Looking at it again, I guess both of these are possible. The answer was / is... he was a letter-bomber. The letter was returned... you get the rest. 1/2 points for both of you.
When the woman saw him she was upset. Even though she had never seen him before, she had left some food for him because she knew he would be hungry. But he could not reach the food because he had a iron bar across his back. He died soon after and the woman was now pleased. What's going on?
When the woman saw him she was upset. - she saw a dead or dying animal
Even though she had never seen him before, she had left some food for him because she knew he would be hungry. - She left some food in the trap, that how they catch animals
But he could not reach the food because he had a iron bar across his back. - he couldn't reach the food because he was caught in the trap
He died soon after and the woman was now pleased. - Woman was pleased because she had a new fur hat
I don't know what scarier, Slivers mad Logic skills or the HOS may have got that one by himself. Amazing. I though Kurgan and Jinky would be more involved in this. Perhaps even Buckfast.
Here is one for them just in case they haven't been on yet.
Buckfast who is three feet tall puts a nail into a tree at his exact height. He returns two years later when he has grown by six inches and the tree has grown by twelve inches. How much taller is the nail than the Buckfast?
What's with everyone bitching on my typo's today. Bastards, get some new material. Still, you are correct. The nail won't rise.
Last one for today...
In ancient Ireland, a king had two sons, each of whom wanted to inherit the kingdom. The king decreed that each should be put in a separate rowboat about one mile from shore and told to row in. The first to touch the shore would inherit the kingdom. The elder and stronger son rowed more quickly and was about to touch the shore with the younger son some 20 yards behind him and farther out to sea. How did the younger son inherit the kingdom?
Either he died as The Power suggests after he became King, or he drowned and didn't make it to shore but the younger brother did. It depends on how you interpret when the younger brother inherits the kingdom.