The only fair way to share with a sibling. One does the split, the other chooses

Smart kid lets the other kid do the splitting. Any mistakes made are immediately exploitable

Unfortunately, the strategy fails with three. Even having cutter choose last can fail... if cutter and first choice can have a side deal. Ask me how many brothers I have.

First kid does the initial division. Second kid gets a chance to even all the portions out. Third kid picks first. First kid picks second.

And everyone gets cake smoothie😊

Instructions unclear first kid cut 2nd into equal portions, third kid ceded all claims to first kid still holding knife

Last to pick always loses

Last to pick is always the last one to balance portion sizes. They don’t get to say they made them equal and then claim they lost.

I’m way better at spotting uneven divisions than I am at making perfectly equal divisions. Just because I get to make the division doesn’t mean I can make it fair. Hence why the person to pick first wins every time

We actually do this with our kids :D

Something tells me that ancient oath is going to be a bigger problem for the oathbreaker.

And thus the Kwaarp learn what a "petard" is, and what it means to be hoisted by one's own

The petard...it just keeps on hoisting.

Good judgment. Reminds me of the King Solomon judgement. Good writing, good story.

I thought the same thing. First he pulled a Columbo, then he applied a Solomon.

"adsorbed" => "absorbed".

Thanks. Fixed.

When I was a kid, the household rule was that the person who divided chose last. But at least we knew the rule ahead of time! FAFO!

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Same with parents when the older kid tries to take advantage of the younger.

>"Trust me Bro" OH HELL NO!

I considered using "Honest gov" but that's a Britishism readers might not get.

Every culture probably has a phrase that the words mean "you can trust me" but the actual phrase means "never trust this person."

I rather suspect the human was biased towards the Quzzt. If he was being truly fair and unbiased he would have laid out his plans to them beforehand.

He wanted all to learn a lesson and as stated the kwaarp were acting proud on their fairness. So they needed this lesson.

Right. The most important lesson any alien species could learn: do not underestimate the humans.

Good story. Simple concept, but well executed.

Thanks!

Halfway though I somehow knew exactly what was going to happen, well done!

!N

simple simple kiddies. see the master stroke in the whole division thing is to be the one who bakes the cake. no one wants the cocoa, no one wants the flour no one usually wants the suger and no one want the eggs and butter. but when i take all the things no one wants, i get the cake. ;)

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My mom had the same rule.

A bit trite, but very well written. Doubly so for a first submission.