B. Craciun

Petru lasa revista si ia din teanc urmatoarea carte, romanul pe care il citeste momentan. Isaac Asimov este unul dintre scriitorii lui preferati. Deschide cartea si incepe lectura:

“Ai oarecare dreptate. Intr-un fel, Halloween-ul poate fi considerat perfect egal cu Craciunul”. Rasfoieste cateva pagini si gaseste aceeasi idee: “Halloween, care este pe 31 octombrie, este precis egal cu Craciunul, care se sarbatoreste pe 25 decembrie”.

“Hmm…. Asta e interesant” se gandeste Petru. ”Cum se poate?”. Se opreste din citit si dupa cateva minute exclama: ”Ah, da. Este adevarat!” Cum este posibil, ce solutie a gasit Petru?

Sursa: I. Asimov

B. Christmas

Peter leaves the magazine and grabs the next book in the stack, the novel he is currently reading. Isaac Asimov is one of his favorite writers. He opens the book and starts to read:

"You are quite right. In a way, Halloween may be considered precisely equal to Christmas". A few pages later he finds the same idea: "How can this be described better than by saying that Halloween, which falls on 31 October, is precisely equal to Christmas, which falls on 25 December."

"Hmm .... That's interesting!", thinks Peter. "How can it be true?". He stops reading, and after a few minutes he exclaims: "Ah, yes, that’s true! "How is it possible, what solution did Peter find?

Source: I. Asimov