Mr Sharpe's Fish - NICHOLAS HORSBURGH
Summary: Mr Sharpe loved eating fish and often bought the finest ones from the market. One day, he brought home a beautiful fish and asked his wife, Sheena, to cook it for his dinner the next day. Sheena prepared the fish, and the delicious smell attracted her friends, who came to visit. Wanting to be polite, Sheena invited them to lunch, and together they ate all the fish. When Mr Sharpe returned home expecting his favourite meal, Sheena served him noodles and vegetables instead, claiming that the “naughty cat” had eaten the fish. This happened again the following week—and again the week after—whenever Sheena’s friends visited and happily finished the fish. Finally, after losing a third two-kilo fish, Mr Sharpe refused to believe Sheena’s excuse. He caught the cat and weighed it on a shop scale. The cat weighed exactly two kilos—the same as the missing fish. Mr Sharpe then asked his wife a clever question: If the cat weighs the same as the fish, and she claims the fish is the cat...