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THIS IS A PLAY ON WORDS. THERE ARE ACTUALLY NINE LETTERS CALLED "TEN HORSES". SO, IF THESE ARE THE STABLES [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ], THEN YOU PLACE THE TEN HORSES LIKE THIS: [T][E][N][H][O][R][S][E][S] THE SON HAD SHOWED HIS FATHER A MATCH. WHENEVER HE LIT THE MATCH, IT FILLED THE ENTIRE ROOM WITH LIGHT, YET IT WAS STILL SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT INTO HIS POCKET THE BIN WAS HALF FULL AT 10PM. THE SKIP STARTED WITH 1 LONELY BOTTLE. AT NOON: 1 PERSON CAME ALONG AND ADDED A BOTTLE, MAKING THE TOTAL 2 BOTTLES. AT 1PM: 2 PEOPLE CAME ALONG AND ADDED A BOTTLE EACH, MAKING THE TOTAL 2 + 2 = 4 BOTTLES. AT 2PM: 4 PEOPLE CAME ALONG AND ADDED A BOTTLE EACH, MAKING THE TOTAL 4 + 4 = 8 BOTTLES. AT 3PM: 8 PEOPLE CAME ALONG AND ADDED A BOTTLE EACH, MAKING THE TOTAL 8 + 8 = 16 BOTTLES. THEREFORE THE NUMBER OF BOTTLES IN THE BIN IS DOUBLING EVERY HOUR, AS IT WAS FULL AT 11PM, IT MUST HAVE BEEN HALF FULL AT 10PM HE WILL HAVE 20 HORSES. OUR ASSUMPTIONS CAN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT HORSES ARE HORSES