A Feast of Unlikely Stories

the children. So that when the first six children came
running back up the steps of his grand house, each
with a shiny golden egg in their hands he had not
one but two sets of new lottery numbers. He quickly
lost interest in the hunt after that, as he didn’t really
care for the children. What he really wanted were
his numbers and a bit more public recognition to
add to his air balloon competition notoriety.
George again became bored and decided to go
travelling. Forbes booked a round the world trip
stopping in all seven continents, with no expense
spared. He then noted the temperature upon
landing in each destination and this provided him
with another precious set of numbers: Istanbul-24,
Kenya-21, Tokyo-20, Melbourne-16 and Buenos
Aires-13. Antarctica was below zero so he ignored
that and just felt rather gloomy and cold for the few
days he was there.
His stop in North America was New York City and
he had thought up a particularly satisfying method of
procuring his numbers while in The Big Apple. He
made Forbes book a suite in the 6 most expensive
and exclusive hotels that were situated between 1st
and 49th street in Manhattan, so long as none of
them were on the same street. The street numbers
provided the first set of numbers. His stay at the
Four Seasons cost him $45,000 for his one night in
the penthouse suite.
While dining at these high class establishments,
he instructed the sommelier to bring him what
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