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A mathematician visited a native american reservation.
He spoke with an old native american woman who was sitting on a buffalo pelt. She said, "My son runs so fast, he can reach that mountain all the way over there by sundown."
Then he spoke with a woman sitting on a coyote pelt. She said, "My son is so strong, he can wrestle a buffalo to the ground."
Then he spoke with a woman sitting on a hippopotamus skin. She said, "I have no sons. But <i>I</i> can run to the mountain before sundown, and <i>I</i> can wrestle a buffalo to the ground."
Then the mathematician realized that the squah of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squahs of the other two hides.
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