Help with this lateral thinking question?

Question

It is driving me crazy! Here it is:

When the woman saw him she was upset. Even though she had never seen him before, she had left something for him to eat because she knew he'd be hungry. But he could not reach the food because he had an iron bar across his back. He died soon after, and yet the woman was pleased. What is going on?

I was thinking that maybe she is in her church's production of a Jesus play and at the end she thought that everyone did a good job....
OK so that sounds really stupid, doesn't it? Do you have any ideas as to what is going on?

Answer 1

Its a baited mousetrap...

"he" is the mouse.. The woman had never seen the mouse, but she left some food for it in a trap...

The mouse springs the trap, unable to reach the food, and the metal bar of the trap kills the mouse. The woman saw the mouse before it died in the trap and was upset.

The woman is pleased, because the trap worked.

;) The whole point to "lateral thinking" exercises is to NOT assume something... so in a case like this exercise... I began with... we know one character is a woman... but there is no mention that the second is a man... so what could it be? Looking at the other clues, then seems to indicate 'he' is a mouse.

Have Fun

Answer 2

god pretty smart