One evening, a husband decided to test his wife’s intelligence with what he believed was a simple survival question. He leaned back in his chair, smiled confidently, and asked her to imagine a rather difficult situation. “Honey, suppose you were lost deep inside a forest. You had no phone, no GPS, no internet, and absolutely no idea where you were. How would you find your way back home?”

He expected her to mention following a river, looking for familiar landmarks, or perhaps finding a road. His wife sat quietly for a moment, thinking carefully about the imaginary situation. Then she looked at him and announced, “I’d find a big rock, locate a coyote, and throw the rock at it.” Her husband blinked several times.

He wasn’t sure whether he had heard her correctly. “What? Why on earth would you do that?” he asked. She looked completely serious. “Because the coyote would get frightened and run away.” Her husband shook his head, already regretting the question. “And how exactly is that supposed to help you get home?” he asked. Instead of admitting that her plan might need a little improvement, his wife smiled confidently. She explained that her father had once told her that frightened coyotes would run toward populated areas.

So, according to her brilliant strategy, all she needed to do was follow the animal. Eventually, it would lead her out of the forest and back toward civilization. Her husband stared at her, trying to understand how a simple survival question had turned into an imaginary wildlife chase. But his wife wasn’t finished explaining her plan…CONTINUE READING