWN TO DRINK. CLOWN CAN DEDUCE THIS SO HE KEEPS POISON 11 FOR HIMSELF TO NEUTRALIZE POISON 10. THAT'S HOW HE SURVIVES. HE ALSO KNOWS THAT THE KING, AFTER DRINKING THE CUP HE GAVE HIM, WILL DRINK POISON 12 TO NEUTRALIZE THE POISON. SO THE CLOWN POURS PLAIN WATER INSTEAD OF POISON INTO THE CUP FOR THE KING. THE KING DRINKS THE WATER (WATER IS NOT POISON) AND RIGHT AFTER THAT HE DRINKS THE STRONGEST POISON POSSIBLE (12) AND DIES ALICE IS IN EASTERN OREGON (IN MOUNTAIN TIME) AND LAUREN IS IN WESTERN FLORIDA (IN CENTRAL TIME). IT IS THE NIGHT THAT DAYLIGHT-SAVINGS TIME CHANGES BACK TO STANDARD TIME ANY TIME AFTER 1:00 AND BEFORE 2:00 AM WHEN THE PROFESSOR CONFIRMED JOHNNY'S ANONYMITY (THE PROFESSOR DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS), JOHNNY QUICKLY SLIPPED HIS EXAM PAPER INTO THE PILE OF EXAMS AND RAN OFF, SO THE PROFESSOR WOULDN'T KNOW WHICH EXAM PAPER DESERVED AN F. CONGRATULATIONS ON STICKING THROUGH THE WHOLE RIDDLE