Question

A magician and a boy were fishing. The boy was the magician's son but the magician was not the boy's father. Who was the magician?

Answer 1

the magician was the boy's mother...
as simple as that...
thanks for asking

Answer 2

Answer:  Magician was the mother.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given  : A magician and a boy were fishing.

The boy was the magician's son.

It indicates that either magician is "Father" or "Mother" of son.

But  the magician was not the boy's father.

It clearly indicates that the only possibility left for magician is to be "Mother" of son.

Hence, Magician was the mother.