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When the farmer returns to the original side, he has the choice of taking either the wolf or the cabbage across next. If he takes the wolf across, he would have to return to get the cabbage, resulting in the wolf eating the goat. If he takes the cabbage across second, he will need to return to get the wolf, resulting in the cabbage being eaten ...
Well-known river-crossing puzzles include: The fox, goose, and bag of beans puzzle, in which a farmer must transport a fox, goose and bag of beans from one side of a river to another using a boat which can only hold one item in addition to the farmer, subject to the constraints that the fox cannot be left alone with the goose, and the goose cannot be left alone with the beans.
The farmer can't take two items across the river at once. The conditions of the puzzle say "in crossing the river by boat, the farmer could carry only himself and a single one of his purchases". As for citations, there are plenty in the References section, and the Occurrence and variations section describes the origins of the puzzle.
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