the story was posted by Sameer at another place, so I will copy the answers from there to here - this thread is not yet finished. (I copy the story here again, because it is not copied exactly, so that you all have the same story).
17.10.06 Sameer: Puzzle - Princess & the frogs Time for another puzzle, pls do not ask me for the answer as I myself dont have it right now.
Once upon a time...
the princess (she was the youngest daughter of the already mentioned king) went along a swamp in the late morning. Then suddenly a frog jumped out of the water.
The princess thought: "What a nice surprise." and assumed that the frog will jump away when she comes near it. But... the frog did not jump away - in fact while she was going to the frog, the frog also approached her. And then the frog spoke to her: "I am a prince from far far away. A witch bewitched me and now I have to be a frog until a princess will kiss me." But, while the frog was speaking, another frog jumped out of the water - and believe it or not, the frog also told, it was a bewitched prince. And then another frog appeared and so on. Suddenly there were frogs everywhere. The princess who had never seen mystical creatures, couldn't bare this and blacked out.
When she awoke again, it was already noon and she saw all the frogs - hundreds of them. When they noticed, the princess was awake, everybody began to speak. There were so much voices that the princess could not bare this and she shouted: "Quite. I can't rescue you all. Imagine the slime I would have on my mouth. Please tell me, who is the best of you, so I can rescue only him. I mean I also can only marry one guy. But I have 4 pretty sisters, so I could kiss 5 frogs at best."
Of course all the frogs began shouting: "Me. Me. Me...."
Now the princess was in a bad situation, how should she filter out the best frogs (aeh - I mean princes')? How could she test, if the frog would not lie? Imagine the situation of any frog: it would lie through one's teeth to get human again. (And imagine the other frogs just wanting to get a kiss from the pretty princess.) Could assume that the dynamical approach to kiss all frogs would not be chosen by the princess?
What would you advise the princess, how to test for the best frogs? Source: Erkan Yilmaz
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