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// Don't Think It Counts As Fine Print If The Print's All The Same Size 
// Story: Life is a Test: A Series of Pony Logic Puzzles 
// by Brony_of_Brody 
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"Announcing Pedant Tick and Duchess Pocket Posey of Canterlot!"

Princess Celestia was shaken out of her idle daydream by the Royal Guard's announcement. After the visit to Ponyville to oversee the School of Friendship (and pull a fast one on her former student - the prankster in her never really left her even in old age), she had returned to Canterlot to take care of all the scheduled Royal Visits. It seemed a slow day was in the cards.

Little did she realise that her foray in logic this morning was set to extend a little further.

The doors out of the throne room swung open, and in stepped a brown stallion with a black mane, dressed in a rather plain but still very formal-looking grey suit and tie, and his companion, a cream mare with a bright azure dress, entered the room.

"Duchess Posey," Princess Celestia acknowledged. "It's good to see you again. Are you and your new foal keeping well?"

"It's new foals, actually," Duchess Posey gave a small smile. "One filly and one colt each."

"Oh my, congratulations!" Princess Celestia gave her most adoring smile.  "In that case, are THEY keeping well?"

"Healthy as you can imagine," Posey nodded. "But...it's also led to somewhat of a...complication, if you understand what I mean."

"Complication?"

The stallion who accompanied the Duchess, Pedant Tick stepped forward. "We seem to have reached an impasse regarding the late Duke Ring Rose's will, and we are unsure how to execute it."

"You see," sniffed Posey, wiping a tear from her eye, "as you know, my husband was terribly sick..."

"Ah yes, I do remember," Celestia lowered her head with a tinge of sadness. "It was his one regret, he said. Not being able to live to see himself become a father."

"Of course," Posey fetched a white handkerchief from the pockets of her dress, gave one sharp blow, before neatly folding it away. "Anyway, after he was gone, his will was read out. It said, and I quote, 'In the event that my wife bears a daughter, she is to inherit one third of my entire estate, while my wife is to inherit the remainder. In the event of my wife bearing a son, my wife will inherit one third of my entire estate instead, while my child inherits the remainder.'"

"Ah, I see," A look of understanding crossed Princess Celestia's face. "But you had both a son and a daughter, which complicates matters."

"It seems that he did not include a clause regarding the case of his wife giving birth to more than one foal," Pendant Tick said. "So as you can imagine, we are quite unsure as to what to make of it."

"Well, fear not," Celestia raised a hoof to her chin, deep in thought. "I believe I know of a way to divide the estate fairly while still keeping to the will's stipulations. What you need to do is..."