A king dies. Two men come forward to claim the throne (the true heir and an impostor). Both claim to be his long-lost son. Both fit the description of the rightful heir: about the right age, height, coloring and general appearance.
Finally, one of the elders proposes a test to identify the true heir. One man agrees to the test while the other flatly re-fuses. The one who agreed is immediately sent on his way, and the one who re-fused is correctly identified as the rightful heir. Can you figure out why?
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The test proposed has to be dangerous for the real son due to some hereditary condition he must have inherited from his father.
I do not have a lot of medical knowledge, but maybe a blood test was proposed and the real son, who has the same condition as his father, would risk his life taking it (Hard to stop the bleeding)…
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Another guess would be similar to the “Judgement of Salomon” scenario. Where the advisors proposed a test that would desecrate the king’s remains. The real son would object to doing this to his father…
Solomon :)
The judges say . . . YES!
The true heir was a hemophiliac just like his father. The test suggested was a blood test.
Roolstar, you are today’s winner.