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As I was going to Saint Bees
I passed a wood that had N trees
Each tree had N birds’ nests
And in each nest, N eggs rest
Now in this wood there lived a snake
And N eggs for breakfast it did take
Six children wished to save the rest
By guarding eggs in every nest
They divided the number of eggs remaining
By six (using their primary school training)
Can you calculate with exact precision
What’s the remainder of this division?
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