A queen desired a new dessert chef, so her attendants gathered the hundred best chefs in the kingdom and brought them to the castle. Each chef baked a pie, and then the chefs lined up in a row, holding their pie on a silver platter. The queen walked down the row, sampling a piece from each pie, including her favorites: coconut cream, peach, and strawberry rhubarb. When she neared the end of the line, she came to a chef who held a platter with only a few crumbs on it. "What is this? Where is your pie?" the queen asked.

"I am sorry, Your Highness," the chef replied, glancing at a blushing chef to his right. "I looked forward to this opportunity, but my pie looked and smelled so good that my colleague insisted on eating it."

After examining the demeanor of the two chefs, the queen said, "That is the best evidence I could have. You will be my new dessert chef, but at my table there must be enough for everyone."

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