96 to the first question.
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For those of you enjoying the brain teasing, here is today's first challenge.
I will not post the solution until tonight, to allow those in different time zones to have a go.
Chang my mind from 19 to 7 sheep if this is the farmers sheepdog ?
Lucky Four, I do have a life outside of GN, albeit a lockdown at the moment! 
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"The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.", and is probably still looking.
right, I have just planted sunflower seeds but probably not enough.
ANSWER TIME
Seven sheep. The riddle says all but seven run away, meaning there are seven left who didn’t.
It would take 51 days. If the number of flowers doubles every day, half the garden would be full the day before, on the 51st day.
and Doodle
But the sheep still belong to the farmer even if they have wandered off. They dye them to make sure whose are whose!
Unless, of course, they have been rustled and are now in someone's freezer. But even then, theoretically, they still belong to the farmer and not to the rustler. That's theft, that is.
I'll shut up now
For all those who got correct answers, well done!
For all those who didn't quite get the answer, well done too!
Here is something to go with the cuppa, littleflo, has offered to make.
The cupcakes are small, as I'm the only person who will be eating them, no visitors allowed! ?
Look out for tomorrow's session.
As I'm in an argumentative mood I still think 96. Because 40 seemed far too easy, I tried to look at it logically and realised that the numbers read vertically go in sequence but that some are missing, so i filled in the gaps and got 96.
1 + 4 = 5
2 + 5 = 12
3 + 6 = 21
4 + 7 = 32
5 + 8 = 45
6 + 9 = 60
7 + 10 = 77
8 + 11 = 96
Am I over-thinking these?
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