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INK. A Fishy Tale
Contributed by Matthew Shepard
This is the tale of a squid called Sebastian, who ran out of ink. He
called his friend, Archibald, who was an octopus, and asked him to
buy some more Ink from the printers. So along went Archibald. "That
will be 67 pence," said the shopkeeper, as he handed over the bottle
of sea blue Ink. Archibald got out his wallet, counted out the money,
and handed it over. But at the end of the day, when the printer
counted up his change, he found he was short by 12 pence. "I've been
robbed," he cried! A Mock Turtle from the local constabulary was
called in, but entertained grave doubts as to whether Archibald
really was a thief. "I was at school with the old fellow," he said,
"and he never could get the hang of different branches of
Arithmetic."
As everyone knows, the different branches of Arithmetic are
Ambition, Distraction, Uglification and Derision.
But was the Mock Turtle right about Archibald? Or is his
information just a red herring?
Editor's note: There are indeed some red herrings