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Lefty's Lessons

The wisdom of a three-legged dog

by A. Trevor Sutton

posted 3/11/2010

This story begins like a third-grade math problem: you enter a room and count thirty-six limbs. Nine people are in the room, right? Wrong. You should have said eleven humans and a dog. Two people in the room have all their appendages. Four people are missing one arm. Three people have one leg. Two people have no legs at all. To add to the count, there is a

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