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' F ' Clue
THE YOUNGER SISTER BLEW OUT THE CANDLE, SO IT DIDN'T TECHNICALLY BURN OUT. THEN SHE THREW AWAY THE CANDLE SO THE FAMILY WOULDN'T MISTAKENLY LIGHT IT A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT WITH A RULER AND PAPER SHOWS THAT ANY POSITION FOR THE GALLOWS LEADS TO THE SAME POINT AS THE PROBLEM SAYS THE APPRENTICE MIXED UP THE HANDS SO THAT THE MINUTE HAND WAS SHORT AND THE HOUR HAND WAS LONG. THE FIRST TIME THE APPRENTICE RETURNED TO THE CLIENT WAS ABOUT 2 HOURS AND 10 MINUTES AFTER HE HAD SET THE CLOCK AT SIX.THE LONG HAD MOVED OLNY FROM TWELVE TO A LITTLE PAST TWO. THE LITTLE MADE TWO WHOLE CIRCLES AND AN ADDITIONAL 10 MINUTES. THUS THE CLOCK SHOWED THE CORRECT TIME. THE NEXT DAY AROUND 7:O5 A.M.HE CAME A SECOND TIME,13 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES AFTER HE HAD SET THE CLOCK FOR SIX. THE LONG HAD, ACTING AS THE HOUR HAND,COVERED 13 HOURS TO REACH 1. THE SHORT HAND MADE 13 FULL CIRCLES AND 5 MINUTES, REACHING 7, SO THE CLOCK SHOWED THE CORRECT TIME AGAIN THERE ARE 6 'F'S IN THE SENTENCE. ONE OF AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE FINDS 3 OF THEM. IF YOU SPOTTED 4, YOU'RE ABOVE AVERAGE. TO SEE 5 IS RARE. IF YOU FOUND 6, YOU ARE PROBABLY A GENIUS. THERE IS NO CATCH. MOST PEOPLE FORGET THE 'OF'S. THE HUMAN BRAIN TENDS TO SEE THEM AS 'V' INSTEAD OF 'F'