>>Wouldn't the bug be dead if he started between the cover and the first page?
>
>Well, this would make it difficult for the bug. As with many other problems, you are supposed to ignore this "slight practical difficulty"...

Yeah, I thought as much.

Dots are pages and line are covers:

...||...||...

3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 = 13, but that seems to easy. Why would someone believe the answer was 7? I must be missing something...

Renoir