O.K. A very poor common country man woos the kings daughter until she falls in love with him. The man goes to the king to ask for his daughters hand in marriage. The king says tomorrow I will have you pick one of my hands. In one will be a piece of paper with the word marriage on it. The other will read death. What you pick is what you get. The man agrees but hears the king through his door tell his advisor that he is going to write death on BOTH pieces of paper. The next day the king DOES write death on both pieces, the man DOES pick a hand - yet he marries the princess...How?
No....he doesn't kill the king. Yes, everyone agrees he picked marriage...
How?
There is a very logical answer to this riddle...
2007-07-21 15:47:16 · 19 answers · asked by philisopheyes 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
He chooses a hand and he immediately eats the paper and asks the king to read aloud the other piece of paper. The guy knows it says death, and everyone knows that only ONE would say death on it, so it is assumed to all that the one that the guy picked HAD to have read marriage.
2007-07-21 16:06:30 · answer #1 · answered by Jason C 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
He marries her now and dies later on in his life. Death is inescapable so one paper may have suggested death without her hand in marriage and the other with her hand in marriage
OR
Maybe the advisor switched one piece of paper with another that said "marriage" on it
EDIT:
2nd Guess
The Princess and the king's daughter are not the same person. Tomorrow is the name of the king's daughter and SHE is the one who picks the hand. She died, but The guy went on to marry the princess.
2007-07-22 06:09:14 · answer #2 · answered by ihatemyenemieswitapassion 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Think I have to agree with Jason C...he picks a hand but asks to see the paper in the other hand first...when the one he sees says "death" then to prove himself honest the king has to let the man marry his daughter.
2007-07-21 23:24:26 · answer #3 · answered by Reba W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm just guessing here but I think that he picked one hand. Then made the King open the other hand, it said death so therefore the one he picked must say marriage :-)
Am I close?
2007-07-22 01:40:26 · answer #4 · answered by Ashley 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He picked the daughters hand not the Kings
2007-07-21 22:50:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the above poster who said that he picked one and asked the king to show the other. Come on, tell us the answer already!
2007-07-22 12:06:31 · answer #6 · answered by Be me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He married the princess coz he picked the hand of the king and not the piece of paper.Give me star, tnx...
2007-07-21 22:55:37 · answer #7 · answered by hunnybuns 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He picked the hand with death on it. flipped it over and it said marriage lol
2007-07-21 22:50:57 · answer #8 · answered by ♥ bARbIE ♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm.... he picks the hand without the two peices of paper in it.. cause in one hand the king has nothing and in the other he has the two peices of paper that say death!!!!! i think this is the answer.. anyway plz tell the answer and have an exciting day!! take care..*LUVS* mishi
2007-07-21 22:56:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He picked the hand of the princess.
2007-07-21 22:50:36 · answer #10 · answered by Jaylynn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋