V iajaban incognito in their beautiful and powerful Méhari camels, lightweight luggage, without escort, the pious and believing Gaspar and his friend Baltasar , the great mathematical calculator, the Magi from the East. Crossed a small desert on the Syrian Camino Real Darayya that would lead to Beirut, where they expected to find Melchor of Florentia Ilíberis , and his entourage, when it happened that border the lake brackish Karaorun , which at this time of year it had frozen, they found a man who called himself Nasir Salem, hungry, naked and bloodied, telling it that had been stolen by bandits Qudssaya way. Being faithful and showing good manners, they accepted his story and decided to help him and help him with what little they had at that time. 
In return for your good heart, "said the man assaulted, I will give when we get to my palace, 8 gold to show my gratitude.
Baltasar, the believer, only had 3 loaves.
Gaspar the great calculator, had 5 loaves.
from The Wizard mathematical decided each loaf into three equal parts, making a total of 24 pieces and spreading, therefore, 8 bits each, which is the friendly dined.
Nasir Salem turned out to be, indeed, a rich man Qudssaya , thriving city near the Silk Road, where he had some factories and a palace. The Magi from the East, which as you can imagine, for anything they needed the money in the good man, agreed to be curious guests, and wait there while the opulent Wise to Melchor a rush for the delay that caused a failed approaches pirates off the coast of the island of Cyprus , came from a distant land of Florentia Punic beyond the Hispania Ulterior
Thus, the enigmatic and reserved accompanied travelers Salem to Nasir to his palace and once there, clean and refreshed, asked them to bring 8 gold, and gave him 3 to Baltasar and 5 Gaspar.
- My lord Salem Nasir - said Gaspar - your deal is simple , but not correct.
- I have given a nickel for every bread offered, - Salem said Nasir - Te under 5 coins for the 5 breads that offers you and your partner under 3 coins for the 3 breads offered. Is not that right, my dear savior Gaspar ?
- in reality - the man replied that he estimated - 15 pieces of bread shared by those who ate 8 and the 7 remaining pieces I offered you, as my dear friend Baltasar shared 9 pieces of bread, those who ate 8 pieces and shared with you only 1 . right thing would be, therefore, give a gold coin for each piece of bread offered, ie belong to me 7 gold, and my friend, just one.
- Yes, - said Salem amazed Nasir - I apologize for my low knowledge in calculus and can correct the deal.
- A moment - stopped again Baltasar - This division is correct, but it is not perfect the eyes of God.
Baltasar coins gathered again and gave his friend 4 Baltasar and kept the other 4 to the admiration of those present.
They malintencinadas languages \u200b\u200b(perhaps based on the probervial malafondinga granaina ) that when assembled the three Magi from the East, formed and rich convoy, were bound Bethlehem guided by a strange and beautiful Star, commented on this story with the opulent Mago Melchor the Granada, he caught a rebound congestion almost cost him to see that in the cast, he had not touched anything , knowing how everyone knew that the three were members of the same company and for which he had advanced a hundred thousand gold Triskeles fine of Darro.
Note: Extracted from "The Thousand and One Nights", although there are variations around the world as a math games like charades presents us Malba Tahan : "The Man Who Counted
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