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Subj:.....Young Carpenter's Puzzle (S623)           From the book             "Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd"              Edited by Martin Gardner              From: Dover Publications in 1959   Into how few pieces need the table top be cut to complete  the dog house? The picture tells its own story and does not require a Sherlock Holmes to tell us that the lads have found an old tool chest in the garret; that the their mother is attending an afternoon meeting, and that it must be Thursday, when Bridget has her day out.  There are other interesting features which suggest themselves, such as how Towser is to get out of the little door after the kids have nailed up the side of the dog house.  That, however, is a problem for Towser to settle in his own way, so we will waste no time in getting to the real point of the puzzle. What is the best way of cutting the square top of the kitchen table into the fewest number of pieces which will fit together so as to close up the open end of the dog house?

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