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FROM 36 BLANKS THERE ARE 36 ITEMS MADE. THE LEAD SHAVINGS ARE ENOUGH TO MAKE 6 BLANKS. WHICH MAKE 6 MORE ITEMS. BUT DON'T STOP HERE. THE NEW SHAVINGS ARE GOOD FOR 1 MORE ITEM. TOTAL: 43 THE MAN MADE A LOSS OF $50. THE MAN MUST HAVE PAID $500 AND $750 FOR THE TWO AEROPLANES, MAKING TOGETHER $1250; BUT AS HE SOLD THEM FOR ONLY $1200, HE LOST $50 BY THE TRANSACTION BEFORE I LEFT, I WOUND THE WALL CLOCK. WHEN I RETURNED, THE CHANGE IN TIME EQUALED HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GO TO MY FRIENDS HOUSE AND RETURN, PLUS THE TIME I SPENT THERE. BUT I KNEW THE LATTER BECAUSE I LOOKED AT MY FRIENDS WATCH WHEN I ARRIVED AND LEFT. SUBTRACTING THE TIME OF THE VISIT FROM THE TIME I WAS ABSENT FROM MY HOUSE, AND DIVIDING BY 2, I OBTAINED THE TIME IT TOOK ME TO RETURN HOME. I ADDED THIS TIME TO WHAT MY FRIEND WATCH SHOWED WHEN I LEFT, AND SET THE SUM ON MY WALL CLOCK THE SERVANT SAID, "MY MOTHER WANTS TO SEE HER GRANDSON SWINGING ON A SWING OF GOLD."