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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 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 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 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