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FIRST FILL THE 9-LITRE BUCKET. THEN POUR 4 LITRES OVER TO THE 4-LITRE BUCKET (THERE ARE NOW 5 LITRES IN THE 9-LITRE BUCKET), AND THEN POUR OUT THE WATER FROM THE 4-LITRE BUCKET. AGAIN POUR 4 LITRES FROM THE 9-LITRE BUCKET TO THE 4-LITRE BUCKET AND EMPTY IT. THERE WILL NOW BE JUST 1 LITRE LEFT IN THE 9-LITRE BUCKET. NOW POUR THAT REMAINING 1 LITRE TO THE 4-LITRE BUCKET BUT THIS TIME KEEP IT THERE. FILL THE 9-LITRE BUCKET AGAIN AND THEN POUR WATER TO FILL THE 4-LITRE BUCKET TO THE TOP (THIS ONLY NEEDS 3 MORE LITRES). THE 9-LITRE BUCKET WILL NOW CONTAIN EXACTLY 6 LITRES FILL UP THE THREE-GALLON JUG AND POUR IT INTO THE FIVE-GALLON JUG. DO IT AGAIN AND THERE WILL BE ONE GALLON LEFT IN THE THREE-GALLON JUG. EMPTY THE FIVE-GALLON JUG AND POUR IN THE ONE GALLON OF WATER FROM THE THREE-GALLON JUG. FILL THE THREE-GALLON JUG WITH WATER AGAIN AND POUR IT INTO THE FIVE-GALLON JUG. THE FIVE-GALLON JUG SHOULD NOW CONTAIN 4 GALLONS OF WATER FILL THE 5 OZ. AND 11 OZ. CONTAINERS FROM THE 24 OZ. CONTAINER. THIS LEAVES 8 OZ. IN THE 24 OZ. BOTTLE. NEXT EMPTY THE 11 OZ. BOTTLE BY POURING THE CONTENTS INTO THE 13 OZ. BOTTLE. FILL THE 13 OZ. BOTTLE FROM THE 5 OZ. CONTAINER (WITH 2 OZ.) AND PUT THE REMAINING 3 OZ. IN THE 11 OZ. BOTTLE. THIS LEAVES THE 5 OZ. CONTAINER EMPTY. NOW POUR 5 OZ. FROM THE 13 OZ. BOTTLE INTO THE 5 OZ. BOTTLE LEAVING 8 OZ. IN THE 13 OZ. BOTTLE. FINALLY POUR THE 5 OZ. BOTTLE CONTENTS INTO THE 11 OZ. BOTTLE GIVING 8 OZ. IN THIS CONTAINER SPLIT INTO 4 GROUPS: 2 GROUPS OF 3, 1 GROUP OF 2 AND YOU. ALL GO IN SEPARATE DIRECTIONS AND RETURN TO THE STARTING POINT IN 16 HOURS. THE TRICK IS TO DETERMINE WHO ARE THE SPIES. REMEMBER THAT THEY WILL NOT ALWAYS LIE. IF YOU FIND THE VILLAGE, TAKE THE SAME PATH AGAIN. IF YOU DID NOT FIND THE VILLAGE AND EVERYONE IN THE 2 GROUPS OF 3 ALSO REPORT THAT THEY DID NOT FIND THE VILLAGE, THEN IT IS DOWN THE PATH WITH THE GROUP OF 2 MEN AND THEY ARE BOTH SPIES. IF ONLY ONE OF THE GROUPS OF 3 HAS ONE MAN WHO SAY THAT THE VILLAGE IS THERE, THEN HE IS RIGHT AND THE OTHER TWO MEN ARE SPIES. IF BOTH GROUPS OF 3 ARE IN DISAGREEMENT, THEN THE MAJORITY VOTE WINS. EACH GROUP OF 3 HAS 1 SPY EACH. IF THE GROUP OF 2 IS IN DISAGREEMENT AND OF THE GROUPS OF 3 IS ALSO IN DISAGREEMENT, THEN WE CAN TRUST THE MAJORITY IN THE GROUP OF 3. IF IT'S NOT IN THE PATH OF EITHER OF THE GROUPS OF 3 MEN, THEN TAKE THE PATH WITH THE TWO IN DISAGREEMENT