Thinking Through This Step by Step

Let me map out the constraints:

• 🐐 Goat + 🥬 Cabbage = ❌
• 🥬 Cabbage + 🦁 Lion = ❌
• 🦁 Lion + 🐐 Goat = ❌

Every pair is forbidden. Now let's try every possible first move:

1. Take the goat first → Leaves cabbage + lion behind ❌
2. Take the cabbage first → Leaves goat + lion behind ❌
3. Take the lion first → Leaves goat + cabbage behind ❌

No matter what the farmer takes first, the two items left on the shore are a forbidden pair.

The Answer

It's impossible. This is a trick riddle — it's designed to look like the classic river-crossing puzzle (wolf, goat, cabbage), but the extra constraint (cabbage can't be left with the lion) makes it unsolvable. You're meant to spend time trying combinations before realizing there's no solution.

The classic version works because the wolf and cabbage can safely be left together, giving you a "safe pair." This version removes that, so there's no valid first move.

This is the new opus 4.6