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Mozart
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According to tradition, certain ancient authors believed that the death of ancient Greek poet Homer was precipitated by distress at his failure to solve a riddle posed to him by fishermen: "What we caught, we threw away: what we could not catch, we kept." The answer:



"Puzzle," Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 2000. © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 
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Lice!
 
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Georgia85, the right answer according to Encarta is "flees",your answer is probably as good.So I declare you the winner .!
 
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Fleas or Lice - neither one make much sense to me!
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