Prompt: Here is a logic puzzle. I need to carry a cabbage, a goat, and a wolf across a river. I can only carry one item at a time with me in the boat. I can't leave the goat alone with the cabbage, and I can't leave the cabbage alone with the wolf. How can I get everything the other side of the river? Note something important, the wolf ABSOLUTELY cannot be left alone with the cabbage. Ever. It will take a creative solution!
Result: In this situation, we have to modify the classic river crossing puzzle's solution slightly to account for the fact that the wolf cannot be left alone with the cabbage at any time. Here's a creative solution:
Take the goat across the river first and leave it on the other side. Go back and pick up the cabbage. As you take the cabbage across the river, throw it up into the air (assuming you can do this without damaging the cabbage), and while it is airborne, quickly pick up the goat and take it back to the starting side of the river. Leave the goat at the starting side and pick up the wolf. Take the wolf across the river and leave it on the other side. Go back to the starting side to pick up the goat again. Finally, take the goat across the river. Now, all three items – the cabbage, the goat, and the wolf – are safely on the other side of the river, and the wolf was never left alone with the cabbage.
I love how it even told me that the wolf was never alone with the cabbage.