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{{quote|'''''RATS!''' Your goose is cooked!''|a failure message from one computer version of this puzzle}}
A [[Stock Puzzle]], subset of the [[Inventory Management Puzzle]]. You are a farmer taking a fox (or a wolf), a chicken (or a goose) and a sack of grain to market ([[
The standard answer is:
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There's yet '''another''' variant called "Missionaries and Cannibals" where the poor missionaries get eaten if the number of cannibals are greater than theirs.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* This was apparently the entire concept of an in-universe video game on ''[[Between the Lions (TV)|Between the Lions]]'' {{spoiler|with the fox replaced with a cat for no known reason}}. Not much replay value there...
* In a subquest in ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]'', in order to make one of the cockatrice go back home, you must transport the cockatrice, a wolf and the boy across a river.
* An [[Adobe Flash]] game has a more complex variant [http://jayisgames.com/archives/2006/06/raft_iq_puzzle.php involving a raft, eight people and a convoluted set of rules]. [[
* The obscure dating game ''Sprung'' on the [[Nintendo DS]] had a variation to this on Brett's story. At one point Brett will be asked to go to Sanctuary with Becky, where he will bring his buds Lucas and Danny while she brings Alex and Erica. The catch, however, is that Becky wants a calmer night, so she doesn't want any funny business ([[Fridge Logic|nevermind that Sanctuary is a raving night club where the nameless other people not mentioned in the game are probably doing just that]]). The puzzle comes where Brett meets everyone but Becky at the front of the club and he has to get all of them inside one by one. However, if Lucas and Alex or Danny and Erica are left alone and Brett comes back to them later, he will catch them making out, leading to Becky to see this, her announcing the night was ''ruined'' and you getting slapped with a game over. The puzzle is extended further because it's not only a matter of getting everyone inside, but also a matter of keeping everyone happy which means a lot of shuffling out people whom are already fine inside (such as dragging Danny out because he gets panicked over the sight of too many people, or dragging Lucas out for pep talk). Further rules are also added as time marches on, including how the aforementioned couples ''can'' later be left alone without problems after an event happens where Brett talks them down, or how new pairings are made that ''can't'' be left alone without you interfering with them (such as how, at one point, Danny and Lucas will fight if left alone).
* Appears as a series of wood-inlay pictures on a puzzle box in ''[[Nancy Drew (Video Game)|Nancy Drew]]: The Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon''. It uses a dog, a cat and a bird, presumably because a bag of grain would be hard to identify in silhouette. Nancy deduces the animals' starting side ''for'' you, from no clues whatsoever!
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{{quote| '''Space Ghost:''' Let's say you have a cow, a rowboat, and The Big Man.<br />
'''Zorak:''' You mean, Clarence Clemmons?<br />
'''Space Ghost:''' Of course. Now, the cow wants to transport Clarence across the river. But remember, the cow is on fire, and Clarence has no hands or bucket, so he has to untilize his hooks, ''[[What Do You Mean
** Note that no answer was given.
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